DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017.
First Semester
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
(Upto 2012-13 Academic Year and 2013 Calendar Year)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — × 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. Define managerial economics and explain its importance.
2. Explain inflation and deflation. State its difference.
3. What do you mean by price and demand?
4. Write short notes on production function.
5. Bring out the managerial uses of break-even Analysis.
6. Does the government need to have control over pricing? Is
it where it should intervene? Discuss.
7. Analyse the relationship between cost and output.
8. Write an essay on the laws of returns to scale.
PART B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Who is a managerial economist? How does economics help
in business decision making activity?
10. What are the main factors influencing while framing
pricing policy?
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11. Explain the need for capital budgeting.
12. Explain the problems of National Income Measurement.
13. Discuss the different methods of pricing.
14. Write a short note on IRR, NPV and APV. Briefly explain
the techniques with an market example.
15. What is elasticity of demand? Bring out the factors
influencing elasticity of demand.