निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सी पूर्वधारणा/पूर्वधारणाएँ वैध है/हैं?
- 1.अवस्फीति कार्यनीतियों (strategies) का उपयोग निर्माताओं के प्रदर्शन को उससे बेहतर दर्शाने के लिए किया जा सकता है, जो वे वास्तव में कर रहे हैं।
- 2.जब एकल आगत कीमत के लिए आगत और निर्गत दोनों कीमतों को अवस्फीत किया जाता है, तब इसे ‘दोहरी अवस्फीति’ कहा जाता है।
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Which of the following assumptions is/are valid?
1. Deflation strategies can be used to make manufacturers appear to be doing better than they actually are.
2. When input and output prices are both deflated against a single input price, it is referred to as ‘double deflation’.
Select the answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only · (b) 2 only · (c) Both 1 and 2 · (d) Neither 1 nor 2
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (a) केवल 1
The passage shows that using one deflator for inputs and outputs can make a manufacturer look more productive than it is, so the choice of deflation method can flatter performance. Statement 2 inverts the definition: double deflation deflates input and output prices separately.
- ✓ 1. With a single deflator 'it would look as if the manufacturer had become more productive' — the method of deflation can make performance look better than it is.
- ✗ 2. Double deflation is where 'input and output prices are deflated separately'; using a single deflator is the Indian practice the passage criticises.
Remember · Definition-based statements: check the definition in the passage exactly; a reversed definition is always invalid.
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