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Topic: Income elasticity of demand

Jamb Economics Questions - Income elasticity of demand

Question 6:
If income rises from N200.00 to N250.00 and the amount spent on good X falls from N30.00 to N28.00, then good X is?
  • A An income elastic good
  • B A normal good
  • C An inferior good
  • D Demand elastic
  • E Supply elastic
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Question 7:
If X and Y are two goods, then the cross elasticity of demand for X WITH RESPECT TO y is defined as the?
  • A Percentage change in the quantity of X divded by the percentage change in the price of Y
  • B Percentage change in the quantity of X divided by change in the price of Y
  • C Change in the quantity of X divided by change in the price of Y
  • D Percentage change in the quantity of X divided by the price Y
  • E Percentage change in the price of X divided by percentage change in the quantity of Y
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Question 8:
For two substitution goods, the cross elastic of demand is?
  • A Greater than one but less than two
  • B Zero
  • C Negative
  • D Positive
  • E Infinity
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Question 9:
For normal goods the income elasticity of demand is?
  • A Positive
  • B Negative
  • C Zero
  • D Infinite
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Question 10:
If a good is an inferior good, then?
  • A It is also necessarily a Giffen good
  • B The quality of the goods demanded varies inversely with its price
  • C Its income elasticity of demand is negative
  • D The poor buy the good only out of habit
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