Re: JNU SIS 2013

Posted by Kajol on May 13, 2016; 7:51pm
URL: http://discussion-forum.276.s1.nabble.com/JNU-SIS-2013-tp7600543p7600771.html

Can anyone please explain these questions?

Q3. A car manufacturing company wants to decide where to locate a new plant. The only 

inputs used in cars are steel and labour, and the production function is f (S, L) = (S^1/2)(L^1/2), 
where S is tons of steel and L is units of labour. The company can locate its plant either 
in country A or in country B. In country A, steel costs Rs 70 a ton and labour costs 
Rs 70 per unit. In country B, steel costs Rs 80 per ton and labour costs Rs 60 per unit. 
In which of the two countries should the company locate its new plant? 
(a) Country A 
(b) Country B 
(c) It is indifferent between country A and country B 
(d) The information given is not sufficient to determine 

Q21. If the home marginal propensity to consume exportable is greater than the elasticity of 

the foreigner's offer curve, then in the absence of inferior goods, a tariff 
(a) lowers the domestic prices of importable 
(b) increases the domestic prices of importable 
(c) No impact on domestic prices 
(d) Cannot say 

Q24. There are two countries A and B with their currencies denoted as 'A$' and B$' 

respectively. Their nominal exchange rates in terms of US Dollars (USD) are as follows : 
A$ 50 = USD 1; B$ 1 = USD 1.5 
The nominal prices of petrol per litre in the two countries are A$ 75 per litre and 
B$ 1 per litre respectively. It is reported that in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms, 
petrol prices are three times higher in country A than in country B. Compare a resident 
of country A earning AS 50,000 per month with a resident of country B earning 
B$ 2,000 per month. In PPP terms 
(a) resident of country A is better off than resident of country B 
(b) resident of country A is at par with resident of country B 
(c) resident of country A is worse off than resident of country B 
(d) Cannot say