Practice Test


Q1) Demand for a commodity refers to Show Answer


Q2) Contraction of demand is the result of Show Answer


Q3) All but one of the following are assumed to remain the same while drawing an individual's demand curve for a commodity .Which one is it ? Show Answer


Q4) In economics, demand refers to Show Answer


Q5) Demand is a Show Answer


Q6) The consumer demand those goods which gave Show Answer


Q7) Example of substitutes can be Show Answer


Q8) Example of complements can be Show Answer


Q9) The law of demand refers to relationship between Show Answer


Q10) The law of demand assumes that the following is constant Show Answer


Q11) When price of z rises it causes an increase in demand for goods X then X & Z are Show Answer


Q12) When price of z rises then the quantity in demand of goods X reduces. what is the relationship between X & Z Show Answer


Q13) Market demand is derived from individual demand curve by Show Answer


Q14) When price of a good changes,it brings about Show Answer


Q15) When price of a related good or income or taste changes,it brings about Show Answer


Q16) Rise in demand at original price is called Show Answer


Q17) Decrease in demand is due to Show Answer


Q18) The minus sign in elasticity of demand indicates Show Answer


Q19) What is elasticity of demand in case of necessities & luxuries ? Show Answer


Q20) In the case of essential demand is infinity ,it is called Show Answer


Q21) In case of essential goods the elasticity of demand is Show Answer


Q22) What is it called when elasticity of demand is one ? What shape will the demand curve take ? Show Answer


Q23) When price & outlay moves in the same direction, it is case of Show Answer


Q24) When the price & outlay move in opposite direction it is case of Show Answer


Q25) The formula of arc elasticity demand is Show Answer


Q26) If there is no change in quantity demanded to any charge in price then elasticity of demand is & shape of demand curve is Show Answer


Q27) If income of a household rises by 30% & demand falls by 10% then value of income elasticity of demand is Show Answer


Q28) If income of a household rises by 35% & demand falls by 10% then value of income elasticity of demand is Show Answer


Q29) If price of burger rises by 20% & demand falls by 25% then demand for burger is Show Answer


Q30) When demand is elastic then percentage change in demand to a change in price is Show Answer


Q31) What is the relationship between two goods when cross elasticity is positive & when it is negative ? Show Answer


Q32) Calculate cross elasticity when quantity demanded of a ink pen rises by 30 % as price of ink falls by 10 % Show Answer


Q33) Calculate elasticity when price of ball pen falls by 10 % then demanded of a ink falls by 10 % Show Answer


Q34) A declines in the price of X by Rs.2 causes an increase of 10 units in demand which goes up to 60 units. The new price is Rs.18 .Calculate elasticity of demand Show Answer


Q35) As the prices of a commodity rises from Rs.10 to Rs.12 ,its demand falls from 100 units to 50 units .calculate elasticity of demand Show Answer


Q36) As a consumers' income rises from Rs.3,000 to Rs.3,600 , demand rises from 25 units to 30 units .calculate elasticity of demand Show Answer


Q37) Cross elasticity of demand denotes a change in demand for one good due to change in whose aspects of the other good Show Answer


Q38) In a straight line downward sloping demand curve ,the elasticity of demand becomes greater as price Show Answer


Q39) Which goods has income elasticity greater than one & which has less than zero Show Answer


Q40) In diagrammatic method the value of point elasticity of demand on price axis is Show Answer


Q41) Law of demand does not hold in case of Show Answer


Q42) When the no.of uses of the purchase goods is less price elasticity of demand is Show Answer


Q43) When more substitutes are available elasticity of demand is Show Answer


Q44) When elasticity of demand is measured in terms of its substitutes & complements ,it is called Show Answer


Q45) What kind of goods has elastic demand Show Answer


Q46) Demand theories gives what kind of explanation of law of demand Show Answer


Q47) Name the economists who developed marginal utility theory & indifference curve theory Show Answer


Q48) What kind of satisfaction is utility which a consumer derives when he is willing to spend money on a stock of commodity which has the capacity to satisfy his wants ? Show Answer


Q49) MU is calculated as Show Answer


Q50) When there is no consumption , what value TU & MU takes ? Show Answer


Q51) In marginal utility rationality means Show Answer


Q52) Cardinally means utility can be Show Answer


Q53) Law of diminishing marginal utility states that the consumer buys more units of a commodity Show Answer


Q54) Ordinarily means utility can be Show Answer


Q55) Higher the consumer surplus implies state of economy Show Answer


Q56) The slope of indifference curve called Show Answer


Q57) Slope of budget line is Show Answer


Q58) If the consumer prefers A to B & B to C , then he prefers A to C. It is called property of Show Answer


Q59) A series of indifferent curve is called Show Answer


Q60) Convexity means slope is Show Answer


Q61) Convex indifferent curve is explained by Show Answer


Q62) Budget line is called Show Answer


Q63) Constraints in which budget line is made are Show Answer


Q64) Consumer's equilibrium occurs when Show Answer


Q65) Consumer's equilibrium condition is written as Show Answer


Q66) For the consumer's equilibrium to be stable, the requirement is Show Answer


Q67) What shows all possible combinations of two goods that can be bought by the consumer ? Show Answer


Q68) When MU is zero , TU is Show Answer


Q69) Assumption of constant marginal utility of money means importance of money to the consumers Show Answer


Q70) When indifferent curve is straight downward sloping line, the two goods are Show Answer


Q71) If MRS was increasing ,what shape will indifference curve take ? Show Answer


Q72) L-shaped indifference curve exist in case two goods are Show Answer


Q73) At the point of consumer's equilibrium indifference curve & budget curve are Show Answer


Q74) Which assumptions implies the consumer aims at utility maximization ? Show Answer


Q75) Which assumptions states that if the consumer prefers A to B then he will not prefer B to A in another time period ? Show Answer


Q76) Consumer surplus is more in case of Show Answer


Q77) In economics supply means Show Answer


Q78) When state of technology improves supply will Show Answer


Q79) When govt. imposes taxes supply will Show Answer


Q80) When govt. grants subsidies, supply will Show Answer


Q81) Which law states direct relationship between price & quantity supply of a commodity ? Show Answer


Q82) If the producer expects an increase in price of goods in the near future ,then current supply will Show Answer


Q83) When price of good X changes ,it brings about what kind of change in supply ? Show Answer


Q84) Elasticity of supply for a positively sloping supply curve that starts from price axis is Show Answer


Q85) When prices rises, quantity supplied Show Answer


Q86) Change in factor other than the price of good cause Show Answer


Q87) The percentage change in quantity supplied due to percentage change in price is called Show Answer


Q88) In case of perfectly elastic supply the supply curve is Show Answer


Q89) In the case of a straight line demand curve meeting the two axes, the price -elasticity of demand at the mid-point of the line would be ; Show Answer


Q90) The law of Demand ,assuming other things to remain constant ,establish the relationship between : Show Answer


Q91) Identify the faster which generally keeps the price -elasticity of demand for a good low Show Answer


Q92) Identify the co-efficient of price -elasticity of demand when the % increase quantity of a good demanded is smaller than the % fall in its price : Show Answer


Q93) In the case of an inferior good,the income elasticity of demand is Show Answer


Q94) If the demand for goods is inelastic , an increase in its prices will cause the total expenditure of the consumer of the good to Show Answer


Q95) If regardless of changes in its price ,the quantity demanded of a good remain unchanged , then the demand curve for goods will be: Show Answer


Q96) The law of Demand is Show Answer


Q97) All the following are determinants of demand except ? Show Answer


Q98) A movement along the demand curve for soft drinks is the best described as : Show Answer


Q99) If the price of pepsi decreases relative to the price of Coke & 7-UP,the demand for : Show Answer


Q100) If a good is a luxury ,Its income elasticity of demand is Show Answer


Q101) The price of hot dogs increases by 22% and the quantity of hot dogs demanded falls by 25%. This indicates that demand for hot dogs is : Show Answer


Q102) If the quantity demanded of beef increases by 5% when the price of chicken increases by 20%. The cross -price elasticity of demand between beef & chicken is Show Answer


Q103) Given the following four possibilities ,which one results in an increase in total consumer expenditure ? Show Answer


Q104) The price elasticity of demand for hamburger is Show Answer


Q105) The price elasticity of demand is defined as the responsiveness of Show Answer


Q106) Suppose the price of movies seen at a theater rise from Rs.120 per person to Rs.200 per person .The theater manager observes that the rise in price causes attendance at a given movie to fall from 300 persons to 200 persons .What is the price elasticity of demand for movies ? Show Answer


Q107) Suppose a department store has a sale on its silverware.If the price of a plate-setting is reduced from Rs.300 to Rs.200 & the quantity demanded increases from 3000 plates to 5000 .What is the price elasticity of demand for silverware ? Show Answer


Q108) A discount store has a special offer on CD's .It reduces their from Rs.150 to Rs.100 .Suppose the store manager observes that the quantity demanded increases from 700 CD's to 1,300 CD's .What is the price elasticity of demand for CD's ? Show Answer


Q109) If the local pizzeria raises the price of a medium pizza from Rs.60 to Rs.100 & the quantity demanded falls from 700 pizza a night to 100 pizzas a night .What is the price elasticity of demand for pizza ? Show Answer


Q110) If electricity demand is inelastic ,& electric rates increase ,which of the following is likely to occur ? Show Answer


Q111) Suppose the demand for a meals at a medium-priced restaurant is elastic.If the management of the restaurant is considering raising prices ,it can expect a relatively Show Answer


Q112) Point elasticity is useful for which of the following situations Show Answer


Q113) A decrease in the price will result in an increase in total revenue if Show Answer


Q114) An increase in the price will result in an increase in total revenue if Show Answer


Q115) Demand for a good will tend to be more elastic if it exhibits which if the following characteristics ? Show Answer


Q116) Suppose a consumer 's income increases from Rs.30,000 to Rs.36,000 .As a result , the consumer increases her purchase of compact discs(CD's) from 25 CD's to 30CD's .What is the consumer's income elasticity of demand for CD's ? Show Answer


Q117) Total utility is maximum when Show Answer


Q118) Which one is not an assumption of the theory of demand based on analysis of difference curves? Show Answer


Q119) The consumer is in equilibrium at a point where the budget line Show Answer


Q120) An indifference curve slopes down towards right since more of one commodity and less of another result in Show Answer


Q121) Which of the following statements is incorrect ? Show Answer


Q122) The second glass of lemonade gives lesser satisfaction to a thirsty boy .This is a clear case of Show Answer


Q123) The consumer is in equilibrium when the following condition is satisfied Show Answer


Q124) In the case of giffen goods,the demand curve will be Show Answer


Q125) By the consumer surplus economists mean Show Answer


Q126) When economists speak of the utility of a certain good , they are referring to Show Answer


Q127) A vertical supply curve parallel to Y axis implies that the elasticity of supply is Show Answer


Q128) The supply of a good refers to Show Answer


Q129) An increase in the supply of a good is caused by Show Answer


Q130) Elasticity of supply refers to the degree of responsiveness of a good to changes in its Show Answer


Q131) A horizontal supply curve parallel to the quantity axis implies that the elasticity of supply is Show Answer


Q132) Contraction of supply is the result of Show Answer


Q133) Demand in economic sense means- Show Answer


Q134) The concept of demand demonstrates that- Show Answer


Q135) Demand concept explains the _____ behavior in response to change in price of a good. Show Answer


Q136) Individual Demand is also called- Show Answer


Q137) _____ means quantity demanded of a good by a single consumer at various prices per unit of time. Show Answer


Q138) _____ means the aggregates of the quantities demanded by all consumers in the market at different prices per unit of time. Show Answer


Q139) All but one are the factors which affect individual demand. Find the odd one out. Show Answer


Q140) _____ is a tabular presentation showing different quantities demanded by buyers at different levels of prices in a given period. Show Answer


Q141) A demand schedule is shown as- Show Answer


Q142) Market Demand is the sum total of- Show Answer


Q143) Demand of a good of several consumers when added together is called _____ demand. Show Answer


Q144) When a good can be used to satisfy two or more
wants, it is said to have ________ demand.
Show Answer


Q145) Indirect demand of a good is also known as _____ demand. Show Answer


Q146) Which of the following is a determinant of Individual Demand? Show Answer


Q147) Which of the following is NOT the determinant of demand? Show Answer


Q148) How are APPLES and ORANGES related when as a result of rise in price of Apples, demand for Oranges increases? Show Answer


Q149) If two goods are complementary then rise in the price of one results in- Show Answer


Q150) If the demand for CNG increases as price of petrol increases, the two goods are- Show Answer


Q151) Comforts lies between- Show Answer


Q152) When price of commodity rises, the Show Answer


Q153) An increase in the income of a consumer has _____ effect on demand in general. Show Answer


Q154) The demand for Scooter and petrol is an example of _____ demand. Show Answer


Q155) _____ goods are those goods which are used for the production of other goods. Show Answer


Q156) _____ goods are those which are used for final consumption. Show Answer


Q157) Bread, Milk, Ready made clothes, T.V., etc. are examples of _____ goods Show Answer


Q158) The goods which cannot be consumed more than once, like milk are known as _____ goods. Show Answer


Q159) _____ goods meets only our current demand. Show Answer


Q160) The goods which can be consumed more than once over a period of time are known as _____ goods. Show Answer


Q161) When demand of any good depends upon the demand of another good, it is said to have _____ demand. Show Answer


Q162) The total demand for steel in the country denotes _____ demand. Show Answer


Q163) If the demand for a product is independent of the demand for other goods, it is called as _____ demand. Show Answer


Q164) If the construction activity in housing sector,infrastructure, etc. rises, the demand for cement will _____ as it has _____ demand. Show Answer


Q165) Demand for steel produced by Tata Iron and Steel Company is an example of _____ demand. Show Answer


Q166) When demand of any good reacts immediately to price changes, income changes, etc. it is said to have _____ demand. Show Answer


Q167) A relative price is- Show Answer


Q168) The quantity demanded of a good or service is the amount that- Show Answer


Q169) Coca-Cola and Thumbs-Up are substitutes. A rise in the price of Coca-Cola will_____ the demand of Thumbs-Up and the quantity demanded of Thumbs-Up will Show Answer


Q170) If the price of Orange Juice falls, the demand for Apple Juice will _____ Show Answer


Q171) The demand for consumer goods is a _____ demand Show Answer


Q172) If the price of inferior goods fall, the demand for them will _____ Show Answer


Q173) The Law of Demand states _____relation between demand and price of a commodity. Show Answer


Q174) When total demand for a commodity whose price has fallen increases, it is due to- Show Answer


Q175) With a fall in the price of a commodity Show Answer


Q176) When we draw a market demand curve, we _____ Show Answer


Q177) A fall in price of a commodity leads to _____ Show Answer


Q178) If a fall in price of ‘y’ results in a decrease in the sale of V, the two good appear to be- Show Answer


Q179) Which of the following is not a complementary good for pen? Show Answer


Q180) ._____ goods are the goods which can be used
with equal case in place of each other. Show Answer


Q181) Which of the following pairs of goods are an example of substitutes? Show Answer


Q182) . When the price of a substitute of good 'X' falls, the demand for good 'X' Show Answer


Q183) If the demand rises with the rise in consumer's real income, such a good is called _____. Show Answer


Q184) Giffen goods are- Show Answer


Q185) As the consumer's income increases, the demand for necessaries of life will increase _____ to the increase in income. Show Answer


Q186) As the consumer's income increases, the demand for comforts and luxuries will increase _____ to the increase in income. Show Answer


Q187) During boom period in economy, the demand for goods in general _____ Show Answer


Q188) Larger the size of population of a country _____ is the demand for goods and services in general. Show Answer


Q189) . In case the consumer expects a steep rise in price of Potatoes in future, his current demand for it will Show Answer


Q190) All but one of the good's demand is not affected by changes in weather conditions- Show Answer


Q191) If the government increase the rate of indirect taxes on goods and services, the demand for then will _____ in general. Show Answer


Q192) If the government reduces the tax on any product, the demand for the product _____ in the short run. Show Answer


Q193) If the demand for petrol remains unchanged
with rise in its price, it means petrol is a
Show Answer


Q194) If quantity demanded of good 'X' is plotted against the price of its substitute good T', the demand curve will be- Show Answer


Q195) In case of normal goods the income effect is _____ Show Answer


Q196) Income effect on demand of a good is _____ Show Answer


Q197) The Law of Demand is explained by- Show Answer


Q198) The term “Ceteris Paribus†in the Law of Demand means- Show Answer


Q199) Which of the following is a variable and influencing factor in the Law of Demand? Show Answer


Q200) The Law of Demand refers to functional relation between- Show Answer


Q201) When the price of petrol goes up, demand for two-wheelers will- Show Answer


Q202) The phrase "Other things being equal†in the Law of Demand means- Show Answer


Q203) The total effect of price change of a good is- Show Answer


Q204) Substitution Effect subscribe to the inverse relation between Px and Qx in case of- Show Answer


Q205) Income Effect does not subscribe to the inverse relation between Px and Qx in case of- Show Answer


Q206) The Law of Demand will fail in case of inferior goods only if- Show Answer


Q207) The Law of Demand is a _____ statement. Show Answer


Q208) _____ refers to the effect of change in the price of a product on the consumer’s purchasing power. Show Answer


Q209) When the price of Thumbs-up falls, other things being constant, buyers substitute Thumbs-up for Coca-Cola. This is called- Show Answer


Q210) _____ refers to the buyer's reaction to a change in the relative prices of two products, keeping the total utility constant. Show Answer


Q211) The Law of Demand can be explained by- Show Answer


Q212) Consumers buy a good till Px = MUx. If the price falls, the consumer will reach equilibrium- Show Answer


Q213) “Petrol is becoming cheaper, yet the demand for cars is not risingâ€. This statement indicates that- Show Answer


Q214) Downward slope of the demand curve shows- Show Answer


Q215) In case of NORMAL GOODS, demand curve shows: Show Answer


Q216) Law of Demand fails in case of - Show Answer


Q217) In case of Giffen's Paradox, the slope of the demand curve is- Show Answer


Q218) A Giffen good is one for which a small change in price results in- Show Answer


Q219) The Law of Demand indicates the _____ Show Answer


Q220) In case of Giffen goods, demand varies _____ with the price. Show Answer


Q221) Analysis of the relationship between demand of a commodity and prices of related commodities is- Show Answer


Q222) _____ observed that when the price of inferior goods fall, the demand for such goods also fall. Show Answer


Q223) The Law of Demand was propounded by _____ in his book ‘Principles of Economics'. Show Answer


Q224) The tendency of low income group to imitate the consumption pattern of high income group is known as _____ effect. Show Answer


Q225) The Law of Demand is applicable for _____ Show Answer


Q226) When price changes and proportionate change in market demand is more than proportionate change in individual demand implies that the market demand curve is _____ than the individual demand curves. Show Answer


Q227) A positively sloped demand curve implies Show Answer


Q228) An increase in consumer's income will increase demand for a _____ but decrease demand for a _____. Show Answer


Q229) When the quantity of a good that a buyer demands rises when there is growth of purchases by other individuals, such an effect is called _____ Show Answer


Q230) . When the quantity of a commodity that an individual buyer demand falls in response to the growth of purchases by other buyers, such an effect is called _____. Show Answer


Q231) Some buyer’s demand more of certain commod- ities at a higher price, such an effect is called _____. Show Answer


Q232) The market demand curve in case of Veblen Effect is _____. Show Answer


Q233) The market demand curve in case of Bandwagon Effect is _____. Show Answer


Q234) The market demand curve in case of Snob Effect is _____. Show Answer


Q235) A downward sloping Engel Curve shows - Show Answer


Q236) Assume that the market demand curve for Dinshaw Ice cream is known and given to us. With summer setting in, price remaining the same the consumers would - Show Answer


Q237) An exceptional demand curve is one that slopes- Show Answer


Q238) What will be the impact on the demand curve of CARS when the price of petrol rises? Show Answer


Q239) What will be the impact on the demand curve of DESKTOP COMPUTERS when the price of LAPTOPS increase? Show Answer


Q240) What will be the impact on the demand curve of SUGAR with increase in its price? Show Answer


Q241) The demand for TROUSERS will lead to _____ due to change in the preference in favour of JEANS. Show Answer


Q242) The demand curve for BAJRA will _____ when a poor person's income rises. Show Answer


Q243) If more is demanded at the same price or the same quantity is demanded at a higher price, it is known as-




Show Answer


Q244) A downward movement along the same demand curve means - Show Answer


Q245) . A leftward shift of the demand curve shows- Show Answer


Q246) When same quantity of a good is demanded at a lower price, it is known as- Show Answer


Q247) When less quantity is demanded as the price of good rises, there is _____ Show Answer


Q248) The demand function of a commodity 'X' is given by Qx= 20-3 Px. What would be he value of Px when the corresponding value of Qx = 14. Show Answer


Q249) At a price of Rs. 10 p.u. the market demand of a commodity is 58 units, out of which consumer 'A' has purchased 20 units and consumer 'B' has purchased 10 units. How much quantity consumer 'C' has purchased? Show Answer


Q250) The linear demand function is given as- 0 = 80 - 20 P. Derive the market demand function when there are 100 consumers in the market. Show Answer


Q251) All but one can be referred as Variations in Demand. Which one is not variation in demand? Show Answer


Q252) In caseof Expansion and Contraction of Demand, the demand curve- Show Answer


Q253) A movement along the demand curve means- Show Answer


Q254) Change in the demand of a commodity due to the factors other than price is known as- Show Answer


Q255) Increase in demand leads to- Show Answer


Q256) Which of the following would result in the shifting of the demand curve? Show Answer


Q257) Shift in demand does not take place due to- Show Answer


Q258) A rightward shift in the demand curve for Bread would be predicted from- Show Answer


Q259) At what price no one would be willing to buy the commodity? Show Answer


Q260) If the commodity is given free i.e. if the demand is autonomous, what is the quantity demanded? Show Answer


Q261) If the price of the commodity falls down to Rs. 1, by how much will the quantity demanded change? Show Answer


Q262) The total quantity demanded when the price is Rs. 1 p.u. is- Show Answer


Q263) What would be the quantity demanded at a price of Rs. 3? Show Answer


Q264) What would be the price when quantity demanded is zero? Show Answer


Q265) What would be the quantity demanded when the price is zero? Show Answer


Q266) Other things being equal a decrease in demand can be caused by- Show Answer


Q267) A rational consumer is a person who- Show Answer


Q268) A normal demand curve of a commodity- Show Answer


Q269) If the quantity demanded of a commodity is plotted against the price of a substitute goods ceteris paribus the curve is expected to be- Show Answer


Q270) Income effect operates when there is an- Show Answer


Q271) Who explained the abnormal shape of demand curve for diamonds through the doctrine of conspicuous consumption? Show Answer


Q272) Conspicuous good are also known as- Show Answer


Q273) Elasticity of demand is defined as the responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good to changes in- Show Answer


Q274) ._____ was the economist to formulate the concept of price elasticity of demand. Show Answer


Q275) The concept of Elasticity of Demand whenever referred unless otherwise specified always means- Show Answer


Q276) The concept of price elasticity of demand anal- yses- Show Answer


Q277) When there is no change in quantity demanded in response to any change in price, it is a situation of- Show Answer


Q278) Price Elasticity of Demand is defined as- Show Answer


Q279) Price Elasticity of Demand is given by- Show Answer


Q280) When percentage change demand is less than percentage change in price, demand is- Show Answer


Q281) When percentage change in demand is equal to percentage change in price, demand is- Show Answer


Q282) Price Elasticity of demand is always _____ because of _____ relationship between price and quantity demanded Show Answer


Q283) Coefficient of price elasticity of demand ranges from _____ to _____. Show Answer


Q284) When there is an infinite demand at a particular price and demand becomes zero with a slight rise in the price then _____ Show Answer


Q285) When percentage in quantity demanded is more than percentage change in price then _____ Show Answer


Q286) When demand curve is parallel to X-axis, elasticity of demand is- Show Answer


Q287) Which curve is called rectangular hyperbola? Show Answer


Q288) When demand curve is parallel to Y-axis, elasticity of demand is- Show Answer


Q289) . As the demand curve becomes flatter and flatter, the elasticity of demand becomes- Show Answer


Q290) When the demand for a commodity does not change with the increase in its price from Rs. 2 to Rs. 5, then elasticity of demand is _____ Show Answer


Q291) Slope of perfectly elastic demand curve is equal to _____ Show Answer


Q292) On all points of a rectangular hyperbola demand curve, elasticity of demand is - Show Answer


Q293) When slope of demand curve = 0, the elasticity of demand is- Show Answer


Q294) To say that the demand for a commodity is elastic means- Show Answer


Q295) A demand curve is perfectly inelastic if- Show Answer


Q296) When the demand curve is vertical straight line, demand is- Show Answer


Q297) For goods with perfectly inelastic demand- Show Answer


Q298) For goods with less elastic demand Show Answer


Q299) . If the demand of a commodity is less elastic the demand curve will be- Show Answer


Q300) Rectangular hyperbola is also called- Show Answer


Q301) If you spend more on rent than on soap, your price elasticity of demand for housing is likely to be- Show Answer


Q302) The demand for common salt has low price elasticity because- Show Answer


Q303) The devaluation of currency would increase the export earnings only when demand for the nation's exports in foreign market is- Show Answer


Q304) The demand for sugar and tea is usually: Show Answer


Q305) Availability of close substitutes makes the demand. Show Answer


Q306) Elasticity is greater than unity for- Show Answer


Q307) Complementary goods exhibit _____ elasticity of demand. Show Answer


Q308) All but one of the following commodities has elastic demand. Which one has inelastic demand? Show Answer


Q309) Demand is _____ in the long period than in the short period Show Answer


Q310) The demand for necessities is _____ Show Answer


Q311) Which of the following helps the manager to estimate the demand of a commodity? Show Answer


Q312) The price elasticity of demand for a face cream is estimated to be ONE, no matter what the price or quantity demanded. In this case- Show Answer


Q313) If demand is _____then price cuts will _____ spending. Show Answer


Q314) If a 10% rise in the price of a commodity causes the demand to fall by 20% Show Answer


Q315) On typical straight line demand curve, the elasticity of demand at a point where it meets the j price axis is- Show Answer


Q316) On a straight line demand curve the elasticity of demand at the mid-point of the curve is- Show Answer


Q317) To measure price elasticity over large changes in price we use _____ Show Answer


Q318) When the price of Good ‘X’ goes up by 10% its demand falls from 800 units to 600 units. What is the price elasticity of Good ‘X? Show Answer


Q319) The demand by a consumer for a commodity falls by 10% when its price increases from Rs. 5 to Rs. 6 per unit. What is the price elasticity of demand? Show Answer


Q320) 30 units of a commodity is purchased by a consumer at the price of Rs. 46 per unit. When the price rises to Rs. 50 per unit, he buy 15 units only. The co-efficient of elasticity do demand is- Show Answer


Q321) A consumer spends Rs. 40 on a good at a price of Rs. 1 per unit and Rs. 60 at a price of Rs. 2 per unit. The elasticity of demand is- Show Answer


Q322) A consumer buy 20 units of a good at Rs. 10 p.u. The price elasticity of demand of this good is -1. How much quantity would be demanded by the consumer when the PRICE FALLS to Rs. 8 p.u.? Show Answer


Q323) Demand for good 'X' is perfectly inelastic. What will be the change in demand if price falls from Rs. 10 per unit to Rs. 5 per unit? Show Answer


Q324) What happens to total expenditure on a commodity when its price falls and its demand is price elastic? Show Answer


Q325) As the price of a product falls by 7%, the total expenditure on it has gone up by 3.5%. The elasticity of demand of this product is- Show Answer


Q326) The demand of a commodity was 100 units initially. With the rise in price by Rs. 5, the quantity demanded falls by 5 units. Elasticity of demand is 1.2. Find out the price BEFORE the change in demand Show Answer


Q327) Regardless of changes in its price, if the quantity demanded of a good remains constant, then the demand curve for the good will be- Show Answer


Q328) The total revenue of the seller will increase with a fall in price if- Show Answer


Q329) Point elasticity is useful for which of the following situations? Show Answer


Q330) If there are finite change in price and quantity demanded over a stretch on the demand curve, it is called- Show Answer


Q331) The formula used in the Arc Elasticity method is- Show Answer


Q332) When price elasticity at a single point on a demand curve is measured, we use _____ Show Answer


Q333) The exact and precise co-efficient of elasticity cannot be found by _____ method. Show Answer


Q334) _____ method only classifies elasticity into elastic,inelastic or unitary elastic. Show Answer


Q335) Slope of a demand curve may remain constant but elasticity still can does change. This is- Show Answer


Q336) Let slope of demand curve = -0.5. The elasticity of demand will be _____ if initial price is Rs.20 per unit and initial quantity is 50 units of the commodity. Show Answer


Q337) What is the price of the commodity when Quantity Demanded is 20 units? Show Answer


Q338) . What is the price of the commodity when the Quantity Demanded is 30 units? Show Answer


Q339) Using percentage method, the price elasticity of demand is- Show Answer


Q340) Life saving drugs has _____ demand. Show Answer


Q341) The price elasticity of demand is 0.5. The percentage change in quantity is 4. What is the percentage in price? Show Answer


Q342) When price of a commodity gets doubled, its quantity demanded is reduced to half. The coefficient of price elasticity of demand will be - Show Answer


Q343) The price elasticity of demand for good 'X' is twice that of good 'Y'. Price of 'X' falls by 5% while that of good 'Y' rises by 5%. The percentage change in the quantities demanded of X and Y will be- Show Answer


Q344) A consumer buys a certain quantity of a good at a price of Rs. 10 per unit. When the price falls to Rs. 8 per unit, he buys 40% more quantity. The price elasticity of demand will be- Show Answer


Q345) At a price of OP the total expenditure of the consumer is- Show Answer


Q346) All demand curves but one indicate same elasticity of demand at all their points- Show Answer


Q347) The point where the downward sloping straight line demand curve intercept the horizontal axis,price elasticity of demand is _____ because price at the point is _____ Show Answer


Q348) If the price elasticity of demand is ZERO, it on the commodity may _____ with the change in price of the commodity. Show Answer


Q349) The price elasticity of demand is higher, when the price of the commodity is- Show Answer


Q350) If 10% increase in price of good 'X' causes a 10%increase in expenditure on good 'X’, elasticity of demand is equal to _____ Show Answer


Q351) Price of the commodity increases from Rs. 10 to Rs. 12 per unit and expenditure on the commodity increases by 20%, elasticity of demand would be- Show Answer


Q352) The income elasticity of demand in case of an inferior good is- Show Answer


Q353) If a good is a luxury, its income elasticity of demand is- Show Answer


Q354) When a given change in income does not lead to any change in the quantity demanded, it is called
as-
Show Answer


Q355) The goods having zero income elasticity of demand are called _____ goods. Show Answer


Q356) As income rises, the consumer will go in for superior goods and as a result the demand for inferior goods will fall. This implies- Show Answer


Q357) Firms that supply products with higher income elasticity of demand can expect _____ as the economy grows. Show Answer


Q358) Firms that supply products with relatively low in come elasticity of demand experience _____ in an economic downturn. Show Answer


Q359) Which one of the following is income inelastic product/service? Show Answer


Q360) The responsiveness of demand of a commodity to the change in income is known as- Show Answer


Q361) The responsiveness of the change in quantity demanded of one commodity due to a change in the price of another commodity is known as- Show Answer


Q362) Cross elasticity of demand between two perfect substitutes will be- Show Answer


Q363) Complementary goods like tea and sugar havea _____ cross elasticity of demand. Show Answer


Q364) If the price of corn rises, other things being the same, the consumers will spend _____ on corn Show Answer


Q365) The above information shows that wheat and corn are _____ Show Answer


Q366) If income rises, the share of income spent on corn will- Show Answer


Q367) If the amounts of two goods purchased increase or decrease simultaneously when the price of one changes, then the cross elasticity of demand between then is- Show Answer


Q368) Of the following commodities, which has the lowest elasticity of demand? Show Answer


Q369) Suppose your income increases by 20% and demand for a commodity increases by 10%, then the income elasticity of demand is- Show Answer


Q370) Which of the following does not have uniform elasticity of demand at all points? Show Answer


Q371) A negative income elasticity of demand for a commodity indicates that as income falls the amount of commodity purchased- Show Answer


Q372) In which case the elasticity shown by different points of a curve is the same?
(a) A rectangular hyperbola curve
Show Answer


Q373) "The proportional change in quantity purchased divided by the proportional change in priceâ€. The quotation is given by- Show Answer


Q374) If the quantity demanded of a commodity is plotted against the price of a substitute goods, the curve is expected to be- Show Answer


Q375) Cross elasticity of demand between petrol and automobiles is- Show Answer


Q376) There are two goods 'X' and 'Y\ The cross elasticity of demand for ‘X’ with respect to price of 'Y' is greater than zero, they are- Show Answer


Q377) If two demand curves are shooting downward from the same point, then- Show Answer


Q378) If income elasticity for the household for good A is 2, then the good is- Show Answer


Q379) In the figure above elasticity of demand at point 'D’is- Show Answer


Q380) Price at point ‘B’ price is _____ and there foreelasticity of demand is _____. Show Answer


Q381) The elasticity of demand at point 'A' is- Show Answer


Q382) In the figure above, for a given fall in price to P1, the change in quantity is highest in case of- Show Answer


Q383) Of the three demand curves highest elasticity is denoted by- Show Answer


Q384) If the quantity demanded of a commodity is plotted against the price of a complementary good, the demand curve will be- Show Answer


Q385) Income of a household rises by 10% and its demand for jawar falls by 4%. In this case jawar is _____ good. Show Answer


Q386) If Cross Elasticity of Demand is equal to Zero, it means that the goods are- Show Answer


Q387) Want satisfying power of a commodity is called- Show Answer


Q388) Utility depends on the _____ of a want. Show Answer


Q389) All but one are the commodities that have both utility and usefulness except- Show Answer


Q390) Utility is- Show Answer


Q391) Utility may be defined as- Show Answer


Q392) The utility of a commodity is _____ Show Answer


Q393) Utility is measured in terms of- Show Answer


Q394) Utility is- Show Answer


Q395) The cardinal approach postulates that utility can be _____ Show Answer


Q396) Cardinal Utility Theory is associated with- Show Answer


Q397) Cardinal Utility approach is also known as- Show Answer


Q398) Marginal Utility Approach is also called- Show Answer


Q399) According to marginal utility analysis, utility can be measured as- Show Answer


Q400) Cardinal measure of utility is required in- Show Answer


Q401) Which of the following approaches uses MONEY as a measuring rod of utility- Show Answer


Q402) Which of the theories is applicable under Cardinal Approach to Utility? Show Answer


Q403) All but one are the assumptions of the Cardinal Utility Theory. Which one is not the assumption? Show Answer


Q404) Which of the following assumptions ignores the presence of complementary and substitute goods in Cardinal Utility Theory? Show Answer


Q405) The price that a consumer is ready to pay for a commodity represents the utility he is expecting from the commodity means- Show Answer


Q406) Consumer makes all calculations carefully and then purchase the commodities in order to maximize his utility means consumer is- Show Answer


Q407) Which of the following statements regarding ordinal utility is true? Show Answer


Q408) The cardinal approach to utility assumes marginal utility of money is- Show Answer


Q409) ._____ is the sum total of the utility derived from additional units of a commodity Show Answer


Q410) ._____ is the addition made to the total utility by the consumption of additional unit of a commodity Show Answer


Q411) Marginal Utility can be stated by- Show Answer


Q412) Utility of a good can be termed as the _____ Show Answer


Q413) Marginal Utility- Show Answer


Q414) Total Utility can be calculated as- Show Answer


Q415) When only ONE unit of the commodity is consumed- Show Answer


Q416) When marginal utility is negative, total utility is- Show Answer


Q417) When total utility is maximum, marginal utility becomes- Show Answer


Q418) Total Utility is _____, when marginal utility ispositive Show Answer


Q419) When TU is increasing at a diminishing rate, MU must be- Show Answer


Q420) MU of a particular commodity at the point of saturation is- Show Answer


Q421) Which of the following equation is incorrect? Show Answer


Q422) The rate of which TU changes is indicated by Show Answer


Q423) With the increase in consumption by ONE unit of the commodity, TU increases from 120 to 150, then marginal utility is- Show Answer


Q424) The shape of MU curve is- Show Answer


Q425) TU starts diminishing when- Show Answer


Q426) TU curve- Show Answer


Q427) MU curve will be below X-axis when- Show Answer


Q428) What is called the point of satiety? Show Answer


Q429) states that marginal utility of a good diminishes as the consumer consumers additional units of a good. Show Answer


Q430) MU curve of a consumer is also his _____ Show Answer


Q431) _____ curve is the slope of the TU curve. Show Answer


Q432) At saturation point the slope of total utility curve is _____. Show Answer


Q433) Constant Marginal Utility of Money means, _____ Show Answer


Q434) A curve which first move upwards then downwards is naturally _____ Show Answer


Q435) The paradox of value means that- Show Answer


Q436) The value paradox (diamond and water paradox) arises because- Show Answer


Q437) In ONE COMMODITY, case, the consumer is at equilibrium when- Show Answer


Q438) Marginal Utility of a commodity depends on its quantity and is - Show Answer


Q439) Which of the following is NOT an assumption of Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility? Show Answer


Q440) MU of one commodity has no relation with MU of another commodity implies- Show Answer


Q441) Consumer in consumption of single commodity ‘X’ will be at equilibrium when- Show Answer


Q442) If MUx >Px , then consumer- Show Answer


Q443) Suppose that an ice-cream is sold for Rs. 30. Ritu has already eaten 3 ice-creams. Her MU from eating the 3rd ice-cream is 90 utils. MU of Rs. 1 is 3 utils. Should she eat more ice-creams or stop? Show Answer


Q444) If one burger give you satisfaction of 15 utils and two burgers give total satisfaction of 25 utils, then the marginal utility of second burger is- Show Answer


Q445) _____ refers to a situation when a consumer maximizes his satisfaction with his limited income. Show Answer


Q446) The general condition of consumer's equilibrium with respect to any particular product is- Show Answer


Q447) The consumer is in equilibrium and is consuming good-X only. The MU from last unit of good X consumed is 50 utils and Mu = 10. What is the price of good X? Show Answer


Q448) The principal limitation of utility analysis relates to the basic assumption that utility can be expressed in terms of- Show Answer


Q449) Marginal Utility theory is based, on _____ from a good. Show Answer


Q450) Which one of the following is the ODD one? Show Answer


Q451) Which statement is correct in connection with utility?
Show Answer


Q452) The excess of the price which a person would be willing to pay rather than go without the thing over that he actually does pay is called- Show Answer


Q453) The doctrine of consumer’s surplus is based on _____ Show Answer


Q454) The term optimum allocation of consumer’s expenditure on different goods and services is used in- Show Answer


Q455) Buyer’s surplus is highest in the case of _____ Show Answer


Q456) In the above figure, the total utility is represented by the area Show Answer


Q457) In the above figure, the given price is_____ and the consumer for OQ amount of commodity spends a total amount of money equal to the area _____ Show Answer


Q458) In the above figure, the consumer's surplus is shown by the area- Show Answer


Q459) The concept of consumer’s surplus is useful in _____ Show Answer


Q460) Amit divides his income entirely between Good X and Good Y. He allocates his income between these two goods is such a way that he maximizes his satisfaction. His MU from extra unit of Y is 4 Utils and the price of Y is Rs. 40. If the price of X is Rs. 80, how much of X good he consumes per day? Show Answer


Q461) A free good is plentiful so as to have no price,will be used up to the point where its marginal utility is _____ Show Answer


Q462) The more rapidly the marginal utility of additional units of a good falls, the _____ will be the elasticity of demand Show Answer


Q463) In which of the following fields the concept of consumer’s surplus is useful? Show Answer


Q464) An example of a commodity having consumers surplus is _____ Show Answer


Q465) Consumer’s surplus means- Show Answer


Q466) Consumer’s surplus is measured with the help of _____ Show Answer


Q467) The area of consumer's surplus is correctly shaded in _____ Show Answer


Q468) How many units of X and Y the consumer will buy in order to maximize utility? Show Answer


Q469) What will be the total utility received by the consumer from the two commodities? Show Answer


Q470) How much of total income will the consumer spend on good X and good Y? Show Answer


Q471) When the price of both the commodities is same, the consumer attains maximum satisfaction where Show Answer


Q472) A consumer will purchase more of Good-x than Good-Y, only when: Show Answer


Q473) A locus of constant utility is called the Show Answer


Q474) An indifference curve is _____ Show Answer


Q475) . The slope of indifference curve show- Show Answer


Q476) At a point near the right hand below corner of a indifference curve, the MRS of commodity ‘X' for commodity 'Y' is- Show Answer


Q477) As one moves upward towards left along an indifference curve, the MRS of commodity 'X’ for commodity 'Y'- Show Answer


Q478) A higher IC denotes Show Answer


Q479) Which of the following is not a characteristics of the indifference curve- Show Answer


Q480) IC theory assumes that- Show Answer


Q481) An IC shows all combinations of two commodities which- Show Answer


Q482) The slope of IC tends to diminish as we move down the curve means- Show Answer


Q483) Marginal rate of substitution of 'X' for 'Y' is calculated as- Show Answer


Q484) In an indifference map, higher IC indicates: Show Answer


Q485) MRS is determined by- Show Answer


Q486) A set of ICs drawn in a graph is called- Show Answer


Q487) An IC is convex to origin because of- Show Answer


Q488) Marginal Rate of Substitution indicates the slope of- Show Answer


Q489) The slope of IC is different at different points of the curve Show Answer


Q490) Only one IC will pass through a given point on an indifference map implies that- Show Answer


Q491) On an indifference curve, the MRS falls when- Show Answer


Q492) Should a consumer move upward along an IC, his total utility- Show Answer


Q493) Which of the following is not an assumption of ordinal utility analysis? Show Answer


Q494) All points on the same IC represent- Show Answer


Q495) IC approach deals with- Show Answer


Q496) If two goods were perfect substitutes of each other, the IC will be- Show Answer


Q497) In the case of two perfect substitute goods, the IC will be- Show Answer


Q498) If a consumer has monotonic preferences, which bundle will he choose? Show Answer


Q499) If a consumer has monotonic preferences how would he rank his preference over the bundles (10,9); (9,9) (10,10)- Show Answer


Q500) When an IC is L shaped, then two goods will be- Show Answer


Q501) The Other name associated with ordinal approach apart from R.G.D. Allen and J.R. Hicks is Show Answer


Q502) ._____ depicts complete scale of consumer's tastes and preferences. Show Answer


Q503) One combination can lie only on one IC means- Show Answer


Q504) When the quantity of one good is increased in the combination, the quantity of other is reduced to maintain same level of satisfaction. This means that IC is _____ Show Answer


Q505) When the combinations on a IC do not represent same level of satisfaction, it means IC is _____ Show Answer


Q506) _____is a graphical representation of all possible combination of two goods which can be purchased given income and prices. Show Answer


Q507) If a combination is below the Budget Line, it indicates that there is- Show Answer


Q508) All combinations that lie on the budget line are _____ Show Answer


Q509) Each point on the budget line shows- Show Answer


Q510) A shift of the budget line, when prices are constant, is due to- Show Answer


Q511) Slope of budget line is indicated by- Show Answer


Q512) The budget line of a consumer in the analysis of IC is- Show Answer


Q513) The budget line is not known as- Show Answer


Q514) When the prices of both Good-X and Good-Y change by same percentage, a rise in price will- Show Answer


Q515) If the budget line does not shift it means- Show Answer


Q516) If price of Goods-X falls and price of Good-Y rises then budget line will- Show Answer


Q517) If the consumer spends the entire money income to buy only Good-X, how much quantity he can buy of it? Show Answer


Q518) If the consumer spends the full income only to buy Good-Y, how much quantity he would be able to buy of it- Show Answer


Q519) The slope of the budget line is- Show Answer


Q520) A consumer can buy 6 units Good-X and 8 units of Good-Y if he spends his entire income. The prices of the two goods are Rs. 6 and Rs. 8 respectively. What is the consumer's income. Show Answer


Q521) Ravi consumes Apples and Bananas whose price are Rs. 6 and Rs. 3 p.u. respectively. If he is in the state of equilibrium, the value of marginal rate of substitution is- Show Answer


Q522) A budget constraint line is a result of _____ Show Answer


Q523) The budget line equation is- Show Answer


Q524) The consumer will maximize his satisfaction and will be at equilibrium where- Show Answer


Q525) How many indifference curves can touch the price line Show Answer


Q526) The point where the budget line is tangent to an IC- Show Answer


Q527) Maximization of total utility is an assumption of a consumer in an analysis that is- Show Answer


Q528) A consumer is in equilibrium at the point of tangency of his IC and the price line, because- Show Answer


Q529) Which of the following conditions is necessary for utility to be maximum? Show Answer


Q530) The consumer is not at equilibrium at point C, since- Show Answer


Q531) MRSxy 439. The consumer is at equilibrium at point E, since-
Show Answer


Q532) The situation of a consumer is better when- Show Answer


Q533) Which of the following bundles a consumer would be able to buy- Show Answer


Q534) What will be the MRSxy when the consumer is at equilibrium- Show Answer


Q535) At the point of equilibrium on Indifference Curve- Show Answer


Q536) In case of IC approach, an income effect means- Show Answer


Q537) In the case of substitution effect in IC approach, the consumer moves Show Answer


Q538) 1C is downward sloping from left to right since more X and less Y gives- Show Answer


Q539) In economics, supply means- Show Answer


Q540) Which of the following is not true in case of supply? Show Answer


Q541) When price rises, quantity supplied- Show Answer


Q542) Which of the following statement is correct? Show Answer


Q543) The supply of good refers to- Show Answer


Q544) According to law of Supply Show Answer


Q545) ._____ shows the quantity of goods a producer or seller wishes to sell at a given price level Show Answer


Q546) The supply curve slopes- Show Answer


Q547) Graphical presentation of supply curve of an individual firm in the market is called- Show Answer


Q548) Movement along the supply curve occurs due to- Show Answer


Q549) Supply curve shifts rightward due to- Show Answer


Q550) Expansion of supply takes place due to- Show Answer


Q551) If producer expects an increase in price of goods in the near future, then current supply will: Show Answer


Q552) When more units of the good are supplied at a higher price, it is called- Show Answer


Q553) When supply price increases in the short run, the profit of the producer Show Answer


Q554) The long-run supply curve of a diminishing cost industry is- Show Answer


Q555) The law of supply does not apply to- Show Answer


Q556) When supply falls due to factors other than own price of the commodity, it means- Show Answer


Q557) In case of contraction of supply, there is- Show Answer


Q558) In case of increase in supply, there is Show Answer


Q559) Imposition of a unit tax, shifts the supply curve- Show Answer


Q560) Due to incentives like tax holiday, subsidies which reduces the cost of production, the supply quantity will- Show Answer


Q561) In case of failure of rains, floods, etc. the supply of agricultural goods will- Show Answer


Q562) The percentage change in quantity supplied due to percentage in price is called- Show Answer


Q563) When supply curve is a vertical straight line,it indicates _____ supply Show Answer


Q564) A straight line supply curve passing through origin forming 50° indicates Show Answer


Q565) In case of perfectly elastic supply the supply curve is- Show Answer


Q566) Supply is relatively elastic in- Show Answer


Q567) When supply curve is parallel to X-axis, elasticity of supply is- Show Answer


Q568) If the co-efficient of elasticity of supply is 0.6, the supply is- Show Answer


Q569) When upward sloping straight line curve shoots up from quantity axis, it implies- Show Answer


Q570) Elasticity of supply for a positively sloped supply that shoots from origin _____ Show Answer


Q571) The supply of perishable goods is- Show Answer


Q572) The supply function of a commodity is given by - Q = 20 + 3 Px. If the price is Rs. 6, the quantity supplied is- Show Answer


Q573) How much quantity is supplied at a price of Rs. 10? Show Answer


Q574) At which price, the supply would be zero? Show Answer


Q575) Calculate the price at which the firm is willing to supply 100 units Show Answer


Q576) When price of a commodity falls by 20%, the quantity supplied falls by 25%, the price elasticity of supply is- Show Answer


Q577) A vegetable vendor sells 80 quintals of potatoes at a price of Rs. 4 p. kg. The elasticity of supply of potatoes is known to be 2. How much quantity will he sell at Rs. 5 p. kg.? Show Answer


Q578) When the price of a good rises from
Rs. 15pu to Rs. 19pu, its quantity supplied increases from 75 units to 95 units. The price elasticity of supply is- Show Answer


Q579) Total revenue of a firm rises from Rs. 50 to Rs. 100 when the price rises from Rs. 5 pu to Rs. 10 pu. The co-efficient of Es = Show Answer


Q580) The price of a commodity doubles, to its response the quantity supplied increases 4 times of original quantity supplied. The co-efficient of price elasticity of supply is- Show Answer


Q581) A price of Rs. 10 p.u. the quantity supplied is 500 units. If the price falls by 10% and quantity supplied falls to 400 units, the co-efficient of price elasticity of supply is- Show Answer


Q582) . Market forces refer to- Show Answer


Q583) Supply is the- Show Answer


Q584) In a very short period the supply- Show Answer


Q585) If the demand is more than supply, then the pressure on price will be- Show Answer


Q586) A perfectly inelastic supply curve shooting up from X-axis shows- Show Answer


Q587) What is incorrect about advertisement elasticity? Show Answer


Q588) . All but one are correct about demand forecasting. Which one is not correct? Show Answer


Q589) The burden of forecasting is put on customers in _____ method of demand forecasting Show Answer


Q590) The burden of forecasting is put on customers in _____ method of demand forecasting Show Answer


Q591) Delphi technique was developed by- Show Answer


Q592) Collective opinion method of demand forecasting is useful for ------------ forecasting. Show Answer


Q593) ._____ method of forecasting is useful in useof capital goods. Show Answer


Q594) Which of the following affect the demand for non-durable consumer goods? Show Answer


Q595) What would be the shape of the supply curve of T-shirts, if the seller offers to sell any number of T-shirts at Rs. 250? Show Answer


Q596) All the following factors affect the demand for durable consumer goods except- Show Answer


Q597) ._____is considered as a ‘naive’ approach to demand forecasting. Show Answer


Q598) Short-term demand forecasting is useful for- Show Answer


Q599) A firm planning capacity expansion and diversification will go in for— Show Answer


Q600) The study of the nature of consumer preferences and the effect of changes in the determinants of demand is called Show Answer


Q601) Demand analysis means Show Answer


Q602) ………. is the want satisfying power of the product. Show Answer


Q603) ………. refers to the quantity of goods or services, those Consumers are willing and able to purchase / buy in a given market, at various prices, in a given period of time. Show Answer


Q604) Demand refers to the quantity of goods or services, that ……… are willing and able to purchase / buy in a given market, at various prices, in a given period of time. Show Answer


Q605) Demand for a commodity refers to Show Answer


Q606) On which of the following the Effective Demand for a thing depends? Show Answer


Q607) For want to become an Effective Demand, it must be backed by the Show Answer


Q608) Which of the following is an important aspect in Demand? Show Answer


Q609) In the context of Demand, the availability of money with the Consumer, in order to purchase the Commodity is called Show Answer


Q610) Purchasing Power refers to Show Answer


Q611) Purchasing Power refers to Show Answer


Q612) Purchasing power of money fall when Show Answer


Q613) Unless Demand is backed by purchasing power or ability to pay, it does not constitute Demand. This statement is Show Answer


Q614) In the context of Effective Demand, Willingness to spend means Show Answer


Q615) For Demand to be effective, the Commodity should be available Show Answer


Q616) Demand arises in respect of Show Answer


Q617) Demand arises in respect of Show Answer


Q618) Demand arises in respect of Show Answer


Q619) Demand arises in respect of Show Answer


Q620) Demand for Final Consumption arises in Show Answer


Q621) Demand for Intermediate Consumption arises in Show Answer


Q622) Demand for Resources and Factors of Production is Show Answer


Q623) The demand for factors of production is demand Show Answer


Q624) Individual Demand is also called - Show Answer


Q625) Household Demand is also called Show Answer


Q626) Individual Demand shows the quantities of demand for a commodity at various prices by Show Answer


Q627) Industry Demand is also called Show Answer


Q628) Market Demand is also called Show Answer


Q629) Market Demand shows the quantities of demand for a commodity at various prices by Show Answer


Q630) Market Demand is the sum total of Show Answer


Q631) ……… is the sum total demand of all individuals in the market. Show Answer


Q632) If A = Household Demand and B = Market Demand, then Show Answer


Q633) If Household Demand and Market Demand are equal in a situation, it means that Show Answer


Q634) The total demand for the product of an individual Firm at various prices is known as Show Answer


Q635) If Market Demand and Firm's Demand are equal in a situation, it means that Show Answer


Q636) If Individual Demand = Market Demand = Firm’s Demand, it means that - Show Answer


Q637) A relative price is ______ Show Answer


Q638) Which of the following influence most the price level in the very short-run period? Show Answer


Q639) Which of the following is not a determinant of Demand? Show Answer


Q640) All of the following are determinants of demand except Show Answer


Q641) Which of the following is a determinant of Individual Demand? Show Answer


Q642) When a Consumer prefers a commodity due to prestige attached to it, it is known as Show Answer


Q643) When a Consumer wants a product by seeing another person use that product, it is called Show Answer


Q644) Demonstration Effect is generally found in respect of Show Answer


Q645) Goods covered by Demonstration Effect can be best described as Show Answer


Q646) In which of the following will the Demonstration Effect be high? Show Answer


Q647) ………. are goods which are consumed together or simultaneously Show Answer


Q648) Complementary Goods are goods which are consumed Show Answer


Q649) The demand for two-wheelers is likely to decrease with an increase in petrol prices because two- wheelers and petrol are Show Answer


Q650) Which of these is not a Complementary Good for Pen? Show Answer


Q651) If an increase in the price of Blue Jeans leads to an increase in the demand for Tennis Shoes, then Blue Jeans and Tennis Shoes are Show Answer


Q652) If two goods are Complements, it means that a rise in the price of one commodity will lead to Show Answer


Q653) In case of Complementary Goods, increase in price of a product will Show Answer


Q654) In case of Complementary Goods, decrease in price of a product will Show Answer


Q655) If X and Y are Complementary Goods, the price of X and the Demand of Y are Show Answer


Q656) If X and Y are Complementary Goods, if there is an increase in Price of X, then Show Answer


Q657) If X and Y are Complementary Goods, if there is an decrease in Price of X, then Show Answer


Q658) ……… are goods which are consumed in place of one another Show Answer


Q659) Substitute Goods are goods which can be used Show Answer


Q660) Which of the following pairs of goods is an example of Substitutes? Show Answer


Q661) Which of the following is an example of Substitutes? Show Answer


Q662) Which of the following pairs of goods in an example of substitutes? Show Answer


Q663) In case of Substitute Goods, increase in price of a product will Show Answer


Q664) In case of Complementary Goods, decrease in price of a product will Show Answer


Q665) If X and Y are Substitute Goods, the price of X and the Demand of Y are - Show Answer


Q666) When the Price of a Substitute of X Commodity falls, the Demand for X Show Answer


Q667) If the Price of Product A increases relative to the Price of Substitute B & C, the demand for Show Answer


Q668) If the Price of Pepsi decreases relative to the Price of Coke and 7-Up, the demand for Show Answer


Q669) If Tea and Coffee are Substitutes, a fall in the Prices of Tea leads to -
(i) Rise in the demand for Tea
(ii) Fall in the supply of Coffee
(iii) Fall in the demand for Coffee
(iv) Rise in the supply of Tea
Show Answer


Q670) If X and Y are Substitute Goods, if there is an increase in Price of X, then Show Answer


Q671) If X and Y are Substitute Goods, if there is an decrease in Price of X, then - Show Answer


Q672) In which phase of the business cycle to Producers try to sell out their inventories? Show Answer


Q673) Which of the following Statements is not true about Individual Demand? Show Answer


Q674) What effect does an increase in the price of a product have on the Purchasing Power of the Consumer? Show Answer


Q675) The Demand for a commodity also depends upon the money income of the household. This statement is Show Answer


Q676) The Demand for a commodity depends only upon the money income of the household. This statement is Show Answer


Q677) If demand decreases with an increase in money income of Consumers, such goods are called - Show Answer


Q678) Giffen Goods are Show Answer


Q679) Inferior Goods are also called Show Answer


Q680) The Giffen Effect in respect of Inferior Goods was observed in the case of Show Answer


Q681) As income levels increase, the demand for goods satisfying Necessities of life, will be …….. to the increase in income. Show Answer


Q682) If Income Levels increase, and the demand for goods increase by less than proportionate extent, such goods will be Show Answer


Q683) If Income Levels increase, and the demand for goods increase by more than proportionate extent, such goods will be Show Answer


Q684) As Income Levels increase beyond a certain extent, the propensity to consume Show Answer


Q685) Generally, larger size of population of a country or a region implies ……… for all commodities as such. Show Answer


Q686) In case of unequal distribution of income in the country, the propensity to consume will be ….., and demand for Consumer Goods will be ……. Show Answer


Q687) If the Consumers expect an increase in prices of the product in the future, its current demand will be Show Answer


Q688) If the Consumers expect a decrease in prices of the product in the future, its current demand will be Show Answer


Q689) Demand is affected by weather conditions and seasonal aspects also. This statement is Show Answer


Q690) Demand for Air Conditioners, Water Coolers, Refrigerators show an increase during Show Answer


Q691) Demand Schedule shows the relation between Show Answer


Q692) In a typical Demand Schedule, quantity demanded Show Answer


Q693) ……… indicates the changes in Consumers' purchasing habits, depending on the price variation of a particular product. Show Answer


Q694) A Demand Curve shows Show Answer


Q695) A Demand Curve deals with Show Answer


Q696) While drawing the Demand Curve, the change takes place in which of the following factors? Show Answer


Q697) Generally, the Demand Curve slopes Show Answer


Q698) Demand Curve in most cases slopes Show Answer


Q699) Demand Curve in most cases has a Show Answer


Q700) Demand Curve Show Answer


Q701) All but one of the following are assumed to remain the same while drawing an individual's Demand Curve for a product. Which one is it? Show Answer


Q702) If regardless of changes in its price, the quantity demanded of a product is unchanged, then, Demand Curve for that product will be Show Answer


Q703) If any quantity at the same price, then, the Demand Curve for that product will be Show Answer


Q704) What is the other name given to the Demand Curve? Show Answer


Q705) What is the other name given to the Average Revenue Curve? Show Answer


Q706) Why is the Demand Curve otherwise known as the Average Revenue Curve? Show Answer


Q707) The Total Area under the Demand Curve of a product measures Show Answer


Q708) If Marginal Utility of a product remains constant, the Demand Curve will be Show Answer


Q709) In a Demand Curve, the Horizontal Axis will be Show Answer


Q710) In a Demand Curve, the Vertical Axis will be Show Answer


Q711) Which of these is not depicted in a typical Demand Curve? Show Answer


Q712) The Law of Demand is explained by Show Answer


Q713) Which of the following can be regarded as law of Demand? Show Answer


Q714) The Law of Demand, assuming other things to remain constant, establishes the relationship between Show Answer


Q715) The Law of Demand refers to Show Answer


Q716) The Law of Demand is Show Answer


Q717) The Law of Demand is a Show Answer


Q718) The Law of Demand is a principle relating to Show Answer


Q719) The term "Ceteris Paribus" in the Law of Demand denotes Show Answer


Q720) Which of these is a variable factor in the Law of Demand? Show Answer


Q721) The condition "other things being equal" in the Law of Demand denotes Show Answer


Q722) What type of relationship exists between Price and Quantity Demanded? Show Answer


Q723) As per the Law of Demand, if the Price of a commodity, its Demand Show Answer


Q724) Why does the Law of Demand operate? Show Answer


Q725) The total effect of a price change of a commodity is Show Answer


Q726) When we say that the Demand for a commodity depends upon the money income of the Consumer, we are referring to Show Answer


Q727) …….. refers to the effect of a change in the price of a product on the Consumer's purchasing power. Show Answer


Q728) As a result of a fall in prices of the commodity, the Consumer's increases. Show Answer


Q729) If there is a decrease in the prices of a product, the Consumer's Real Income Show Answer


Q730) When increase in his Real Income induces a Consumer to buy more of a Commodity whose prices has fallen, it is called Show Answer


Q731) Which of the following statements best describes the Income Effect? Show Answer


Q732) When the price of a Commodity falls, the Consumer Show Answer


Q733) When the price of a Reynolds pen falls, ceteris paribus, Buyers substitute Reynolds Pen for other pens that are now relatively more expensive. This is called Show Answer


Q734) The 'Substitution Effect' takes place due to change in Show Answer


Q735) ……… refers to the Consumer's Reaction to a change in the relative prices of two products, keeping the Total Utility constant. Show Answer


Q736) When the price of a product increases, Consumers tend to switch to purchasing the substitutes of the product. This describes why the Demand Curve for the good Show Answer


Q737) Which of the following statement best describes the Substitution Effect? Show Answer


Q738) In normal circumstances, if the Government increases the tax on any product, the demand for the product ……… in the short run Show Answer


Q739) The segregation between Income Effect and Substitution Effect is adequately explained by Show Answer


Q740) When the price of a product falls, its Demand increases because Show Answer


Q741) The Law of Demand is explained by Show Answer


Q742) Under the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility, Consumers continue buying till Price equals Marginal Utility. Hence at lower prices Show Answer


Q743) Since Consumers continue buying till Price equals Marginal Utility, if the price of a product is lower, the Consumer will attain equilibrium Show Answer


Q744) Under the Indifference Curve approach, if the price of a product is lower, the Consumer will attain equilibrium Show Answer


Q745) Conspicuous Goods are also called Show Answer


Q746) Conspicuous goods are also called as: Show Answer


Q747) Conspicuous Goods Show Answer


Q748) In case of Conspicuous Goods, as the Price increases, the quantity demanded thereof Show Answer


Q749) When Consumers feel that if the commodity expensive, that it has got more utility, we are referring to Show Answer


Q750) Which of the following is an example of Conspicuous Goods? Show Answer


Q751) Which of the following is not an exception to the Law of Demand? Show Answer


Q752) If the demand for Petrol remains the same even after the increase in petrol prices, it means Petrol is a Show Answer


Q753) In the case of a Giffen Good, the Demand Curve be Show Answer


Q754) Giffen Goods are those goods Show Answer


Q755) In case of Giffen Goods, Demand Curve will slope Show Answer


Q756) An Inferior Commodity is one which is consumed in smaller quantities when the income of consumer Show Answer


Q757) Giffen Goods are goods which Show Answer


Q758) Giffen Goods are Show Answer


Q759) When people buy more of a product when its price goes up, the product will be Show Answer


Q760) When due to their constant usage, certain goods have become necessities of life, they are referred to as Show Answer


Q761) Under which of the following situations the Law of Demand will not operate? Show Answer


Q762) Under which of the following situations the Law of Demand will not operate? Show Answer


Q763) Under which of the following situations the Law of Demand will not operate? Show Answer


Q764) Expansion and Contraction of demand for a good occurs as a result of- Show Answer


Q765) In case of Expansion and Contraction of Demand, the Demand Curve Show Answer


Q766) Fall in quantity demanded of a product as a result of rise in price is known as Show Answer


Q767) Rise in quantity demanded of a product as a result of reduction in price is known as Show Answer


Q768) Contraction of Demand is the result of- Show Answer


Q769) Expansion of Demand is the result of Show Answer


Q770) A movement along the Demand Curve for soft drinks is best described as Show Answer


Q771) In case of Expansion of Demand, there is a Show Answer


Q772) In case of Contraction of Demand, there is a Show Answer


Q773) In case of Expansion of Demand, the quantity demanded - Show Answer


Q774) In case of Contraction of Demand, the quantity demanded Show Answer


Q775) Expansion of Demand is associated with Show Answer


Q776) Contraction of Demand is associated with Show Answer


Q777) Expansion and Contraction of demand for a product occurs as a result of changes in Show Answer


Q778) Change in demand due to change in price is known as ________ Show Answer


Q779) Change in Demand as a result of the factors other than Price is known as Show Answer


Q780) Increase in Demand leads to Show Answer


Q781) Decrease in Demand leads to Show Answer


Q782) Which of the following results in a shifting of the Demand Curve? Show Answer


Q783) In which of the following cases, does a shift in demand take place? Show Answer


Q784) Change in demand, as a result of the factors other than price is known as Show Answer


Q785) Shift in demand does not take place due to Show Answer


Q786) An Increase in Demand can result from Show Answer


Q787) A Decrease in Demand can result from Show Answer


Q788) A drought in India leads to unusually low level of wheat production. This would lead to a rise in the price of wheat and fall in the quantity of wheat demanded due to Show Answer


Q789) Suppose consumer tastes shift toward the consumption of apples.Which of the following statements is an accurate description of the impact of this event on the market for apples? Show Answer


Q790) In case of Shift in Demand, ……… remains constant. Show Answer


Q791) Rise in the price of Substitute Goods leads to Show Answer


Q792) Fall in the price of Substitute Goods leads to Show Answer


Q793) Other things being equal, a fall in the price of complementary good will cause the ______ of the other to rise. Show Answer


Q794) A Decrease / Fall in the price of Complementary Goods leads to - Show Answer


Q795) An Increase in the price of Complementary Goods leads to Show Answer


Q796) Increase in Income Levels of Buyers leads to Show Answer


Q797) Decrease in Income Levels of Buyers leads to Show Answer


Q798) Which of the factors does not cause Increase in Demand? Show Answer


Q799) Increase in Demand is caused by Show Answer


Q800) Which of the factors does not cause Decrease in Demand? Show Answer


Q801) Decrease in Demand is caused by- Show Answer


Q802) The concept of Elasticity of Demand was developed by Show Answer


Q803) Two important factors which make difference in the Elasticity of Demand for different commodities are Show Answer


Q804) Elasticity of Demand refers to Show Answer


Q805) Elasticity of Demand is attributed to Show Answer


Q806) Elasticity of Demand is measured in case of Show Answer


Q807) Which of the following statements regarding Elasticity of Demand is true? Show Answer


Q808) Which of the following statements is true with regard to the elasticity of demand? Show Answer


Q809) Price Elasticity of Demand is defined as Show Answer


Q810) Price Elasticity of Demand is defined as the responsiveness of - Show Answer


Q811) Price Elasticity of Demand for a product is Show Answer


Q812) Price Elasticity of Demand is given by Show Answer


Q813) Usually, the demand for Necessities is Show Answer


Q814) Demand for which of the following products is/are relatively inelastic? Show Answer


Q815) Which of the following products has highly inelastic demand? Show Answer


Q816) Amongst the following which item has highest Price Elasticity? Show Answer


Q817) In the context of Elasticity of Demand, the paradox of plenty relates more to items in the Show Answer


Q818) Goods which have more close or perfect substitutes are Show Answer


Q819) Goods which have fewer substitutes are Show Answer


Q820) Goods having higher proportion of the Consumers' spending are Show Answer


Q821) Goods having lower share in the Consumers' Budget are Show Answer


Q822) Luxury Goods are considered ………. than Necessity Goods. Show Answer


Q823) Necessary Goods are considered ………. than Luxury Goods. Show Answer


Q824) Salt is ………. to price changes than Motor Car. Show Answer


Q825) Cellphone is ………. to price changes than Bread. Show Answer


Q826) Goods which can be put to multiple uses are - Show Answer


Q827) Goods which have a specified and particular use are Show Answer


Q828) Demand for electricity is elastic because - Show Answer


Q829) Goods in respect of which the Consumers have more time to adjust or modify their consumption pattern are Show Answer


Q830) Goods in respect of which the Consumers do not have time to adjust their consumption pattern are - Show Answer


Q831) Goods in respect of which the use or consumption can be postponed are - Show Answer


Q832) Goods which are required for immediate or urgent consumption are - Show Answer


Q833) Medicines have less elastic demand since - Show Answer


Q834) Goods which are subject to Consumer Habits, e.g. Cigarette, Liquor, etc. are - Show Answer


Q835) What would be the value of elasticity of demand, if the demand for the good is perfectly inelastic? Show Answer


Q836) If the demand for the good is perfectly inelastic, the Demand Curve will be Show Answer


Q837) A demand curve parallel to y-axis implies Show Answer


Q838) Vertical Demand Curve will show that the price elasticity of demand is Show Answer


Q839) If the demand for a commodity is ………, entire burden of indirect tax will fall on the consumer. Show Answer


Q840) For goods with perfectly inelastic demand - Show Answer


Q841) If the demand for the good is perfectly inelastic, which of the following is correct? Show Answer


Q842) If the demand for the good is perfectly inelastic, and E is the measure of Elasticity, which of the following is true? Show Answer


Q843) If a product has perfectly inelastic demand, and there is a change in its price, which of the following is correct? Show Answer


Q844) Identify the factor which generally keeps the Price- Elasticity of Demand for a product low. Show Answer


Q845) Identify the coefficient of price-elasticity of demand when the percentage increase in the quantity demanded of a product is smaller than the percentage fall in its price. Show Answer


Q846) Price Elasticity of Demand for addictive products like cigarettes and alcohol would be Show Answer


Q847) If Electricity Demand is inelastic, and electric rates increase, which of the following is likely to occur? Show Answer


Q848) For goods with less elastic demand - Show Answer


Q849) If the demand for the good is less elastic, and E is the measure of Elasticity, which of the following is true? Show Answer


Q850) If the demand for the good is less elastic, the Demand Curve will be Show Answer


Q851) If a product has less elastic demand, and there is a change in its price, which of the following is correct? Show Answer


Q852) When the price of a commodity increases from Rs. 8 to Rs. 9 then the demand decreases by 10%. The price Elasticity of demand is _______ Show Answer


Q853) If the demand for a good is unit elastic, the value of the elasticity of demand would be Show Answer


Q854) If the price of 'X' rises by 10% and the quantity demanded falls by 10%, 'X' has Show Answer


Q855) For goods with unitelastic demand - Show Answer


Q856) If the demand for the good is unit elastic, and E is the measure of Elasticity, which of the following is true? Show Answer


Q857) If the demand for the good is unit elastic, the Demand Curve will be Show Answer


Q858) If the demand for the good is unit elastic, the Demand Curve will be Show Answer


Q859) Rectangular Hyperbola is also called - Show Answer


Q860) If the demand for the good is unit elastic, the Demand Curve will be Show Answer


Q861) If a product has unit elastic demand, and there is a change in its price, which of the following is correct? Show Answer


Q862) In case of Straight Line demand curve meeting two axes, the Price Elasticity of demand at a point where the curve meets x-axis would be Show Answer


Q863) Identify the coefficient of price-elasticity of demand when the percentage increase in the quantity demanded of a product is more than the percentage fall in its price. Show Answer


Q864) When quantity demanded changes by larger percentage than Price, Elasticity is termed as Show Answer


Q865) Suppose the demand for meals at a medium-priced restaurant is elastic. If the management of the restaurant is considering raising prices, it can expect a relatively Show Answer


Q866) For goods with more elastic demand Show Answer


Q867) If the demand for the good is more elastic, and E is the measure of Elasticity, which of the following is true? Show Answer


Q868) If the demand for the good is more elastic, the Demand Curve will be Show Answer


Q869) If a product has less elastic demand, and there is a change in its price, which of the following is correct? Show Answer


Q870) What would be the value of Elasticity of Demand, if the demand for the good is perfectly elastic? Show Answer


Q871) If the demand for the good is perfectly elastic, the Demand Curve will be Show Answer


Q872) Horizontal Demand Curve will show that the price elasticity of demand is Show Answer


Q873) For goods with perfectly elastic demand - Show Answer


Q874) If the demand for the good is perfectly elastic, and E is the measure of Elasticity, which of the following is true? Show Answer


Q875) What is the mean by price elasticity of demand greater than 1- Show Answer


Q876) Horizontal Demand curve, Parallel to X-axis indicates, that the elasticity of Demand is ________ Show Answer


Q877) Price Elasticity of Demand would be higher for those products which have Show Answer


Q878) Demand for a good will tend to be more elastic if it exhibits which of the following features? Show Answer


Q879) If the Elasticity of Demand for a commodity is perfectly inelastic, then which of the following is incorrect? Show Answer


Q880) Demand for a product will tend to be more inelastic if it exhibits which of the following characteristics? Show Answer


Q881) The Elasticity of Substitution between two Perfect Substitutes is Show Answer


Q882) Which is correct about price elasticity of demand? Show Answer


Q883) If the demand for a product reduces by 5% as a result of an increase in the price by 25%. What is the Price Elasticity of Demand? Show Answer


Q884) If Price of Coffee decreases from ? 5 to ? 4.50, and as a result the Consumer's Demand for Coffee increase from 60 grams to 75 grams, the absolute Price Elasticity of Demand of Coffee is Show Answer


Q885) If the demand for a product reduces by 2% as a result of an increase in the price by 10%, what is the Price Elasticity of Demand for the product? Show Answer


Q886) If the Demand for Cricket Balls increases from 50 to 55 because of fall in price from ? 25 to ? 24, what is the Price Elasticity of Demand for Cricket Balls? Show Answer


Q887) What is the Price Elasticity of Demand for a product, if an increase in the price of the good by 2% leads to fall in demand by 3%? Show Answer


Q888) Price of Mangoes increases by 22% and the quantity of mangoes demanded falls by 25%. This indicates that demand for mangoes is Show Answer


Q889) Suppose the price of movies seen at a Theatre rises from ? 120 to ? 200 per person. The Theatre Manager observes that the rise in price causes attendance at a given movie to fall from 300 persons to 200 persons. What is the Price Elasticity of Demand for Movies? Show Answer


Q890) Suppose a Department Store has a sale on its silverware. If the Price of a plate-setting is reduced from ? 300 to ? 200 and the quantity demanded increases from 3,000 plate settings to 5,000 plate- settings, what is the Price Elasticity of Demand for that item? Show Answer


Q891) A Store has a special offer on CDs. It reduces the price from ? 150 to ? 100. The Store Manager observes that the quantity demanded increases from 700 CDs to 1,400 CDs. What is the Price Elasticity of Demand for CDs? Show Answer


Q892) If a shop raises the price of a product from ? 60 to ? 100 and quantity demanded falls from 400 units to 300 units, the Price Elasticity of Demand is Show Answer


Q893) A book seller estimates that if the price of a book is increased from ? 60 to ? 67, the quantity of books demanded will decrease from 2,035 to 1,946. The Book's Price Elasticity of Demand is approximately Show Answer


Q894) What is the new quantity demanded when Price Elasticity is 1 and price changes from ? 15 to ? 10 and the original quantity demanded was 10 units? Show Answer


Q895) What will be the price elasticity if original price is ? 5, original quantity is 8 units and changed price is ? 6 changed quantity is 4 units? Show Answer


Q896) The original price of commodity is ? 500 and quantity demanded is 20 kgs. If price rises to ? 750 and quantity demanded reduce to 15 kgs, price elasticity of demand is _______ Show Answer


Q897) The price of a tiffin box is ?100 per unit and the quantity demanded in a market is 25,000 units. Company increased the price to ? 125 per unit due to this increase in price quantity demanded decreases to 1,00,000 units. What will be price elasticity of demand Show Answer


Q898) The price of a commodity decreases form 10 to 8 and the quantity demanded of it increases from 25 to 30 units. Then the coefficient of price elasticity will be _______ Show Answer


Q899) The Elasticity at a given point on a Demand Curve is known as Show Answer


Q900) Point Elasticity of Demand is calculated as Show Answer


Q901) Point Elasticity is useful for which of the following situations Show Answer


Q902) Which of the following statements regarding Elasticity of Demand is true? Show Answer


Q903) If a point on a Demand Curve of any Product lies on X Axis, then Price Elasticity of Demand of that commodity at that point will be Show Answer


Q904) If a point on a Demand Curve of any Product lies on Y Axis, then Price Elasticity of Demand of that commodity at that point will be Show Answer


Q905) In the case of a Straight Line Demand Curve meeting the two axes, the Price-Elasticity of Demand at the mid-point of the line would be Show Answer


Q906) If R point bisects the Demand Curve in two equal parts, then elasticity at R equals Show Answer


Q907) Point Elasticity at the mid-point on the Straight Line Demand Curve is Show Answer


Q908) What is the elasticity between midpoint & upper extreme point of a straight line continuous demand curve? Show Answer


Q909) At a price of ? 300 per month, there are 30,000 subscribers to Cable TV in a Small Town. If the Cable Company raises its price to ? 400 per month, the number of subscribers will fall to 20,000. Using the mid-point method for calculating the elasticity, what is the Price Elasticity of Demand for Cable TV? Show Answer


Q910) What is the Price Elasticity of Demand when, price changes from ? 10 to ? 12 and as a result, demand falls from 6 units to 4 units? Show Answer


Q911) If the quantity of blankets demanded increases from 4,600 to 5,700 in response to a decrease in their price from ? 220 to ? 190, the Price Elasticity of Demand for Blankets using Arc Method is Show Answer


Q912) What is the Original Price of a Product when Price Elasticity is 0.71 and Demand changes from 20 units to 15 units and the new price is Rs 10? (Use Arc Method for computation) Show Answer


Q913) Under Total Outlay Method, if as a result of the decrease in price of a product, the total expenditure on the product rises, we say that Price Elasticity of Demand is Show Answer


Q914) Under Total Outlay Method, if Price and Consumer's Total Expenditure on the product move in opposite directions, then, Price Elasticity of Demand is Show Answer


Q915) If the demand for a product is elastic, an increase in its price will cause the Total Expenditure of the Consumers to Show Answer


Q916) If the demand for a product is elastic, an decrease in its price will cause the Total Expenditure of the Consumers to Show Answer


Q917) Under Total Outlay Method, if as a result of the decrease in price of a product, the total expenditure on the product decreases, we say that Price Elasticity of Demand is Show Answer


Q918) Under Total Outlay Method, if Price and Consumer's Total Expenditure on the product move in the same direction, then, Price Elasticity of Demand is Show Answer


Q919) If the demand for a product is inelastic, an increase in its price will cause the Total Expenditure of the Consumers to Show Answer


Q920) If the demand for a product is inelastic, an decrease in its price will cause the Total Expenditure of the Consumers to Show Answer


Q921) Total Expenditure of a Consumer increases if-
(i). Demand is elastic and price rises
(ii). Demand is elastic and price falls
(iii). Demand is inelastic and price rises
(iv). Demand is inelastic and price falls
Show Answer


Q922) Given the following four possibilities, which one results in an increase in Total Consumer Expenditure? Show Answer


Q923) Due to change in price of the commodity, the Total Expenditure remains the same as before, then Elasticity under Total Outlay Method is Show Answer


Q924) When Increase in prices is exactly balanced by a proportionate reduction in the purchase quantity, then Elasticity under Total Outlay Method is Show Answer


Q925) An increase in price will result in an increase in Total Revenue if Show Answer


Q926) Which of the following statements regarding Elasticity of Demand is true? Show Answer


Q927) A decrease in price will result in an increase in Total Revenue if Show Answer


Q928) If a good has price elasticity greater than one then Show Answer


Q929) Ceteris paribus, what would be the impact on foreign exchange earnings for a given falling export prices, if the demand for the country's exports is inelastic? Show Answer


Q930) If the Railways are making losses on passenger traffic, they should lower their fares. The suggested remedy would only work if the demand for Rail Travel had a price elasticity of Show Answer


Q931) If Cinema Halls are making losses they should lower the ticket fares. This suggestion would only work if the demand for watching movies in cinema halls had a Price Elasticity of Show Answer


Q932) Price Elasticity of demand for a product is zero. If the Firm increases the price of the product by 10%, Total Revenue of the Firm will Show Answer


Q933) Income Elasticity of Demand is defined as the responsiveness of Show Answer


Q934) Income Elasticity of Demand is given by Show Answer


Q935) Positive Income Elasticity implies that as income rises, demand for the commodity Show Answer


Q936) If Income-Elasticity is greater than zero, then the product is Show Answer


Q937) ……….. have a positive Income Elasticity of Demand. Show Answer


Q938) For what type of goods does demand fall with rise in income levels of households? Show Answer


Q939) Negative Income Elasticity implies that as income rises, demand for the commodity Show Answer


Q940) Generally when income of a consumer increases he goes for superior goods, leading to fall in demand for inferior goods. It means income elasticity of demand is ______. Show Answer


Q941) What type of goods does a consumer eventually stop buying, when his income rises? Show Answer


Q942) Goods having negative Income Elasticity are known as Show Answer


Q943) In case of Inferior Goods, Income Elasticity is Show Answer


Q944) In Demand-Supply Analysis, if the income of the Consumer increases, the Demand Curve for an inferior good Show Answer


Q945) …….. have a negative Income Elasticity of Demand. Show Answer


Q946) If quantity demanded does not change as Income changes, then Income Elasticity of Demand is Show Answer


Q947) Goods having Zero Income Elasticity are Show Answer


Q948) If an increase in Consumer Incomes leads to a increase in the demand for Product X, then Product X is Show Answer


Q949) For ………. goods increase in income leads to increase in demand. Show Answer


Q950) For a product to be called income elastic, its Income Elasticity has to be - Show Answer


Q951) Services like Air Travel and Movies have an income elasticity of Show Answer


Q952) What would be the value of Income Elasticity of demand for the meals in a costly restaurant? Show Answer


Q953) If a good is a Luxury, its Income Elasticity of demand is Show Answer


Q954) Goods having Income Elasticity > 1 are considered as Show Answer


Q955) The Income of a Household rises by 20%, the demand for Computer rises by 25%, this means Computer (in Economics) is a/an Show Answer


Q956) If Income Elasticity for the household for Product A is 2 then A is Show Answer


Q957) If the Income Elasticity is greater than one, the commodity is Show Answer


Q958) If Income Elasticity = 1, it means that proportion of Income spent on goods ………, as income of the Consumers increases. Show Answer


Q959) If Consumers always spend 15% of their income on food, then the Income Elasticity of Demand for Food is Show Answer


Q960) Which of the following is not an income-elastic product/service? Show Answer


Q961) A Necessity is defined as a good having Show Answer


Q962) Goods having Income Elasticity < 1 are considered as Show Answer


Q963) Which of the following is not a determinant of the Advertising Elasticity of Demand? Show Answer


Q964) If income increases by 10% and demand increases by 5%, then income elasticity of demand is: Show Answer


Q965) Suppose a Consumer's income increases from ? 30,000 to ? 36,000. As a result, the consumer increases her purchases of compact discs (CDs) from 25 CDs to 30 CDs. What is the Income Elasticity of Demand for CDs here? Show Answer


Q966) If the quantity of CD demanded increases from 260 to 290 in response to an increase in income from ? 9,000 to ? 9,800, the Income Elasticity of Demand is approximately Show Answer


Q967) Concerned about the poor state of the economy, a Car Dealer estimates that if income decreases by 4%, Car Sales will fall from 352 to 335. Consequently, the Income Elasticity of Demand for cars is approximately Show Answer


Q968) If an Increase In Consumer Incomes leads to a decrease in the demand for Product X, then Product X is Show Answer


Q969) Income of a household increases by 10%, and the demand for Wheat rises by 5%. This means that Wheat is an example of Show Answer


Q970) Income of a household increases by 10%, and the demand for TV rises by 20%. This means that TV is an example of Show Answer


Q971) Income of a household increases by 5%, and the demand for Bajra falls by 2%. In this case, Bajra is an example of Show Answer


Q972) In order to assess the effect of a change in price of one product on the demand for other products, which type of elasticity is often used? Show Answer


Q973) Cross Elasticity measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded of a commodity to Show Answer


Q974) In measuring Cross Elasticity, ……..is / are considered. Show Answer


Q975) Which of the following statements regarding Cross Elasticity is true Show Answer


Q976) If Goods X and Y are complementary, their Cross Elasticity is Show Answer


Q977) Complementary Goods like tea and sugar have a ……… Cross Elasticity. Show Answer


Q978) What will be the Slope of Demand Curve when it shows the Cross Elasticity between two Complementary Goods? Show Answer


Q979) Cross Elasticity between Tea and Sugar is Show Answer


Q980) Goods having negative Cross Elasticity are Show Answer


Q981) Negative Cross Elasticity always implies that the goods are complementary in nature. This statement is Show Answer


Q982) Goods having zero Cross Elasticity are Show Answer


Q983) Cross Elasticity of Demand between Tea and Coffee is Show Answer


Q984) If the co-efficient of Cross Elasticity of Demand of X for Y is 3, it means that X and Y are Show Answer


Q985) When Cola Companies Coke and Pepsi, introduced Colas in mini bottles at a low price, the demand for Tea and Coffee is small tea stalls declined drastically. The Cross Elasticity between the Colas and Tea / Coffee is Show Answer


Q986) If two products are good substitutes, the value of Cross Elasticity will be Show Answer


Q987) The cross elasticity of demand between two perfect substitutes will be Show Answer


Q988) Goods having positive Cross Elasticity are Show Answer


Q989) Positive Cross Elasticity always implies that the goods are substitute goods. This statement is Show Answer


Q990) If Cross Elasticity of Demand is Infinity, it means that the goods are Show Answer


Q991) If Cross Elasticity of Demand = Zero, it means that the goods are Show Answer


Q992) If Cross Elasticity of Demand between A and B is Zero, it means that between A and B Show Answer


Q993) If the quantity demanded of Tea increases by 5% when the price of Coffee increases by 20%, the Cross Elasticity of demand between Tea and Coffee is Show Answer


Q994) The Cross Elasticity of monthly demand for ink pen, when the price of gel pen increases by 25% and demand for ink pen increases by 50% is equal to Show Answer


Q995) Cross Elasticity of Demand for Gel Pen when the Price of Refills increases by 20% and demand for Gel Pens falls by 30% is equal to Show Answer


Q996) If the quantity demanded of Product X increases from 8 to 12 units in response to an increase in the price of Product Y from ? 23 to ? 27, the Cross Elasticity of Demand for X with respect to Price of Y is approximately Show Answer


Q997) Which of the following is incorrect? Show Answer


Q998) The Price Elasticity of Demand when fresh milk's price increases from ? 20 per litre to ? 30 per litre is equal to Show Answer


Q999) What can be said about the Price Elasticity of Demand for Fresh Milk? Show Answer


Q1000) The Cross Elasticity of Demand for Cereals when the price of Fresh Milk increases from ? 20 to ? 30 is equal to Show Answer


Q1001) What can be said about Fresh Milk & Cereals? Show Answer


Q1002) The Cross Elasticity of Demand for Powdered Milk, when the price of Fresh Milk increases from ? 20 to ? 30 per litre is equal to Show Answer


Q1003) What can be said about Fresh Milk and Powdered Milk? Show Answer


Q1004) If Income of the Consumers increases by 50% and the quantity of Fresh Milk demanded increases by 30%. What is Income Elasticity of Demand for Fresh Milk? Show Answer


Q1005) We can say that Fresh Milk in economics sense is an example of Show Answer


Q1006) Price Elasticity of demand when Gel Pen's price increases from ? 10 to ? 15 per pen is Show Answer


Q1007) What can be said about the Price Elasticity of Demand for Gel Pens? Show Answer


Q1008) The Cross Elasticity of Demand for Refills when the price of Gel Pen increases from ? 10 to ? 15 is - Show Answer


Q1009) What can be said about Gel Pen and Refills? Show Answer


Q1010) Cross Elasticity of Demand for Ink Pen when the price of Gel Pen increases from ? 10 to ? 15 is equal to Show Answer


Q1011) What can be said about Gel Pen and Ink Pens? Show Answer


Q1012) If Income of the residents of locality increases by 50% and the quantity of Gel Pens demanded increases by 20%. What is income elasticity of demand for Gel Pen? Show Answer


Q1013) We can say that Gel Pen in economics sense is an example of Show Answer


Q1014) Price Elasticity of Demand (using Arc Method) when Price of X decreases from ? 20 per piece to ? 10 per piece will be Show Answer


Q1015) What can be said about the Price Elasticity of Demand for Commodity X? Show Answer


Q1016) Cross Elasticity of Demand for Commodity Y when the Price of X decreases from ? 20 per piece to ? 10 per piece will be Show Answer


Q1017) Cross Elasticity of Demand for Commodity Z when the price of X decreases from ? 20 per piece to ? 10 per piece will be Show Answer


Q1018) If Income of the Consumers increases by 50% and the demand for X increases by 20% what will be the Income Elasticity of Demand for X? Show Answer


Q1019) We can say that Commodity X in economic sense is an example of Show Answer


Q1020) Advertisement Elasticity is also known as Show Answer


Q1021) The responsiveness of a good's demand to changes in the Firm's spending on advertising is called Show Answer


Q1022) Advertisement Elasticity is the percentage change in Show Answer


Q1023) Advertising Elasticity is generally Show Answer


Q1024) Which of the following statements is correct? Show Answer


Q1025) Scientific way of estimating demand is called Show Answer


Q1026) Demand Forecasting helps in Show Answer


Q1027) Based on area, Forecasting can be classified as Show Answer


Q1028) Goods which are used for production of other goods Show Answer


Q1029) Goods which are used for final consumption Show Answer


Q1030) Goods which can be consumed more than once is called Show Answer


Q1031) Goods which cannot be consumed more than once is called Show Answer


Q1032) Smart Phone is an example of Show Answer


Q1033) Cooking oil is an example of Show Answer


Q1034) Tools and spare parts is an example of Show Answer


Q1035) Increase in Farm Production leads to increase in demand of fertilizers. This is an example of Show Answer


Q1036) The demand for a product which is independent of the demand for other goods is called Show Answer


Q1037) The Demand for a Firm's product when expressed as a percentage of Industry Demand signifies the ______ of the Firm Show Answer


Q1038) Demand for the product of a particular Firm is called Show Answer


Q1039) The Survey method where all potential customers are interviewed about their future purchase plans Show Answer


Q1040) The Survey method where scientifically chosen sample of potential customers are interviewed Show Answer


Q1041) The method in which the Salesmen are required to estimate expected sales in their respective territories Show Answer


Q1042) Expert opinions for demand forecasting is used in Show Answer


Q1043) Tools used by Delphi Technique to forecast demand based on Expert Opinions Show Answer


Q1044) Which of the following methods cannot be used for short term forecasting Show Answer


Q1045) Concept of giving the Consumers a specific sum of money and asking them to spend on goods with varying price, packing, display etc. is called Show Answer


Q1046) The method in which future demand is estimated by conducting market studies and experiments on consumer behaviour is known as Show Answer


Q1047) Which is the Classical Method for demand forecasting? Show Answer


Q1048) Graphical Method is also known as Show Answer


Q1049) The superior method of forecasting is Show Answer


Q1050) Economic indicators in demand forecasting is called Show Answer


Q1051) Barometric Method has a Show Answer


Q1052) What type of indicator is used in Barometric method of demand forecasting Show Answer


Q1053) Advance indications are given by Show Answer


Q1054) Indicators that move simultaneously with the level of economic activities is Show Answer


Q1055) Indicators that follow a change after some time lag Show Answer


Q1056) Supply can be referred as Show Answer


Q1057) The Supply of a product refers to Show Answer


Q1058) Supply of a Commodity is a Show Answer


Q1059) _______refers to the quantity of goods or services that Producers are willing and able to offer to the market at various prices during a period of time. Show Answer


Q1060) Supply refers to ______ Show Answer


Q1061) Supply refers to the quantity of goods or services, that ______ are willing and able to offer to the market at various prices during a period of time. Show Answer


Q1062) Supply Quantity is the same as Sales Quantity. This statement is Show Answer


Q1063) Supply refers to what Firms offer for sale, and not necessarily to what they succeed in selling. This statement is Show Answer


Q1064) To constitute Supply, the Producing Firms must have Show Answer


Q1065) Supply refers to the _____ by Producing Firms. Show Answer


Q1066) Period in which supply cannot be increased is called Show Answer


Q1067) _______ is the total volume of the commodity which can be brought into the market for sale at a short notice. Show Answer


Q1068) ______ refers to the quantity which is actually brought in the market. Show Answer


Q1069) Supply is different from Stock. This statement is Show Answer


Q1070) Stock is potential supply. Show Answer


Q1071) Stock refers to quantity _____ into the market, whereas Supply refers to quantity _______ into the market. Show Answer


Q1072) The meaning of time element in economics is _______ Show Answer


Q1073) Which of the following factors is not a determinant of Supply? Show Answer


Q1074) Which of the following factors is not a determinant of Supply? Show Answer


Q1075) Generally, higher the prices of products, higher the _______ Show Answer


Q1076) Producing Firms are guided by - Show Answer


Q1077) Other things being equal, if the price of the commodity is higher, ______ quantities thereof will be supplied to the market. Show Answer


Q1078) Prices of Related Commodities are not a determinant of supply of a particular commodity. This statement is- Show Answer


Q1079) Generally, Supply of a Product X will ______ be if the prices of goods other than X increase. Show Answer


Q1080) Generally, Supply of a Product X will be _______ if the prices of goods other than X decrease. Show Answer


Q1081) Supply of a Product decreases when the prices of other related goods increase. This is because Show Answer


Q1082) If there is an increase in the Prices of Factors of Production, Cost of Production of that product will Show Answer


Q1083) If there is an decrease in the Prices of Factors of Production, Cost of Production of that product will Show Answer


Q1084) Other things being equal, if the Cost of Production of a commodity is higher, ______ quantities thereof will be supplied to the market. Show Answer


Q1085) Other things being equal, if the Cost of Production of a commodity is lower, ______ quantities thereof will be supplied to the market. Show Answer


Q1086) Inventions and Innovations lead to Show Answer


Q1087) Other things being equal, if the State of Technology in relation to a commodity increases, _______ quantities thereof will be supplied to the market. Show Answer


Q1088) Inventions and Innovations lead to Show Answer


Q1089) Other things being equal, the supply quantity of a product is ______ related to its price. Show Answer


Q1090) Other things being equal, the supply quantity of a product is ______ related to price of related goods. Show Answer


Q1091) Other things being equal, the supply quantity of a product is _______ related to the Cost of Production of that product. Show Answer


Q1092) Generally, if there is an increase in Commodity Taxes (Excise Duty, Customs Duty, VAT, etc.) leading to increase in their cost of production, the supply quantity will Show Answer


Q1093) Generally, if there are incentives like Subsidies which reduce the cost of production, the supply quantity will Show Answer


Q1094) In case of failure of rains, floods, fires, etc. the supply of agricultural commodities will Show Answer


Q1095) In case of better rainfall improvement in irrigation, improved seeds, etc. the supply of agricultural commodities will Show Answer


Q1096) Which of the following is the determinant in the Law of Supply? Show Answer


Q1097) Which of the following is the only determinant that the Law of Supply takes into account? Show Answer


Q1098) As per Law of Supply, other things being equal, if the Price of a Commodity increases, its Supply Quantity will Show Answer


Q1099) As per Law of Supply, other things being equal, if the Price of a Commodity decreases, its Supply Quantity will Show Answer


Q1100) The assumption "Ceteris Paribus" in the Law of Supply stands for Show Answer


Q1101) As per Law of Supply, other things being equal, there is a ______ between Price and Quantity Supplied. Show Answer


Q1102) _______ shows the quantity of products a producer or seller wishes to sell at a given price level. Show Answer


Q1103) Generally, the Supply Curve Show Answer


Q1104) Generally, the Supply Curve Show Answer


Q1105) Typically, the Supply Curve Show Answer


Q1106) The Supply Curve Show Answer


Q1107) The Market Supply Curve is a lateral summation (totalling) of Individual Supply Curves of all Producing Firms. This statement i Show Answer


Q1108) What would be the shape of the Supply Curve of the toys, if a Seller offers to sell any number of toys as ? 100? Show Answer


Q1109) Increase or Decrease in the quantity supplied occurs due to Show Answer


Q1110) While recognizing Increase or Decrease in the quantity supplied, we assume _______ remain constant. Show Answer


Q1111) When there is a movement on the Supply Curve, we are referring to Show Answer


Q1112) Change in Quantity Supplied causes Show Answer


Q1113) When there is a change in quantity supplied Show Answer


Q1114) In case of Increase / Decrease in quantity supplied, the position of the Supply Curve remains the same. This statement is Show Answer


Q1115) Increase in quantity supplied, due to changes in price, may also be called Show Answer


Q1116) Increase in quantity supplied, due to changes in price, may also be called Show Answer


Q1117) When more units of the product are supplied at a higher price, it is called Show Answer


Q1118) Contraction of Supply is the result of Show Answer


Q1119) Increase or Decrease in Supply occurs due to Show Answer


Q1120) While recognizing Increase or Decrease in the Supply, we assume ______ remain constant. Show Answer


Q1121) When there is a movement of the Supply Curve, we are referring to Show Answer


Q1122) Change in Supply means Show Answer


Q1123) When there is a change in supply Show Answer


Q1124) When higher quantities are supplied, due to changes in factors other than price, it is called Show Answer


Q1125) When lower quantities are supplied, due to changes in factors other than price, it is called Show Answer


Q1126) Which of the following factors will not result in the shifting of Supply Curve for Software Packages? Show Answer


Q1127) An Increase in the Supply of a product is caused by Show Answer


Q1128) An Increase in the Supply of a product is caused by Show Answer


Q1129) An Increase in the Supply of a product is caused by Show Answer


Q1130) A Decrease in the Supply of a product is caused by Show Answer


Q1131) Elasticity of Supply refers to the Show Answer


Q1132) Which of the following has the lowest Price Elasticity of Supply? Show Answer


Q1133) In which of the following type of product, is the Elasticity of Supply lowest? Show Answer


Q1134) Given the Market Demand, the burden of specific tax that will be borne by the Consumer (Buyer) depends on the Show Answer


Q1135) Elasticity of Supply is given by the formula Show Answer


Q1136) Elasticity of Supply can be measured using Show Answer


Q1137) Which of the following method is not used for measuring elasticity of supply? Show Answer


Q1138) If Quantity Supplied increases by 60% for a 50% increase in Price, Elasticity of Supply is Show Answer


Q1139) If Price is ? 15, quantity supplied is 150 units. If Price is ? 25, quantity supplied is 300 units. Compute Price Elasticity of Supply using Arc Method. Show Answer


Q1140) When Supply is perfectly inelastic, Elasticity of Supply is equal to Show Answer


Q1141) If as a result of a change in price, the quantity supplied of a product remains unchanged, we conclude that Show Answer


Q1142) A Vertical Supply Curve parallel to Y axis implies that the Elasticity of Supply is Show Answer


Q1143) Elasticity of Supply is greater than one when Show Answer


Q1144) If the Elasticity of Supply is Zero, then Supply Curve will be Show Answer


Q1145) When Supply is perfectly elastic, Elasticity of Supply is equal to Show Answer


Q1146) A Horizontal Supply Curve parallel to the quantity axis implies that the Elasticity of Supply is Show Answer


Q1147) If the Elasticity of Supply is Infinity, then Supply Curve will be Show Answer


Q1148) When change in the quantity supplied is proportionate to the change in the price, the product is said to have Show Answer


Q1149) If the Elasticity of Supply is Infinity, then Supply Curve will be Show Answer


Q1150) Price is fallen by 20% brings above 10% fall in quantity supplied then elasticity of supply is ______ Show Answer


Q1151) Market Forces refer to Show Answer


Q1152) Which of these refer to "Market Forces'? Show Answer


Q1153) Demand & Supply interact in determining Show Answer


Q1154) Equilibrium price is where _______ Show Answer


Q1155) Generally, the Demand Curve Show Answer


Q1156) Generally, the Demand Curve Show Answer


Q1157) Generally, the Supply Curve Show Answer


Q1158) Generally, the Supply Curve Show Answer


Q1159) P Q.D. Q.S. 1 500 200 2 450 250 3 400 300 4 350 350 5 300 400 6 250 450 7 200 550 8 150 600 What is equilibrium price Show Answer


Q1160) Other things being equal, as Demand increases, Equilibrium Price Show Answer


Q1161) Other things being equal, as Demand increases, Quantity at the Equilibrium Price level Show Answer


Q1162) Other things being equal, as Demand increases Show Answer


Q1163) Other things being equal, as Demand decreases, Equilibrium Price Show Answer


Q1164) Other things being equal, as Demand decreases, Quantity at the Equilibrium Price level Show Answer


Q1165) Other things being equal, as Demand decreases Show Answer


Q1166) With a given Supply Curve, a decrease in Demand causes Show Answer


Q1167) Other things being equal, as Supply increases, Equilibrium Price Show Answer


Q1168) Other things being equal, as Supply increases, Quantity at the Equilibrium Price Show Answer


Q1169) Other things being equal, as Supply increases Show Answer


Q1170) Other things being equal, as Supply decreases, Equilibrium Price Show Answer


Q1171) Other things being equal, as Supply decreases, Quantity at the Equilibrium Price level Show Answer


Q1172) Other things being equal, as Supply decreases Equilibrium Price and Quantity both increase Show Answer


Q1173) If increase in demand is greater than the increase in supply, then the Equilibrium Price Show Answer


Q1174) If increase in demand is greater than the increase in supply, then Quantity at the Equilibrium Price level Show Answer


Q1175) If increase in demand is greater than the increase in supply, then Show Answer


Q1176) If decrease in demand is greater than the decrease in supply, then the Equilibrium Price Show Answer


Q1177) If decrease in demand is greater than decrease in supply, then the Quantity at the Equilibrium Price level Show Answer


Q1178) If decrease in demand is greater than the decrease in supply, then Show Answer


Q1179) If increase in demand is equal to the increase in supply, then the Equilibrium Price Show Answer


Q1180) If increase in demand is equal to the increase in supply, then the Quantity at the Equilibrium Price level Show Answer


Q1181) If increase in demand is equal to the increase in supply, then Show Answer


Q1182) If decrease in demand is equal to the decrease in supply, then the Equilibrium Price Show Answer


Q1183) If decrease in demand is equal to the decrease in supply, then the Quantity at the Equilibrium Price level Show Answer


Q1184) If decrease in demand is equal to the decrease in supply, then Show Answer


Q1185) If increase in demand is less than the increase in supply, then the Equilibrium Price Show Answer


Q1186) If increase in demand is less than the increase in supply, then the Quantity at the Equilibrium Price level Show Answer


Q1187) If increase in demand is less than the increase in supply, then Show Answer


Q1188) If decrease in demand is less than the decrease in supply, then the Equilibrium Price Show Answer


Q1189) If decrease in demand is less than the decrease in supply, then the Quantity at the Equilibrium Price level Show Answer


Q1190) If decrease in demand is less than the decrease in supply, then Show Answer


Q1191) Which of the following situation does not lead to an increase in Equilibrium Price? Show Answer


Q1192) If the Supply of a commodity is perfectly elastic, an increase in Demand will result in Show Answer


Q1193) If the Supply of a commodity is perfectly elastic, a decrease in Demand will result in Show Answer


Q1194) If the Supply of a commodity is perfectly elastic, a decrease in Demand will result in Show Answer


Q1195) If the Supply of a commodity is perfectly inelastic, an increase in Demand will result in Show Answer


Q1196) If the Supply of a commodity is perfectly inelastic, a decrease in Demand will result in Show Answer


Q1197) If the Demand of a commodity is perfectly elastic, an increase in Supply will result in Show Answer


Q1198) If the Demand of a commodity is perfectly elastic, a decrease in Supply will result in Show Answer


Q1199) If the Demand of a commodity is perfectly inelastic, an increase in Supply will result in Show Answer


Q1200) If the Demand of a commodity is perfectly inelastic, a decrease in Supply will result in Show Answer


Q1201) If a fisherman must sell all of his daily catch before it spoils for whatever price he is offered once the fish are caught. The Fisherman's Price Elasticity of Supply for fresh fish is Show Answer


Q1202) “High priced goods consumed by status seeking rich people to satisfy their need for conspicuous goods†is: Show Answer


Q1203) Short run price is also called by the name of: Show Answer


Q1204) According to law of supply, change in supply is related to? Show Answer


Q1205) In case of inferior goods, with rise of income of consumes, demand of goodwill? Show Answer


Q1206) In case of necessaries, consumes surplus is? Show Answer


Q1207) When price of a commodity Rises from 200 to Rs 300 and Quantity supply increases from 2000 to 5000 units find elasticity of supply? Show Answer


Q1208) Which of the following is not the property of indifference curve ? Show Answer


Q1209) In case of Normal goods, Rise in price leads to ? Show Answer


Q1210) Method of demand forecasting does not include? Show Answer


Q1211) An IC shows .............. MRS between the commodity? Show Answer


Q1212) Forecasting of demand is the Art and Science of predicting? Show Answer


Q1213) Addition made to total utility refers to? Show Answer


Q1214) Elasticity of supply is zero means? Show Answer


Q1215) Which of the following statement is correct ? Show Answer


Q1216) When the supply of a product is perfectly inelastic then the curve will be Show Answer


Q1217) In the case of ...., there is an inverse relationship between income and demand for a product. Show Answer


Q1218) If maize has - 0.30 as income elasticity of demand, then maize will be considered as .... Show Answer


Q1219) If price decreases from Rs. 80 to Rs. 60 and elasticity of demand is 1.25 then ...... Show Answer


Q1220) Which of the following is / are the conditions of theory of consumer surplus if the price is same for all the units he purchased ? Show Answer


Q1221) Which of the following is not the property of an indifference curve ? Show Answer


Q1222) Which of the following is correct ? Show Answer


Q1223) Which of the following will affect the demand for non-durable goods ? Show Answer


Q1224) When the price of tea decreases, people reduce the consumption of coffee. Then the goods are Show Answer


Q1225) Which of the following relation is true with MU ? Show Answer


Q1226) The price elasticity of demand at the midpoint of the straight - line demand curve under point method is ........... Show Answer


Q1227) Contraction of supply implies .... Show Answer


Q1228) Perishable commodities will have ..... Show Answer


Q1229) Total utility is also known as Show Answer


Q1230) The Quantity supplied of a goods or services is the amount that ... Show Answer


Q1231) Luxury goods have income elasticity Show Answer


Q1232) percentage change quantity supplied is divided by .... to obtain elasticity of supply Show Answer


Q1233) Law of demand rates to : Show Answer


Q1234) An in difference curve slopes down towards right since more of one commodity and of another commodity result in Show Answer


Q1235) Elasticity for habitual goods is Show Answer


Q1236) Diminishing marginal returns for the first four units of variable inputs is exhibited by the total product sequences. Show Answer


Q1237) Demand forecasting by means of asking customer what they are going to buy comes under : Show Answer


Q1238) When the price of petrol decreases, people reduce the consumption of diesel then the goods are : Show Answer


Q1239) When price of apple is Rs. 120 per kg. Ram buys one kg. of apples at that price. Now if other things remains the same but the price of apples falls to Rs. 90 per kg. Now Ram buys 2 kg of apples. It is called as : Show Answer


Q1240) To know the base price and quantity, which method of elasticity is used ? Show Answer


Q1241) The price elasticity of demand for X is 1 and the average quantity demand of X is 90 units. If the price of X decreases from Rs 300 to Rs 180 per unit, calculate the new quantity demand of X is : Show Answer


Q1242) If the quantity supply changes substantially in response to small changes in price of the good then it is : Show Answer


Q1243) If Indifference curve is L shaped, means two goods will be : Show Answer


Q1244) Let us assume that in OY axis we have good A and on OX axis good B. If the price of good B increases by Rs 1 but the price of good A remains constant and income also remains unchanged, the budget line will shift : Show Answer


Q1245) Purushotham wanted to buy laptop by paying Rs 60,000 but the actual price is Rs 55,000 then the consumer surplus is : Show Answer


Q1246) Why does demand curve slopes downwards ? Show Answer


Q1247) What is not a determinant of demand ? Show Answer


Q1248) What are exceptions to Law of Demand ? Show Answer


Q1249) What is numerical measures of elasticity for "Perfectly elastic " Show Answer


Q1250) The price of 1 kg. of tea is Rs.30 demand at this price is 5 kg. If price of coffee rises from 25 to 35 per kg. the quantity demanded of tea rises from 5 kg. to 8 kg. Find out cross elasticity of tea ? Show Answer


Q1251) Supply is ..... concept. Show Answer


Q1252) When supply curves moves to right, it means : Show Answer


Q1253) The quantity demanded of coffee increases by 2 % when the price of tea increases by 8%, the cross elasticity of demand between two product are : Show Answer


Q1254) Goods which are inferior, with no close substitutes easily available and which occupy a substantial place in consumer's budget are called ..... goods. Show Answer


Q1255) Suppose the demand for automobile decreases due to increase in price of petrol both the goods are : Show Answer


Q1256) Marshall defined the concept of consumer surplus as the .... Show Answer


Q1257) Of the following who developed the Delphi technique of Demand forecasting ? Show Answer


Q1258) Indifference curve analysis is based on which approach ? Show Answer


Q1259) The price of a commodity decreases from Rs 200 to Rs. 120 per unit. If the price elasticity of Demand for this commodity is 2 and the original quantity demanded is 60 units calculate the new quantity demanded. Show Answer


Q1260) A group of people decreases or altogether stop consumption of a common product due to which of the following effect ? Show Answer


Q1261) For which of the following product elasticity of demand is highly elastic ? Show Answer


Q1262) The indifference curve for two perfect complementary goods is .... Show Answer


Q1263) Assume that wheat have (-) 0.4 as income elasticity by this we can say : Show Answer


Q1264) Equation of supply is given as Q = 20 p - 200.
If price is Rs 30, then find the elasticity.
Show Answer


Q1265) Who coined the term 'Demonstration effect' ?
Show Answer


Q1266) MRS from X to Y can be defined as ___
Show Answer


Q1267) In case of ___ goods, the demand will rise to the fall of price only if substitution effect outweights the income effect.
Show Answer


Q1268) The value of demand elasticity can be taken from ___
Show Answer


Q1269) Consumer surplus is derived from which concept ?
Show Answer


Q1270) Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility is derived from ___.
Show Answer


Q1271) Hicks and Allen believed that utility ___.
Show Answer


Q1272) At the point of satiation, TU is ___ and MU is ___. Show Answer


Q1273) Demand refers to ___.
Show Answer


Q1274) Budget Line will be affected by ___.
Show Answer


Q1275) Utility can be measured in ___.
Show Answer


Q1276) Which of the following is the property of IC ?
Show Answer


Q1277) During lockdown due to covid 19 a consumer finds the vegetable vendors selling vegetables in the streets have raised the prices of vegetables than usual prices. She will buy ___ vegetables than / as her usual demand showing the demand of vegetable is ___.
Show Answer


Q1278) For giffen goods the angle curve is :
Show Answer


Q1279) Elasticity measured at a given point on supply curve :
Show Answer


Q1280) Change in price is larger than proportionate to change in demand ___ which type of elasticity ? Show Answer


Q1281) Veblen effect slopes toward :
Show Answer


Q1282) Advertising elasticity of demand is always :
Show Answer


Q1283) The graph of perfect complimentary goods is :
Show Answer


Q1284) Which of the following is not a exception of law of demand ? Show Answer


Q1285) When price increases fewer units are sold which tends to lower the revenue ? Show Answer


Q1286) The price of sugar falls from Rs 10000 to Rs 8000 & Quantity decrease from 2500 to 2000 . Find elasticity of supply.
Show Answer


Q1287) The law of demand states that the quantity purchased ___.
Show Answer


Q1288) If the quantity demanded of mutton increases by 5% when the price of chicken increase by 25% the price elasticity of demand is -

Show Answer


Q1289) A vertical supply curve parallel to y axis implies that the elasticity of supply is - Show Answer


Q1290) If customer is a habitual customer then elasticity is -
Show Answer


Q1291) Customer surplus what he is willing to pay less -
Show Answer


Q1292) If advertisement is increased by 25% & demand is only increased by 5%. Find advertisement elasticity.
Show Answer


Q1293) An indifference curve is L shaped, then two goods will be Show Answer


Q1294) When demand decrease due to price increase it is ? Show Answer


Q1295) What is marginal utility when consumption increases from 4 units to 5 units?
Show Answer


Q1296) What is marginal utility when consumption increases from 7 units to 8 units?
Show Answer


Q1297) When the elasticity of supply is infinite,the curve will be:
Show Answer


Q1298) Ram and sons are going for heavy advertisement campaign to enhance their sales.When analyzed it was realized that the expenditure on advertisement by the company has gone up from 2,00,000 to 3,00,000 and the sales of this product increased from 10 lakh units to 20 lakhs.What is the advertising elasticity of demand? Show Answer


Q1299) If the quantity demanded of mutton increased by 5% when the price of chicken increases by 20% the cross price elasticity of demand between mutton and chicken is:
Show Answer


Q1300) The household income rises by 20% in a year consequently the demand of TV sets rises by 30% what is income elasticity of demand?
Show Answer


Q1301) When marginal utility is zero then total utility is:
Show Answer


Q1302) The extent to which the demand for a consumer's good is decreased owing to the fact that others are also consuming the same commodity refers to: Show Answer


Q1303) Suppose the income elasticity of air conditioners is +1.8,which kind of good is an air conditioner? Show Answer


Q1304) Change in demand due to increase in real income of a consumer is called:
Show Answer


Q1305) If the price of good X increases, demand of good Y also increase,the two goods are: Show Answer


Q1306) The Delphi technique of demand forecasting is also called: Show Answer


Q1307) Which of the following is not a statistical method of forecasting?
Show Answer


Q1308) An indifference curve represents those combination of two commodities which give consumer:
Show Answer


Q1309) "Which of the following is NOT meant by liberalization?
Show Answer


Q1310) Which of the following is not an assumption of marginal utility analysis? Show Answer


Q1311) If demand of Bajra decreases due to decrease in it price,then Bajra is a: Show Answer


Q1312) There is decrease in price of LED TV after budget announcement from Rs.60,000 to Rs.50,000.As a result to which demand for it has increases from 1500 units to 2000 units.Elasticity of demand for LED TV will be: Show Answer


Q1313) Price effect is described as which of followings?
Show Answer


Q1314) Increase in price of pulses leads to increase in demand of green vegetables:
Show Answer


Q1315) When two goods are unrelated,then cross elasticity of demand will be: Show Answer


Q1316) Rightward shift of demand curve of coffee represents:
Show Answer


Q1317) If the price of a gel pen increases from Rs.40 to Rs.50 and in response to this the quantity demand decreases from 25 units to 20 units.The coefficient of price elasticity will be:
Show Answer


Q1318) Suppose there is an increase in income by 15%,which increases demand by 307,the income elasticity of demand will be: Show Answer


Q1319) If difference curve is 'L' shaped then two goods will be called as:
Show Answer


Q1320) Who coined the term 'Demonstration Effect'?
Show Answer


Q1321) Increase or decrease in supply means:
Show Answer


Q1322) Which of the following is not an exception to law of demand? Show Answer


Q1323) Movement along the same Demand curve represents. Show Answer


Q1324) Increase in price of pulses leads to increase in demand of green vegetables:
Show Answer


Q1325) When number of tourists increase at a place for which room rent of hostel also increases.Then electricity of supply of room will be:
Show Answer


Q1326) When oranges has(-)0.58 Increases elasticity,the commodity orange is called as: Show Answer


Q1327) Which of the following method is used to calculate Elasticity of Demand,when price and quantity demand are large? Show Answer


Q1328) Suppose that total utility is 100 at 10 units of consumption of a commodity.If consumer increases the consumption by one more unit and owing to that total utility increases to108.The marginal utility of last units consumed will be: Show Answer


Q1329) Due to introduction of 5G mobiles in market,the price of such mobiles have increased by 20% and there by supply increased by 20% and there by supply increased by 40%,the elasticity of supply will be which of the following?
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