Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium
Microeconomics concepts including price elasticity, demand and supply theory, market equilibrium, and price relationships
Questions
When consumer income rises, demand for Giffen goods
- decreases
- rises
- becomes zero
- is infinite
- is negative
The price of potatoes falls from Rs. 30 to Rs. 20 and potato growers supply the same amount to the shops. The price elasticity of supply is
- perfectly inelastic
- less elastic
- unitary elastic
- impossible to calculate
- highly elastic
Quantity demanded of umbrellas was 200 at a price Rs. 60 per umbrella. Quantity demanded of umbrellas increased to 300, however the price was same. In this case, demand curve will shift from
- right to left
- left to right
- downward to upward
- upward to downward
- None of these
A local grocery storekeeper orders 100 cans of soya milk every week and sells them at the price of Rs. 60 per can. At the end of first week, he has sold only 50 cans. What economic situation is the storekeeper facing and what will be the effect of this situation on the price in order to attain equilibrium?
- Shortage; price will rise
- Surplus; price will fall
- Shortage; price will fall
- Surplus; price will rise
- Equilibrium; no changes in price
When the price of good X rises, demand for good Y rises. X and Y are
- inferior goods
- complementary goods
- substitute goods
- normal goods
- branded goods
There is a demand of 100 kg of onions in the market by consumers and suppliers have supplied exactly 100 kg in the market on consumer demand. Here, demand and supply are in
- break-even position
- shortage
- surplus
- equilibrium
- inflation
Yesterday, price of petrol was Rs. 20 per litre and Vishal was willing to purchase 10 litres for his bike.Today, price of petrol has gone up to Rs. 25 and now Vishal is willing to purchase 8 litres. What is Vishal's elasticity of demand?
- Inelastic
- Unitary elastic
- Perfectly inelastic
- Perfectly elastic demand
- Diminishing marginal utility
You are using a branded shampoo for a long time and you noticed that there is a sudden rise in the price of that shampoo. What can be the reason for this rise in price?
- Decrease in cost of production of that particular shampoo
- Few people may be buying this brand
- Increase in price of other similar shampoos
- Increase in price of conditioner
- None of these
Which of the following predictions is not made by supply and demand theory?
- If there is excess demand, price will rise.
- If there is excess supply, price will fall.
- If there is no excessive demand or supply, market will be in equilibrium stage.
- A market which is out of equilibrium will always move rapidly towards the equilibrium.
- If price increases, demand falls.
Which of the following can lead to an increase in supply of sugar?
- A decrease in the number of sellers selling sugar
- A decrease in price of sugarcane
- An increase in consumer's income
- Improvement in the technology used in production of sugar
- All of the above
If buyers expect a rise in price of gold in future, this will lead to
- unchanged demand
- negative demand
- a decrease in demand today
- an increase in demand today
- unitary elastic demand
If a computer manufacturing company is making computers faster than people want to buy it, then in such a case,
- price of computers will increase
- price of computers will decrease
- price of computers will remain the same
- there will be decline in the demand of computers
- there will be increase in demand of computers
Recently, it was in news that there can be a fall of 30% in Mumbai property market. Such a situation can take place due to
- high rate of tax charged on properties
- more supply as compared to demand
- less purchasing power of people
- illegal properties being sold by sellers
- high interest rate charged by banks on loans provided
Which of the following will not lead to decrease in demand of labour?
- Advanced machinery
- Increase in population
- Less small scale industries
- Robot technology
- Increase in productivity
In a market, prices are determined by
- board of directors
- government bureaucrats
- legal advisors of the company
- seasonal demand
- supply and demand