Chapter 5

Maximum mark 20

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1) The price at which demand and supply are equal is called

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Equilibrium quantity

Equilibrium price

Administered price

Price ceiling

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2) The price, when the government imposes lower limit on the price of a good or service, is called

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Price ceiling

Equilibrium price

Floor price

None of these

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3) The situation in which demand is higher than supply

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Excess demand

Excess supply

Equilibrium

None of these

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4) In a perfectly competitive market under free entry and exit, the equilibrium price is always equal to

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Minimum of AC

Maximum of AC

Equal to AC

Minimum of MC

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5) Supply curve remaining unchanged, when demand curve shifts rightward;the equilibrium quantity

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Increases

Decreases

Become constant

None of these

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6) The government imposed upper limit on the price of a good or service is called

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Floor Price

Equilibrium price

Price ceiling

Market price

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7) Selling goods at a higher price than the price fixed by government is called 

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Hoarding

Black market

Floor price

Price ceiling

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8) What is the equilibrium quantity in the equation, qd = 20 - 2P, qs = 5 + 3P

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24

10

20

14

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9) Match the following

A B
a Price higher than equilibrium price i Excess demand
b Equilibrium price ii Excess supply
c Price lower than equilibrium price iii Demand = Supply

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a-i, b-iii, c-ii

a-ii, b-iii, c-i

a-i, b-ii, c-iii

a-iii, b-ii, c-i

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10) qd = 20 - 2P, qs = 5 + 3P, then equilibrium price is 

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20

2

3

5

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11) Long run price under perfect competition will be equal to 

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Average Cost

Marginal Cost

Fixed Cost

None of these

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12) From the list of goods given below, find out the one which cannot be provided through market mechanism

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Private goods

Public goods

Merit goods

Club goods

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13) Imposition of the price ceiling below the equilibrium price leads to 

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Deficit demand

Deficit supply

Excess demand

Excess supply

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14) The impact of floor price is 

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Excess demand

Excess supply

Long queue

No impact

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15) Identify the below given diagram and name it

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Price ceiling

Floor price

Excess demand

None of these

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16) Floor price is to protect the interests of the

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Producers

Consumers

Both of the above

None of the above

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17) Price ceiling leads to 

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Decrease in quality of products

Long queue

Black market

All of the above

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18) When there is an increase in demand, the demand curve

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Shifts rightward

Shifts leftward

Shifts downward

Shifts upward

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19) Free entry and of firms imply that the market price will always be equal to 

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Maximum of AC

Minimum of AC

Minimum of MC

Any of these

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20) Imposition of price floor leads to 

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Excess demand

Excess supply

Equilibrium demand

Any of the above

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