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Question
Match the following :
| Group 'A' | Group 'B' |
| (a) Demand and price | (1) wages |
| (b) Perfectly elastic supply | (2) Vertical supply curve |
| (c) Land | (3) Transfer income |
| (d) Unemployment allowance | (4) Horizontal supply curve |
| (e) Reserve Bank of India | (5) Inverse relation |
| (6) Rent | |
| (7) 1935 | |
| (8) Direct relation |
Solution
| Group 'A' | Group ' B' |
| (a) Demand and price | (5) Inverse relation |
| (b) Perfectly elastic supply | (4) Horizontal supply curve |
| (c) Land | (6) Rent |
| (d) Unemployment allowance | (3) Transfer income |
| (e) Reserve Bank of India | (7) 1935 |
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