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Fill in the blank using appropriate alternatives given below

The demand for perishable goods is _______

Options

  • elastic

  • inelastic

  • unit elastic

  • perfectly inelastic

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Solution

The demand for perishable goods is inelastic.

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Demand curve and Supply curve.


Define demand. Name the factors affecting market demand.


When does ‘decrease’ in demand take place?


What is meant by inelastic demand?


Compare inelastic demand with perfectly inelastic demand.


Explain the problem of what to produce.


Demand deposits include (choose the correct alternative)

(a) Saving account deposits and fixed deposits

(b) Saving account deposits and current account deposits

(c) Current account deposits and fixed deposits

(d) All types of deposits


State the factors leading to fall in demand by an individual consumer


Give one reason for shift in demand curve.


Define or explain the following concept :

Effective demand .


State with reason. Whether you ‘agree’ or ‘disagree’ with the following statement: 

There are no exceptions to the law of Demand.


Write whether the following statement is True or False:

Demand for commodities depends upon various factors.


Write whether the following statement is True or False: 

Salt has elastic demand.


Choose the correct answer:        
Demand for habitual commodity is _____________.
(a) more elastic demand
(b) less elastic demand
(c) zero elastic demand
(d) unitary elastic demand

 Distinguish between :

 Individual demand schedule and Market demand schedule.


Fill in the blank with appropriate alternatives given below:

Market demand is an aggregate of purchasing by _________ buyers.


Fill in the blank with appropriate alternatives given below:

Indirect demand is also known as _____________ demand.


State whether the following statement is TRUE and FALSE

Desire means demand.


State whether the following statement is TRUE and FALSE

Quantity demanded varies directly with price.


State whether the following statement is TRUE and FALSE

Individual demand is a demand by single buyer.


Define or explain the following concept:

Derived demand


Define or explain the following concept:

Direct demand


State whether the following statement is true or false. Give reasons for your answer :
X and Y are complementary goods. A fall in the price of Y will result in a rise in the price of X.


If the income of a consumer increases, discuss briefly its likely impact on the demand for a inferior good, Good X.


Answer the following question:
Elaborate the law of demand, with the help of a hypothetical schedule.


Which of the following points relates to the transaction demand for money? 


Which of the following points are related to the 'Paradox of Thrift'? 


Are the concepts of demand for domestic goods and domestic demand for goods the same?


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


What will be the effect on equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity when income increases in case of normal goods?


Which of the following can cause an increase in demand:


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


Which of the following is correct?


Which of the following statements is false?


Identify the market form which has indeterminate demand curve:


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.

The price elasticity of demand for a good depends on ______ and ______ of the good.


The demand curve of a firm under monopoly is ______


Which of the following is the reason behind the downward slope of demand option?


When the price of the commodity has changed the demand for the commodity changes in ______


Which of the following statements is true?


Read the case study and answer the questions 97 to 100:

The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage company, with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The first company that conducted its operation in the soft drink industry was Coca-Cola. It is the world's largest non-alcoholic beverage company serving more than 1.8 billion consumers daily in more than 200 countries. It has a portfolio of more than 3,500 (more than 800 no or low-calorie) products. However, the company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola which was originally intended to be a patented medicine invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Smith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia. The Coca-Cola products can be termed as normal goods and in August 2019 Coca-Cola introduced a new product into the market, that is, zero sugar where the demand has increased for the product in the market.

According to the council of the Australian Food Technology Association and Institute of Food Science and Technology, the Australian nonalcoholic beverages industry has been growing steadily, with a 2.3 percent increase in overall production in the year 2000 which amounts to 2.25 billion liters. However, in the re~ent years, sales of customary carbonated soft drinks have dropped as more and more customers become health conscious and move away from high-calorie sugary drinks. Soft Carbonated drinks. and other alcohol-free beverage manufacturers have also sensed the effects of intensifying competition from private-label soft drink makers. Nevertheless, sales of greater value energy and sports drinks have driven profit generation in the industry.

The demand. for coca-cola has ______


Read the case study and answer the questions 97 to 100:

The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage company, with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The first company that conducted its operation in the soft drink industry was Coca-Cola. It is the world's largest non-alcoholic beverage company serving more than 1.8 billion consumers daily in more than 200 countries. It has a portfolio of more than 3,500 (more than 800 no or low-calorie) products. However, the company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola which was originally intended to be a patented medicine invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Smith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia. The Coca-Cola products can be termed as normal goods and in August 2019 Coca-Cola introduced a new product into the market, that is, zero sugar where the demand has increased for the product in the market.

According to the council of the Australian Food Technology Association and Institute of Food Science and Technology, the Australian nonalcoholic beverages industry has been growing steadily, with a 2.3 percent increase in overall production in the year 2000 which amounts to 2.25 billion liters. However, in the re~ent years, sales of customary carbonated soft drinks have dropped as more and more customers become health conscious and move away from high-calorie sugary drinks. Soft Carbonated drinks. and other alcohol-free beverage manufacturers have also sensed the effects of intensifying competition from private-label soft drink makers. Nevertheless, sales of greater value energy and sports drinks have driven profit generation in the industry.

______ is the want to buy a product backed by purchasing power.


Read the case study and answer the questions 97 to 100:

The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage company, with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The first company that conducted its operation in the soft drink industry was Coca-Cola. It is the world's largest non-alcoholic beverage company serving more than 1.8 billion consumers daily in more than 200 countries. It has a portfolio of more than 3,500 (more than 800 no or low-calorie) products. However, the company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola which was originally intended to be a patented medicine invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Smith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia. The Coca-Cola products can be termed as normal goods and in August 2019 Coca-Cola introduced a new product into the market, that is, zero sugar where the demand has increased for the product in the market.

According to the council of the Australian Food Technology Association and Institute of Food Science and Technology, the Australian nonalcoholic beverages industry has been growing steadily, with a 2.3 percent increase in overall production in the year 2000 which amounts to 2.25 billion liters. However, in the re~ent years, sales of customary carbonated soft drinks have dropped as more and more customers become health conscious and move away from high-calorie sugary drinks. Soft Carbonated drinks. and other alcohol-free beverage manufacturers have also sensed the effects of intensifying competition from private-label soft drink makers. Nevertheless, sales of greater value energy and sports drinks have driven profit generation in the industry.

What has happened to the demand of zero sugar carbonated drinks?


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.


Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.

In India, Fixed deposits have long been a favourite investment choice of people, especially senior citizens, as it promise steady returns. It attracts those who are seeking a stable income. But it’s an illusion in the period of inflation.

Inflation is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services rises, subsequently eroding the purchasing power of money. In simple terms, what money could buy today might not a few years down the line. Fixed deposits are financial instruments offered by banks where you deposit a lump sum amount for a fixed period at a predetermined rate of interest. Consider an investment of Rs 1 crore in a fixed deposit at a 6% annual interest rate and the annual rate of inflation is 5%. By the 10th year your pre inflation return is 1.79 crore, but post inflation it’s just 1.10 crore. The nominal value of investment in fixed deposits may appear to grow, inflation significantly diminishes their real value and purchasing power over time.

  1. What is the theme of the extract?   (2)
  2. Differentiate between Demand pull and Cost push inflation.   (2)
  3. What are the demand deposits and time deposits?   (2)
  4. Since 1998 RBI has been using new measures of money supply, M0, M1, M2 and M3. Which one of these measures incorporates fixed deposit as one of its components? Mention the other components of that measure.   (2)

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