MCQ Chapter 9 The Price Puzzle Class 9 Social Science CBSE Board Advertisement The Price Puzzle: What Drives the Market 1. What is demand?The quantity of goods produced by factoriesThe quantity of a product consumers are willing and able to buy at a particular priceThe number of products stored in warehousesThe quantity of goods exported to other countriesQuestion 1 of 202. Which statement best describes the Law of Demand?As price increases, demand also increases.Price and demand always remain equal.As price increases, quantity demanded decreases.Demand depends only on supply.Question 2 of 203. What is necessary for demand to exist?Only the desire to buy a productOnly the availability of the productWillingness to buy along with purchasing powerGovernment approval to purchase the productQuestion 3 of 204. In the example of mangoes, what happened when the price fell from ₹150 per kg to ₹50 per kg?The quantity purchased decreased.The quantity purchased remained unchanged.The quantity purchased increased.Consumers stopped buying mangoes.Question 4 of 205. What is an individual demand schedule?A list of products sold by a shopkeeperA table showing the quantity a consumer buys at different pricesA chart showing market supplyA record of government taxesQuestion 5 of 206. What is the graphical representation of a demand schedule called?Supply graphDemand curveProduction curveMarket chartQuestion 6 of 207. What does the X-axis represent in a demand curve?Price of the productQuantity demandedIncome of consumersNumber of sellersQuestion 7 of 208. What does the Y-axis represent in a demand curve?Quantity demandedCost of productionPrice of the productNumber of buyersQuestion 8 of 209. Why does the demand curve slope downward?Higher prices encourage consumers to buy more.Lower prices reduce demand.Consumers buy more when prices fall and less when prices rise.Supply always decreases with price.Question 9 of 2010. What is market demand?Demand of one consumerSupply of all producersTotal demand of all consumers in the marketGoods purchased by the governmentQuestion 10 of 2011. Market demand is calculated by adding the ________.Profits of all firmsIndividual demands of all consumersProduction of all factoriesTaxes collected by the governmentQuestion 11 of 2012. Why is the market demand curve flatter than an individual demand curve?It represents only one consumer.Many consumers respond to price changes together.Prices remain constant in the market.Supply is always greater than demand.Question 12 of 2013. Which type of goods can replace one another?Complementary goodsPublic goodsSubstitute goodsCapital goodsQuestion 13 of 2014. Tea and coffee are examples of which type of goods?Complementary goodsSubstitute goodsPublic goodsLuxury goodsQuestion 14 of 2015. If the price of coffee increases while the price of tea remains unchanged, what is most likely to happen?Demand for tea will decrease.Demand for tea will increase.Supply of tea will decrease.Tea will disappear from the market.Question 15 of 2016. Which pair is an example of complementary goods?Tea and coffeeMangoes and bananasSmartphones and earphonesRice and wheatQuestion 16 of 2017. If movie ticket prices increase, what is likely to happen to the demand for popcorn sold in cinema halls?It will increase.It will remain the same.It will decrease.It will double.Question 17 of 2018. What generally happens when consumers' income increases?Demand for many goods increases.Demand always decreases.Supply immediately decreases.Prices automatically fall.Question 18 of 2019. Which factor can affect demand even if the price of a product remains unchanged?Consumer incomeTaste and preferenceSeasonalityAll of the aboveQuestion 19 of 2020. Why does a consumer become less willing to pay for additional units of the same product?Supply always decreases.The additional satisfaction from each extra unit gradually declines.Producers stop manufacturing the product.Taxes automatically increase.Question 20 of 20 Loading...
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