MCQ Economics Class 12 Chapter 5 Market Equilibrium Microeconomics Advertisement MCQ’s For All Chapters – Microeconomics Class 12th 1. What is the shape of the market supply curve of labour?Upward slopingDownward slopingVerticalHorizontalQuestion 1 of 202. What happens to equilibrium price and quantity when demand shifts rightward while supply remains unchanged?Both decreaseBoth increasePrice decreases and quantity increasesPrice remains unchanged and quantity decreasesQuestion 2 of 203. What happens when the demand curve shifts leftward with supply unchanged?Price and quantity both increasePrice increases and quantity decreasesPrice and quantity both decreasePrice remains unchanged and quantity increasesQuestion 3 of 204. What effect does an increase in the income of consumers have on the demand for a normal good?Demand decreasesSupply decreasesDemand remains unchangedDemand increasesQuestion 4 of 205. What happens to the demand curve when the number of consumers increases?It shifts rightwardIt shifts leftwardIt becomes verticalIt remains unchangedQuestion 5 of 206. What is the effect of a leftward shift in the supply curve on equilibrium price and quantity?Price decreases and quantity increasesPrice increases and quantity decreasesBoth price and quantity increaseBoth price and quantity decreaseQuestion 6 of 207. What happens when the number of firms in the market increases?Supply shifts leftwardDemand shifts rightwardSupply shifts rightwardDemand shifts leftwardQuestion 7 of 208. When both demand and supply curves shift rightward, what happens to equilibrium quantity?It decreasesIt remains unchangedIt may increase or decreaseIt increasesQuestion 8 of 209. When demand and supply curves shift in opposite directions, which variable has an unambiguous effect?Equilibrium priceEquilibrium quantityNumber of consumersNumber of workersQuestion 9 of 2010. With free entry and exit of identical firms, the equilibrium price is equal to:Maximum average costMinimum average costMarginal revenueWage rateQuestion 10 of 2011. What happens when firms earn supernormal profit under free entry and exit?Existing firms leave immediatelyDemand falls automaticallyNew firms enter the marketSupply shifts leftwardQuestion 11 of 2012. What happens when firms earn less than normal profit under free entry and exit?New firms enterDemand increasesPrice immediately becomes zeroSome existing firms exitQuestion 12 of 2013. In Example 5.2, what is the equilibrium price with free entry and exit?Rs 20Rs 30Rs 40Rs 50Question 13 of 2014. In Example 5.2, what is the equilibrium quantity of wheat?160 kg180 kg200 kg220 kgQuestion 14 of 2015. In Example 5.2, what is the equilibrium number of firms?4568Question 15 of 2016. What happens to equilibrium price when demand shifts rightward under free entry and exit?It increases permanentlyIt decreases permanentlyIt becomes zeroIt remains unchangedQuestion 16 of 2017. What is a price ceiling?Government-imposed upper limit on the price of a good or serviceGovernment-imposed lower limit on priceMarket-determined equilibrium pricePrice charged by firms above equilibriumQuestion 17 of 2018. What happens when a price ceiling is imposed below the equilibrium price?Excess supply occursExcess demand occursEquilibrium quantity increases automaticallySupply becomes zeroQuestion 18 of 2019. What is a price floor?A maximum allowable priceThe equilibrium priceGovernment-imposed lower limit on priceThe minimum quantity suppliedQuestion 19 of 2020. What happens when a price floor is imposed above the equilibrium price?Excess demand occursDemand becomes zeroSupply becomes zeroExcess supply occursQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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