Maximum mark 20 Question 1) The price at which demand and supply are equal is called Answers Option 1 Equilibrium quantity Option 2 Equilibrium price Option 3 Administered price Option 4 Price ceiling Question 2) The price, when the government imposes lower limit on the price of a good or service, is called Answers Option 1 Price ceiling Option 2 Equilibrium price Option 3 Floor price Option 4 None of these Question 3) The situation in which demand is higher than supply Answers Option 1 Excess demand Option 2 Excess supply Option 3 Equilibrium Option 4 None of these Question 4) In a perfectly competitive market under free entry and exit, the equilibrium price is always equal to Answers Option 1 Minimum of AC Option 2 Maximum of AC Option 3 Equal to AC Option 4 Minimum of MC Question 5) Supply curve remaining unchanged, when demand curve shifts rightward;the equilibrium quantity Answers Option 1 Increases Option 2 Decreases Option 3 Become constant Option 4 None of these Question 6) The government imposed upper limit on the price of a good or service is called Answers Option 1 Floor Price Option 2 Equilibrium price Option 3 Price ceiling Option 4 Market price Question 7) Selling goods at a higher price than the price fixed by government is called Answers Option 1 Hoarding Option 2 Black market Option 3 Floor price Option 4 Price ceiling Question 8) What is the equilibrium quantity in the equation, qd = 20 - 2P, qs = 5 + 3P Answers Option 1 24 Option 2 10 Option 3 20 Option 4 14 Question 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 Answers Option 1 a-i, b-iii, c-ii Option 2 a-ii, b-iii, c-i Option 3 a-i, b-ii, c-iii Option 4 a-iii, b-ii, c-i Question 10) qd = 20 - 2P, qs = 5 + 3P, then equilibrium price is Answers Option 1 20 Option 2 2 Option 3 3 Option 4 5 Question 11) Long run price under perfect competition will be equal to Answers Option 1 Average Cost Option 2 Marginal Cost Option 3 Fixed Cost Option 4 None of these Question 12) From the list of goods given below, find out the one which cannot be provided through market mechanism Answers Option 1 Private goods Option 2 Public goods Option 3 Merit goods Option 4 Club goods Question 13) Imposition of the price ceiling below the equilibrium price leads to Answers Option 1 Deficit demand Option 2 Deficit supply Option 3 Excess demand Option 4 Excess supply Question 14) The impact of floor price is Answers Option 1 Excess demand Option 2 Excess supply Option 3 Long queue Option 4 No impact Question 15) Identify the below given diagram and name it Answers Option 1 Price ceiling Option 2 Floor price Option 3 Excess demand Option 4 None of these Question 16) Floor price is to protect the interests of the Answers Option 1 Producers Option 2 Consumers Option 3 Both of the above Option 4 None of the above Question 17) Price ceiling leads to Answers Option 1 Decrease in quality of products Option 2 Long queue Option 3 Black market Option 4 All of the above Question 18) When there is an increase in demand, the demand curve Answers Option 1 Shifts rightward Option 2 Shifts leftward Option 3 Shifts downward Option 4 Shifts upward Question 19) Free entry and of firms imply that the market price will always be equal to Answers Option 1 Maximum of AC Option 2 Minimum of AC Option 3 Minimum of MC Option 4 Any of these Question 20) Imposition of price floor leads to Answers Option 1 Excess demand Option 2 Excess supply Option 3 Equilibrium demand Option 4 Any of the above Enable JavaScript