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Question
Indian Oil Corporation Limited is an example of a/an ______.
Options
Competitive firm
Monopoly firm
Monopolistically competitive firm
Oligopolistic firm
Solution
Indian Oil Corporation Limited is an example of a/an Oligopolistic firm.
Explanation:
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is an example of an oligopolistic company because it works in an oligopolistic market structure. In India's oil and gas business, a few large firms, such as IOCL, Bharat Petroleum, and Hindustan Petroleum, dominate the market, exerting strong control over pricing and output, as is typical of an oligopoly.
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| Column I | Column II | ||
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| (ii) | Less elastic demand | (B) | Monopolistic competition |
| (iii) | More elastic demand | (C) | Perfect competition |
| (iv) | Indeterminate demand | (D) | Monopoly |
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