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Economics Past Questions and Answers

Economics Questions

Question 4181:
What will be the reaction of consumers in a market if there is a fall in the price of the substitute commodity X?
  • A Price of commodity X will increase
  • B Demand for the substitute of commodity X will decrease
  • C Demand for commodity X will decrease
  • D Supply of both commodity X and its substitute will increase.
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Question 4182:
An increase in market supply is caused by the following factors except _______________
  • A An improvement in innovation and technology.
  • B An increase in the price of the commodity
  • C A reduction in the cost of raw materials.
  • D A favourable weather condition.
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Question 4183:
The coefficient of price elasticity of supply of land is usually _______________
  • A One
  • B Greater than one
  • C Zero
  • D Less than one.
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Question 4184:
The price of soap rose from $10 to $20 causing a trader to increase her supply from 50 to 120 boxes per week. This makes supply _______________
  • A Unitary elastic.
  • B Perfectly inelastic.
  • C Fairly elastic.
  • D Inelastic.
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Question 4185:
The leftward shift in the supply curve for a commodity indicates _______________
  • A An increase in quantity supplied
  • B A decrease in supply.
  • C A reduction in quantity supplied.
  • D An increase in supply.
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