ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Assume a worker can either cut grass or wash windows in a given day. It takes 5 hours to mow a one-acre lawn and 2.5 hours to wash all the windows in a house. When a worker chooses to wash the windows of four houses in a neighborhood, what is the opportunity cost of this decision?
A
The pay the worker receives for washing the windows in the four houses
B
The pay the worker would receive for cutting one lawn
C
Cutting the grass at the same four houses
D
The pay the worker would have received from cutting the grass at two houses
E
The pay the worker would receive for cutting .25 lawns
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A country can specialize in producing the goods and services for which it has a comparative advantage and then trade for other required goods and services. So, Comparative advantage determines the gains from specialization and trade. Therefore, the statement is True.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following statements regarding specialization and trade is true? With specialization and trade, a country can consume beyond its production possibilities curve.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following statements describes an economy confronting scarcity? Less of good Y is produced as resources move from producing good Y to producing good X.

Detailed explanation-4: -Land is the scarce factor of production. Other scarce factors include labor, capital, and entrepreneurship.

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