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What is meant by inelastic demand?

Give the meaning of inelastic demand.

उत्तर

When a large change in the price does not bring so much change in the demand, the demand is said to be inelastic. In this situation, percentage change in demand is lesser than the percentage change in price.

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2017-2018 (March) All India Set 3

संबंधित प्रश्न

Demand for necessaries is................

(elastic / inelastic / infinitely elastic / unitary elastic)


  Group 'A'   Group 'B'
a. Pen and ink 1 Quantity-price
b. Revenue 2 Accident
c. Insurable risk 3 Transfer income
d. Unemployment allowance 4 Short period
e. Reverse repo rate 5 Long period
    6 Change in demand
    7 Joint demand
    8 Quantity * price

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Effective demand .


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Demand for necessary goods is inelastic.


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State and explain the law of demand.


Fill in the blanks using proper alternatives given in the brackets. 

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Write whether the following statement is True or False:

Demand for commodities depends upon various factors.


 Distinguish between :

 Individual demand schedule and Market demand schedule.


Give reason or explain the following statement.

Demand curve slopes downward from left to right.


Fill in the blank using appropriate alternatives given below

The demand for perishable goods is _______


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If the increase in demand is greater than the increase in supply, then equilibrium price will ______


Area under MC curve is equal to:


Which of the following statements is correct with respect to the correction of Excess Demand?


Which of the following statements is true?


Read the following news report and answer the Q.97-Q.100 on the basis of the same:

The quantity of a commodity that a consumer is willing to buy and is able to afford, given the prices of goods and the consumer's tastes and preferences is called demand for the commodity. Whenever one or more of these variables change, the quantity of the good Chosen by the consumer is likely to change as well. The relation between the consumer's optimal choice of the quantity of a good and its price is very important and this relation is called the demand function. Thus, the consumer's demand function for a good gives the amount of the good that the consumer chooses at different levels of its price when the other things remain.

What is meant by the contraction of demand?


Read the following news report and answer the Q.97-Q.100 on the basis of the same:

The quantity of a commodity that a consumer is willing to buy and is able to afford, given the prices of goods and the consumer's tastes and preferences is called demand for the commodity. Whenever one or more of these variables change, the quantity of the good Chosen by the consumer is likely to change as well. The relation between the consumer's optimal choice of the quantity of a good and its price is very important and this relation is called the demand function. Thus, the consumer's demand function for a good gives the amount of the good that the consumer chooses at different levels of its price when the other things remain.

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The demand curve of a firm under monopoly is ______


Assertion (A): Demand deposits are not legal tenders.

Reason (R): They are with the bank, so only can be used as a legal tender when cheques are issued for the transfer.


Milk is used for making curd, sweets and chocolates.

What type of demand does milk have? Give a reason.


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