MCQ Chapter 9 The Price Puzzle Class 9 Social Science CBSE Board Advertisement The Price Puzzle: What Drives the Market 1. Future price expectations mainly affect which of the following?Current demand for a productColour of the productSize of the productQuality of the productQuestion 1 of 202. People often postpone buying durable goods before Diwali or the New Year because they expect:Shortage of goodsFestival discounts and lower pricesHigher taxesProducts to disappear from the marketQuestion 2 of 203. Which term refers to the quantity of a product that sellers are willing and able to offer at a particular price?DemandSupplyRevenuePurchasing powerQuestion 3 of 204. Which relationship is shown by the Law of Supply?Price and supply move in opposite directions.Price and supply have no relationship.Price and quantity supplied move in the same direction.Supply depends only on consumer income.Question 4 of 205. Why do higher prices encourage producers to increase supply?Production becomes impossible.Higher prices increase profitability.Consumers stop purchasing goods.Government provides free raw materials.Question 5 of 206. What is individual supply?Total supply in the marketQuantity supplied by one seller at different pricesTotal demand of all consumersQuantity purchased by one buyerQuestion 6 of 207. What happens to mango prices when supply increases during the season?Prices increase.Prices remain fixed.Prices generally decrease.Prices become zero.Question 7 of 208. Market supply is obtained by adding together the supplies of:ConsumersFarmers onlyAll sellers in the marketGovernment departments onlyQuestion 8 of 209. Which factor may cause a farmer to grow more chickpeas instead of wheat?Higher profitability from chickpeasLower demand for chickpeasLower price of chickpeasLess fertile landQuestion 9 of 2010. An increase in the number of sellers in a market generally leads to:Lower market supplyHigher market supplyLower production capacityNo change in supplyQuestion 10 of 2011. Which technological improvement is mentioned as helping to increase crop production?Wooden ploughsDrip irrigation and weather sensorsAnimal cartsHand harvesting onlyQuestion 11 of 2012. Cold storage facilities mainly help producers by:Reducing consumer demandPreventing transportation of goodsPreserving products for distant marketsIncreasing production costsQuestion 12 of 2013. If producers expect demand to increase in the near future, they are most likely to:Reduce productionIncrease production and supplyStop selling goodsClose their businessesQuestion 13 of 2014. What is market equilibrium?When demand is greater than supplyWhen supply is greater than demandWhen quantity demanded equals quantity suppliedWhen prices become zeroQuestion 14 of 2015. At market equilibrium, there is:Only excess demandOnly excess supplyNeither shortage nor surplusUnlimited productionQuestion 15 of 2016. In the mango example, what is the equilibrium price?₹40₹50₹100₹150Question 16 of 2017. In the mango example, what is the equilibrium quantity?6 kg10 kg12 kg18 kgQuestion 17 of 2018. What is the market situation called when quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied?Market equilibriumExcess demandExcess supplyMonopolyQuestion 18 of 2019. What is the market situation called when quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded?Excess demandRevenueExcess supplyPurchasing powerQuestion 19 of 2020. Why does market equilibrium keep changing in real life?Markets never experience changes.Demand and supply are affected by changing conditions such as technology, weather, and other events.Prices are fixed permanently.Consumers always buy the same quantity.Question 20 of 20 Loading...
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