BECC-131 PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS-I in English Solved Assignment 2023-2024
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Course Code: BECC-131
Assignment Code: Asst /TMA /2023-24
Total Marks: 100
Title Name | BECC-131 Solved Assignment 2023-2024 |
University | IGNOU |
Service Type | Solved Assignment (Soft copy/PDF) |
Course | BAG(Economics Hons (BAECH)) |
Language | ENGLISH |
Semester | 2023-2024 Course: BA(Economics Hons (BAECH)) |
Session | July 2023 – January 2024 sessions |
Short Name | BECC-131 (Economics Hons (BAECH)) |
Assignment Code | Asst /TMA /2023-24 |
Product | Assignment of BAG(Economics Hons (BAECH)) 2023-2024 (IGNOU) |
Submission Date | For students of July cycle: 30 April For students of January cycle: 31 October |
Price | RS. 100 |
Assignment One
Answer the following Descriptive Category questions in about 500 words each. Each question
carries 20 marks
2 × 20 = 40
1. (a) The behaviour of the firm which seems to be efficient in the short-run may found to be
inefficient in the long-run. Do you agree? Explain using appropriate diagram. 10
(b) Discuss the reasons behind a typical U-shaped long-run average cost curve (LAC) that a firm
may face over its range of output in the long run. 10
2. (a) Explain the concept of an Expansion path? Explain why an expansion path in case of a linear
homogeneous production function is a straight line? Discuss. 10
(b) Illustrate isoquants having positively sloped segments. In the same diagram construct ridge
lines and explain the concept of Economic Region of Production. 10
Assignment Two
Answer the following Middle Category questions in about 250 words each. Each question carries
10 marks.
3 × 10 = 30
3. (a) Discuss the concept of Utility. How is the cardinal utility approach different from the ordinal
utility approach? 5
(b) On what grounds is the law of diminishing marginal utility being criticized by the modern
economists? 5
4. (a) Illustrate the impact of a price support measure imposed by the government on the market of a
commodity under the following conditions:
(i) When the price floor is fixed at a price lower than the equilibrium price.
(ii) When the price floor is fixed at a price equal to the equilibrium price. 5
(b)What will be the consequences of setting up a price floor above the equilibrium price? 5
5.(a) For equilibrium, a producer may attempt maximization of output subject to a given cost or
alternatively, he may seek to minimize cost subject to a given level of output. Do you agree?
Discuss. 10
Assignment Three
Answer the following Short Category questions in about 100 words each. Each question carries 6
marks.
5 × 6 = 30
6. Why does the marginal rate of technical substitution (MRTS) decline as we move rightward and
downward along a convex-shaped isoquant?
7. The concept of consumer’s surplus is derived from the law of diminishing marginal utility. Discuss.
8. What is meant by Arbitrage?
9. Draw an income consumption curve in case the good marked on the horizontal axis is a necessity
good while that marked on the vertical axis is a superior good.
10. Who does bear the tax burden when the demand is perfectly elastic and supply is of normal
shape?
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