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प्रश्न
Mention the classification of Index Number
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उत्तर
Index number can be classified as follows:
(i) Price Index Number: It measures the general changes in the retail or wholesale price level of a particular or group of commodities.
(ii) Quantity Index Number: These are indices of measure the changes in the quantity of goods manufactured in a factory.
(iii) Cost of living Index Number: These are intended to study the effect of change in the price level on the cost of living of different classes of people.
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Index numbers that measure changes in the level of output or physical volume of production in the economy −
Device that measures changes in an economic variable or a group of variables over a period of time –
Explain Paasche’s price index number
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Calculate by a suitable method, the index number of price from the following data:
| Commodity | 2002 | 2012 | ||
| Price | Quantity | Price | Quantity | |
| A | 10 | 20 | 16 | 10 |
| B | 12 | 34 | 18 | 42 |
| C | 15 | 30 | 20 | 26 |
Using the following data, construct Fisher’s Ideal index and show how it satisfies Factor Reversal Test and Time Reversal Test?
| Commodity | Price in Rupees per unit | Number of units | ||
| Basic year | Current year | Base year | Current year | |
| A | 6 | 10 | 50 | 56 |
| B | 2 | 2 | 100 | 120 |
| C | 4 | 6 | 60 | 60 |
| D | 10 | 12 | 50 | 24 |
| E | 8 | 12 | 40 | 36 |
Choose the correct alternative:
Laspeyre’s index = 110, Paasche’s index = 108, then Fisher’s Ideal index is equal to:
Using the following data, construct Fisher’s Ideal Index Number and Show that it satisfies Factor Reversal Test and Time Reversal Test?
| Commodities | Price | Quantity | ||
| Base Year | Current Year | Base Year | Current Year | |
| Wheat | 6 | 10 | 50 | 56 |
| Ghee | 2 | 2 | 100 | 120 |
| Firewood | 4 | 6 | 60 | 60 |
| Sugar | 10 | 12 | 30 | 24 |
| Cloth | 8 | 12 | 40 | 36 |
Explain the meaning of index number.
Find the odd word out:
Features of Index Number:
