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Question
Identify the market having a single buyer and many sellers from the following:
Options
Monopoly
Monopsony
Perfect competition
Monopolistic competition
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Solution
Monopsony
Explanation:
In a monopsony market system, there is only one buyer, and hence that buyer has tremendous power over demand. Because there are so many vendors, the buyer can obtain significant bargaining power and determine their terms.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Following is the feature of perfect competition:
'Homogeneous products' is a characteristic of ______.
Match the following and select the correct option.
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (i) | Perfectly elastic demand | (A) | Oligopoly |
| (ii) | Less elastic demand | (B) | Monopolistic competition |
| (iii) | More elastic demand | (C) | Perfect competition |
| (iv) | Indeterminate demand | (D) | Monopoly |
Observe the relationship of the first pair of words and complete the second pair.
Single seller in the market : Monopoly
Single buyer in the market : ______
Which of these feature's is found in both a perfectly competitive market and a monopolistically competitive market?
The monopolist's downward sloping demand curve means that it can increase sales only by changing a lower price.
Which one of the following is NOT found in a perfectly competition market?
Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct alternative:
Assertion (A): Price discrimination is possible under monopoly.
Reason (R): A monopolist can charge different prices in different markets because different sets of consumers - rich and poor - have different price elasticity of demand for the monopolist's product.
Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct alternative:
Assertion (A): Buyers are ready to pay different prices for the product produced by different firms under perfect competition.
Reason (R): The products offered for sale in the perfect market are homogeneous.
To which market is price discrimination relevant?
