DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2018.
First Semester
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
(Upto 2012-13 Academic Year and 2013 Calendar Year)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. Indicate the scope of managerial economics.
2. What are the determining factors of supply?
3. Explain the effect of short run output on cost structure.
4. Describe the conditions for price discrimination.
5. Explain the concept of profit maximization.
6. Describe the various issues concerning the national
income analysis.
7. Examine the need for government to have control over
pricing.
8. Define break-even point. What are the advantages of
break-even analysis?
Sub. Code
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DE-4188
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SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
9. Explain the use of managerial economics in planning.
forecasting, costing and pricing decisions.
10. Discuss the utility of demand forecasting. What are the
criteria of good forecasting method?
11. Examine critically the Cobb-Douglas production function.
12. Distinguish between various degrees of differential
pricing. What conditions are needed for effective
differential pricing?
13. Enumerate the major criteria for selecting investment
projects. Also compare their merits and demerits.
14. What is disequilibrium in balance of payments? What are
its implications in managerial decisions?
15. Critically evaluate any two theories of profit.