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प्रश्न
State whether the following statement is true or false :
Concept of ‘elasticity of demand’ is useful for the finance minister.
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उत्तर
Concept of ‘elasticity of demand’ is useful for the finance minister True .
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain any two factors that affect the price elasticity of demand. Give suitable examples.
A 5 percent fall in the price of a good raises its demand from 300 units to 318 units. Calculate its price elasticity of demand.
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 |
Write Short note on the following.
Ratio method of measuring price elasticity of demand ?
Define or explain the following concepts (Any THREE):
Stock
Choose the correct answer :
Perfectly elastic demand curve is _________.
Choose the correct answer :
Demand of electricity for domestic purpose is _________.
The coefficient of price elasticity of demand for Good X is (−) 0.2. If there is a 5% increase in the price of the good, by what percentage will the quantity demanded for the good fall?
Elasticity of demand for two goods A and B is -2 and -3 respectively. Then good A has higher elasticity.
What is the implication of a vertical demand curve?
The price of Y falls from ₹ 8 to ₹ 6. The quantity demanded increases from 100 units to 125 units. The price electricity of demand will be ______.
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.
The nature of a commodity determines its price elasticity of demand. Explain.
How does the availability of substitutes of a commodity affect its price elasticity of demand?
Comment upon the shape of the demand curve, if Ed = 0.
How does the nature of a good affect its elasticity of demand?
How does the time period affect the elasticity of demand?
Which statement correctly describes the relationship between postponement and price elasticity?
