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[#361] Contraction of demand is the result of
Correct Answer

(B) Increase in the price of the commodity concerned

Explanation

Solution: Contraction of demand is the result of Increase in the price of the commodity concerned. The demand for a commodity changes due to a change in price. It is called extension and contraction of demand. When there is decrease in price of commodity there is in increase in demand of that commodity.

[#362] According to M. Kalecki, the true measure of the degree of monopoly power is the
Correct Answer

(A) Ratio between price and marginal cost

Explanation

Solution: According to M. Kalecki, the true measure of the degree of monopoly power is the Ratio between price and marginal cost. Monopoly is the form of market organisation in which there is a single fir m selling a commodity for which there are no close substitutes.

[#363] Price of a product is determined in a free market by
Correct Answer

(C) Both demand and supply

Explanation

Solution: Price of a product is determined in a free market by both demand and supply. In microeconomics, supply and demand is an economic model of price determination in a market. It postulates that, holding all else equal, in a competitive market, the unit price for a particular good, or other traded item such as labor or liquid financial assets, will vary until it settles at a point where the quantity demanded (at the current price) will equal the quantity supplied (at the current price), resulting in an economic equilibrium for price and quantity transacted.

[#364] When cross elasticity of demand is a large positive number, one can conclude that
Correct Answer

(C) The good is a substitute

Explanation

Solution: When cross elasticity of demand is a large positive number, one can conclude that the good is complement. Two goods that complement each other have a negative cross elasticity of demand: as the price of good Y rises, the demand for good X falls.

[#365] 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?
Correct Answer

(C) The price of the commodity under consideration

Explanation

Solution: Only price changes and all others like price of related goods, income, taste and preference remain constant, while drawing an individual's Demand curve for a commodity.