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Important Questions For CBSE Class 12 Micro Economics Chapter 2
Important Questions For CBSE Class 12 Micro Economics Chapter 2
Macro Economics
Chapter 2 – Theory of Consumer Behaviour
4. Is the demand for the following elastic, moderate elastic, highly elastic?
Give reasons.
Ans: a) Demand for Petrol is moderate elastic, because when the price of gasoline
rises, consumers lower their usage of it.
b) Car demand is elastic. It is a luxury item, and as the price of the car climbs, so
does the demand for the car.
d) Milk demand is elastic, which means that as the price of milk rises, consumers
buy less milk.
Ans: The wants satisfying the ability and power of a commodity is known as
utility. It is a degree of satisfaction related to an act of economics.
Ans: It asserts that a customer is most satisfied when the ratio of the marginal
MU x MU y
utilities and prices of two commodities is equal, i.e. =
Px Py
10. ____________ shows various combinations of two goods that give same
amount of satisfaction to the consumer?
15. The total utility divided by the number of units consumed is known as?
Ans: The total utility divided by the number of units consumed is known as
Average utility.
16. Explain the various degrees of price elasticity of demand with the help of
diagrams.
Ans: Price elasticity of demand has five levels. These are their names:
Q = 50 units
Q1 = 100 units
= 3-4
= -1
Similarly,
Q = Q1 − Q
= 100-50
= 50
The elasticity of demand is calculated by the formula,
P Q
Ed = −
Q P
4 50
=−
50 −1
=4
18. Price elasticity of demand for wheat is equal to unity and a household
demands 40 Kg of wheat when the price is Rs.1 per kg. At what price will the
household demand 36 kg of wheat?
Ans: Given:
Ed = 1
P =1
Q = 40
Q1 = 36
= 36 − 40
= -4
1 (−4)
1= −
40 P
P = 0.1
0.1 = P1 − 1
P1 = 1.10
P0 = 40
Ed = −2
P = −2
P = P1 − P0
P1 = −8
10 Q
−2 =
40 (−2)
Q = 16
According to the law of demand, the demanded quantity decreases with an increase
in price.
Q1Q = Q0 +
= 40 + 16
= 56 units
Or
Q P
Ed =
P Q
Total outlay method: If total outlay increases as prices fall, the elasticity of
demand is more than one; if total outlay remains constant, the elasticity is equal to
one; and if total outlay drops, the elasticity is less than one.
This term assesses the elasticity of demand at various places along the same
demand curve.
lower segment of the demand curve
Ed =
upper segment of the demand curve
Ans: The entire demand for a commodity made by all individuals in the market is
referred to as market demand. The market demand for a commodity is the various
amounts of a commodity demanded each time period, at various alternative prices,
by all market participants. It is determined by all of the things that influence an
individual's demand. The following are some of the elements that influence a
commodity's market demand:
23. How is equilibrium achieved with the help of indifference curve analysis?
Ans: When a consumer receives the greatest amount of satisfaction from his
expenditure, he is considered to be in equilibrium. The term "consumer's
equilibrium" refers to the highest level of satisfaction that a consumer can achieve
given their income and prices. The indifference curve technique can be used to
describe consumer equilibrium.