Give the meaning of involuntary unemployment.
Involuntary unemployment means an unemployment situation where a person who is able to and willing to work at the existing wage rate but is not able to get work.
The ratio of total deposits that a commercial bank has to keep with Reserve Bank of India is called : (choose the correct alternative)
(a) Statutory liquidity ratio
(b) Deposit ratio
(c) Cash reserve ratio
(d) Legal reserve ratio
Aggregate demand can be increased by : (choose the correct alternative)
(a) increasing bank rate
(b) selling government securities by Reserve Bank of India
(c) increasing cash reserve ratio
(d) none of the above
Good Y is a substitute of good X. The price of Y falls. Explain the chain of effects of this change in the market of X.
Or
Explain the chain of effects of excess supply of a good on its equilibrium price.
State different phases of the law of variable proportions on the basis of total product. Use diagram.
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Explain the geometric method of measuring price elasticity of supply. Use diagram.
Given below is the cost schedule of a product produced by a firm. The market price per unit of the product at all levels of output is Rs. 12. Using marginal cost and marginal revenue approach, find out the level of equilibrium output. Give reasons for your answer :
| output (units) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| average cost (in RS) | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10.4 | 11 |
