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प्रश्न
When the price elasticity of demand for a good equals ______.
विकल्प
0, the demand cure is horizontal
1, the demand curve is vertical
1, the demand curve is horizontal
0, the demand curve is vertical
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उत्तर
When the price elasticity of demand for a good equals 0, the demand curve is vertical.
Explanation:
When the price elasticity of demand for a good equals 0, the demand curve is vertical, indicating that the quantity demanded does not change regardless of the price. This situation represents perfectly inelastic demand.
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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
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 |
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The account in which the specific amount is deposited per month regularly is known as ______.
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Reason (R): With large number of substitutes, even a small rise in its price will induce the buyers to go for its substitutes.
The nature of a commodity determines its price elasticity of demand. Explain.
Explain briefly the factors on which elasticity of demand depends.
Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between availability of substitutes and price elasticity of demand?
What effect do habitual consumption patterns have on price elasticity of demand?
