In case the quantity of a commodity demanded changes due to change in price of the commodity, it is called
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18%
Increase or decrease in demand
34%
Expansion or contraction of demand
37%
Law of demand
10%
Positive change in demand
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The revealed preference theory of consumerβs behaviour is not based on
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18%
Consistency
28%
Strong Ordering
43%
Negative income elasticity of demand
11%
Transitivity
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The Indifference curve approach to consumer's behaviour is based on:
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15%
Strong ordering
18%
Weak ordering
58%
Cardinal utility hypothesis
9%
None of the above
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Normally the demand curve will have a _______________ shape.
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Upward sloping
49%
Downward sloping
16%
Vertical
10%
Horizontal
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The elasticity for the demand of durable goods is __________.
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27%
Zero
32%
Equal to unity
28%
Greater than unity
13%
Less than unity
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A perfectly competitive market has
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firms that set their own prices.
18%
only one seller.
12%
at least a few sellers.
49%
many buyers and sellers
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If increase in the price of blue jeans leads to a decrease in the demand for Tennis shoes, then blue jeans and tennis shoes are
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45%
complements
39%
inferior goods.
16%
normal goods.
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The law of demand states that an increase in the price of a good
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increases the supply of that good.
40%
decreases the quantity demanded for that good along its demand curve.
28%
decreases the demand for that good.
15%
increases the quantity supplied of that good along its supply curve
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If an increase in the price of a good has no impact on the total revenue in that market, demand must be
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44%
price inelastic.
37%
unit price elastic.
19%
price elastic.
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the law of supply states that an increase in the price of a good
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increases the quantity supplied of that good along its supply curve.
35%
increases the supply of that good.
27%
decreases the demand for that good.
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If an increase in consumer incomes leads to a decrease in the demand for camping equipment, then camping equipment is
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a normal good.
52%
an inferior good.
17%
substitute good.
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That the supply curve for ice cream cones is upward sloping indicates that
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the marginal cost of providing ice cream cones increases as more cones are produced.
27%
as the price of ice cream cones increases, the production technology is upgraded.
21%
as the price increases, the opportunity cost of making ice cream cones decreases.
25%
all of the above.
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Which of the following shifts the demand for watches to the right?
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an increase in the price of watches
53%
a decrease in the price of watch batteries if watch batteries and watches are complements
17%
a decrease in consumer incomes if watches are a normal good
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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
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28%
zero
34%
infinite.
17%
one.
22%
unable to be determined from this information.
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A decrease in supply (shift to the left) will increase total revenue in that market if
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demand is price inelastic.
32%
supply is price elastic.
21%
supply is price inelastic.
19%
demand is price elastic.
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Want satisfying capacity of goods and services is called_________
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14%
Production
10%
Capacity
54%
Utility
22%
Demand
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___________ is a quantitative combination of two goods that can be purchased by a consumer from his given market prices.
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14%
Information
25%
Data
13%
Figures
48%
Consumers bundle
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____________ is a line showing different combinations of two goods which a consumer can buy by spending his whole income at a given price of the goods.
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11%
Budget bundle
36%
Budget set
36%
Budget line
17%
All of the above
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___________ is the rate at which a consumer is willing to substitute good Y for good X.
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34%
Opportunity cost
13%
Opportunity gain
45%
Marginal rate of substitute
8%
Marginal cost
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Formula for MRS is ____________
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Loss of good Y / gain of good X
30%
Loss of good X / gain of good Y
24%
Gain of good y / loss of good X
7%
Gain of good X / loss of good
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MRS abbreviated as _________
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70%
Marginal Rate of Substitution
13%
Marginal Rate of Subtracted
13%
Margin Rate of Solvency
4%
None
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