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प्रश्न
What are Giffen goods?
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उत्तर
Giffen goods are poor man's goods which people consume more as their prices rise.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
State with reason whether you agree or disagree with the following statement:
When the prices of Giffen goods falls, demand for such goods rises.
State with reason whether you agree or disagree with the following statement:
There are no exceptions to the law of demand.
PASSAGE
Mona visits a shopping mall near her residence. She shops for monthly groceries which include rice, wheat, sugar, cooking oil and pulses. She purchases additional quantities of sugar much more than her monthly requirement anticipating that prices may rise in the coming days due to festivities.
She observes two different qualities of tur dal out of which one quality is inferior and the other is superior. She does not purchase the low quality tur dal even though its price is comparatively lower. Instead she prefers to buy superior quality tur dal.
- Identify the exception to the law of demand in the given passage with reference to purchase of additional quantities of sugar much more than monthly requirement anticipating that prices may rise in the coming days due to festivities (1mark)
- Identify the kind of good with reference to low quality tur dal (1mark)
- Express your personal opinion based on the above information. (2 marks)
State with reason whether you agree or disagree with the following statement.
When price of Giffen goods fall, the demand for it increases.
State with reason whether you agree or disagree with the following statement:
When price of Giffen goods fall, the demand for it increases.
State with reasons whether you agree or disagree with the following statement:
When price of Giffen goods fall, the demand for it increases.
Mention one exception to the law of demand. Give one point only.
State two circumstances under which the demand curve slopes upwards to the right.
Give one point each of similarity and dissimilarity between Giffen goods and Veblen goods.
Which situation is an example of speculation affecting demand?
