Section - A
1. Answer all the following parts in about 100 words each :
Marks: 5 × 6 = 30
(a) Differentiate bequest value and existence value with examples.
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(b) What is the rationale behind zero-based budgeting ?
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(c) Clarify why a monopolist does not have a supply curve.
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(d) Explain Laffer Curve with a diagram.
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(e) What are India's Green Growth Challenges ?
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(f) 'The decentralized planning effectively redues the regional disparities.' Substantiate your views.
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Section - B
Answer any six questioin out of the following nine in about 200 words each :
Marks: 15 × 6 = 90
2. 'Collective actions by local communities can help to control the environmental degradation.' Explain.
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3. Give an account of the Theory of Contestable Market propounded by W.J. Baumol.
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4. Using suitable diagram, show that under monopoly, the consumer surplus is lower, but the producer surplus is higher than of a perfect competitive market.
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5. 'Patents grant monopoly power and hence necessarily reduce the short term and long term welfare of the economy.' Argue in favour or against the statement.
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6. Distinguish between institutions and organizations. How can they lead to path dependency ?
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7. Explai the doctrine of Environmental Kuznets curve with diagram. How does the sound environmental regulations shift the curve ?
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8. Discuss the significance of the Principle of Ability to pay in the context of justified equality in the payment of tax.
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9. Elucidate the importance of monetary policy in managing the public debt.
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10. Would you identify the expenditure to save the white tigers in India as use value ? Elaborate.
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Section - C
Answer any four questioin out of the following six in about 300 words each :
Marks: 20 × 4 = 80
11. Explain different categories of market-based instruments to control environmental pollution.
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12. 'Market economy and development planning complement each other.' Elaborate your views on this.
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13. Present the basic arguments and discussions of Kyoto Protocol and Paris Climate Agreements. Identify the status of the US in these agreements. What is carbon credit ?
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14. 'The unskilled surplus labour is a source for increasing foreign exchange.' Substantiate.
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15. Cost-Benefit Analysis has been developed to make expenditure decisions more appropriate. Explain the statement with your comments.
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16. (a) 'Kinked demand hypothesis is not a theory of pricing, but a tool for explaining why is price sticky in oligopoly'. Discuss.
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(b) A monopolist has two demand functions in two separate markets. They are :
If the marginal cost of the monopolist is ₹ 10 and his fixed cost is ₹ 50, find the equilibrium prices and quantities in the two markets. How do they change if the fixed cost changes to ₹ 100 ?
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