A. The price elasticity of demand is -2
B. The good is inferior
C. Income elasticity is + 0.5
D. Income elasticity is + 2
Related Mcqs:
- Average income increase from Rs20,000 p.a to Rs 22,000 p.a Quantity demanded per year increases 5000 to 6000 units. Which of the following is correct ?
A. Demand is price inelastic
B. The good is inferior
C. Income elasticity is -2
D. The product is normal - Naila owns a small pottery factory. She can make 1000 pieces of pottery per year and sell them for Rs 100 each. It costs Naila Rs 20,000 for the raw materials to produce the 1,000 pieces of pottery She has invested Rs100,000 in her factory and equipment: Rs50,000 from her savings and Rs50,000 borrowed at 10 per cent. (Assume that she could have loaned her money out at 10 her per cent, too) Naila can work at a competing pottery factory for Rs40,000 per year. The accounting profit at Naila’s pottery factory is ?
A. Rs30,000
B. Rs35,000
C. Rs75,000
D. Rs70,000 - Naila owns a small pottery factory. She can make 1000 pieces of pottery per year and sell them for Rs 100 each. It costs Naila Rs 20,000 for the raw materials to produce the 1,000 pieces of pottery She has invested Rs100,000 in her factory and equipment: Rs50,000 from her savings and Rs50,000 borrowed at 10 per cent. (Assume that she could have loaned her money out at 10 her per cent, too) Naila can work at a competing pottery factory for Rs40,000 per year. The economics profit at Naila’s pottery factory is ?
A. Rs80,000
B. Rs30,000
C. Rs75,000
D. Rs70,000 - Price increases from 10 to 12 pence and the price elasticity of demand is -0.5 The quantity demanded was 500 units. What will it be now ?
A. 550 units
B. 500 units
C. 450 units
D. 490 units - Assume that global recession causes the quantity of tin demanded to decrease by 4 million pounds at each price To maintain the price of tin at the target price you would ?
A. sell 4 million pounds of tin
B. sell 8 million pounds of tin
C. buy 4 million pounds of tin
D. buy 8 million pounds of tin - If the quantity demanded of beef increases by 5% when the price of chicken increase by 20% the cross-price elasticity of demand between beef and chicken is ?
A. -4
B. 0.25
C. 4
D. -0.25 - Instead, assume that global economic expansion causes the quantity of tin demanded to increase by 4 million pounds at each price To maintain price of tin at the target price you would ?
A. sell 4 million pounds of tin
B. sell 8 million pounds of tin
C. buy 4 million pounds of tin
D. buy 8 million pounds of tin - The price of apples falls by 5% and quantity demanded increases by 6% This means that demand is ?
A. zero elastic
B. elastic
C. perfectly elastic
D. inelastic - If a price increase of good A increases the quantity demanded of good B, then good B is a________________?
A. substitute good
B. complementary good
C. bargain
D. inferior good - If an increase in a consumer’s income causes the consumers to decrease her quantity demanded of a good, then the good is ?
A. a substitute good
B. a normal good
C. a complementary good
D. an inferior good
