1.

If quantity demanded is completely unresponsive to changes in price, demand is:

A. Inelastic B. Unit elastic

C. Elastic D. Perfectly inelastic

2. Other things equal, if a good has more substitutes, its price elasticity of demand is:

A. Larger B. Smaller

C. Zero D. Unity

3. Other things equal, if a good has more substitutes, its price elasticity of demand is:

A. Larger B. Smaller

C. Zero D. Unity

4. If elasticity of demand is very low it shows that the commodity is:

A. A necessity B. A luxury

Has little importance in total

C. D. (a) and (c) above
budget

5. The following are causes of shift in demand EXCEPT the one:

A. Change in income B. Change in price

Change in prices of
C. Change in fashion D.
substitutes

When demand is perfectly inelastic, an increase in price will result in:

6.
A decrease in total An increase in total
A. B.
revenue revenue

No change in total A decrease in quantity

C. D.
revenue demanded

7. If demand is unitary elastic, a 25% increases in price will result in:

25% change in total No change in quantity

A. B.
revenue demanded

1% decrease in quantity 25% decrease in

C. D.
demanded quantity demanded

8. Irrespective of price, Sofia always spends Rs. 100 a week on ice

cream, we conclude that:

A. Elasticity of demand is 0 B. Elasticity of demand is 1

 Elasticity of demand is The law of demand has
C. D.
infinite been violated

9. When cross elasticity of demand is a large positive number, one can

conclude that:

A. The good is normal B. The good is inferior

The good is a
C. The good is a substitute D. complement

10. Zubair has a special taste for college canteen is hotdogs. The
owner of the canteen doubles the prices of hotdogs. Zubair did not
respond to the increase in prices and kept on demanding the same
quantity of hotdogs. His demand for hotdogs is:

A. Perfectly elastic B. Perfectly inelastic

C. Elastic D. Less elastic

11. The elasticity of demand of durable goods is:

Less Greater
A. than B. than
unity unity

Equal to
C. D. Zero
unity

12. The elasticity of demand of

durable goods is:

More Less
A. B.
elastic elastic

Zero Infinite
C. D.
elastic elastic

13. Mr. Raees Ahmad bought 50 litres of petrol when his monthly
income was Rs. 25,000. Now his monthly income has risen to Rs.
50,000 and he purchases 100 litre of petrol. His income elasticity of
demand for petrol is:

A. 1 B. 100%

C. Less than one D. More than one

14. When price elasticity of demand for normal goods is calculated, the
value is always:

A. Positive B. Negative

C. Constant D. Greater than one

15. Income elasticity of demand for normal good is always:

 A. 1 B. More than one

C. Negative D. Positive

16. If price and total revenue move in the same direction, then
demand is:

A. Inelastic B. Elastic

C. Unrelated D. Perfectly elastic

17. What does price elasticity of demand measure?

Change in price caused The rate of change of

A. B.
by changes in demand sales

The responsiveness of The value of sales of a

C. D.
demand to price changes given price

18. An increase in demand would cause supply curve to:

A. Shift to the left B. Shift to the right

Change in slope of
C. D. No effect on supply
supply curve

19. If elasticity of supply is greater than one. Supply curve will be:

A. Horizontal B. Vertical

C. Passing through origin D. Touching y-axis

20. During a particular year farmers experienced a dry weather, if all

other factors remain constant, farmers supply curve for wheat will shift
to:

A. Rightward B. Leftward

C. Downward D. Rise in supply

21. When supply of a commodity increases without change in price it is

called:

A. Fall in supply B. Expansion in supply

C. Contraction in supply D. Rise in supply

22. In May 2013, firm was supplying 500kg of sugar of market price of
Rs. 30/- per kg. During June 2013, firm's supply of sugar had
decreased to 450kg at price Rs. 20/- per kg. These changes show that
supply of sugar is:

A. Perfectly elastic B. Perfectly inelastic

C. Less elastic D. More elastic

23. What best explains a shift in market supply curve to the right?

An advertising campaign A new technique makes

A. is successful in B. it cheaper to produce the
promoting the good good

The government
The price of raw
C. introduces a tax on the D.
materials increases
good

24. All but one of the following are assumed to remain the same while
drawing an individual's demand curve for a commodity. Which one is
it?

The preferences of the

A. B. His monetary income
individual

The price of the

The prices of other
C. commodity under D.
goods
consideration

25 Identify the coefficient of price-elasticity of demand when the

percentage increase in the quantity of a commodity demanded is
smaller than the percentage fall in its price:

A. Equal to one B. Greater than one

C. Small than one D. Zero