Price Controls & Markets

Ceilings, floors, shortages, and surpluses. Ideal for competitive exams and economics prep.

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Price Controls & Markets
QUESTION NO 01
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An increase in consumer income for a normal good shifts demand?

Answer: Rightward
Higher income raises demand for normal goods.
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QUESTION NO 02
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Supply slopes upward mainly because?

Answer: Higher prices encourage more quantity supplied
The law of supply links price and quantity supplied.
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Market equilibrium is where?

Answer: Quantity demanded equals quantity supplied
Equilibrium clears the market at one price/quantity.
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A price ceiling set below equilibrium tends to cause?

Answer: A shortage
Quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied.
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A price floor set above equilibrium tends to cause?

Answer: A surplus
Quantity supplied exceeds quantity demanded.
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Price elasticity of demand measures?

Answer: Responsiveness of quantity demanded to price changes
Elastic demand responds strongly to price changes.
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If demand is perfectly inelastic, the demand curve is?

Answer: Vertical
Quantity demanded does not change with price.
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Consumer surplus is?

Answer: Benefit buyers get above what they pay
It is willingness to pay minus actual price.
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A firm in perfect competition is a?

Answer: Price taker
Many firms sell identical products at market price.
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Monopoly is characterized by?

Answer: A single seller with barriers to entry
A monopolist faces the market demand curve.
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