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प्रश्न
State 3 factors which affect price elasticity of demand.
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उत्तर
Three factors which affect price elasticity of demand are:
- Nature of commodity
- Availability of substitutes
- Habits
संबंधित प्रश्न
How does change in the price of complementary good affect the demand for the given good? Explain with the help of an example.
Explain the effect of the following on the price elasticity of demand of a commodity:
(i) Number of substitutes
(ii) Nature of the commodity
When price of a commodity falls by Rs 1 per unit, its quantity demanded rises by 3 units. Its price elasticity of demand is (−) 2. Calculate its quantity demanded if the price before the change was Rs 10 per unit.
Match the following :
| Group 'A' | Group 'B' |
| (a) Demand and price | (1) wages |
| (b) Perfectly elastic supply | (2) Vertical supply curve |
| (c) Land | (3) Transfer income |
| (d) Unemployment allowance | (4) Horizontal supply curve |
| (e) Reserve Bank of India | (5) Inverse relation |
| (6) Rent | |
| (7) 1935 | |
| (8) Direct relation |
State whether the following statement is true or false :
Concept of ‘elasticity of demand’ is useful for the finance minister.
Write Short note on the following.
Ratio method of measuring price elasticity of demand ?
Define or explain the following concepts (Any THREE):
Stock
Match the following:
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Group A
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Group B
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1. Cars and petrol
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a. Elastic demand
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2. Point method
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b. Complementary
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3. Necessary goods
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c. Geometric method
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d. Inelastic demand
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When the price elasticity of demand for a good equals ______.
Assertion (A): The demand for soap, salt, matches etc. is highly elastic.
Reason (R): The demand for soap, salt, matches etc. is highly inelastic because the consumer spends a very small amount of expenditure in relation to his/her income.
Assertion (A): Demand for a commodity with large number of substitutes with be less elastic.
Reason (R): With large number of substitutes, even a small rise in its price will induce the buyers to go for its substitutes.
Comment upon the shape of the demand curve, if Ed = 0.
How does the nature of a good affect its elasticity of demand?
What type of demand characterizes necessity goods compared to luxury goods?
How does the time period affect the elasticity of demand?
What effect do habitual consumption patterns have on price elasticity of demand?
