ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

DEMAND

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The law of demand says that when the price of a product rises, the quantity demanded decreases. Why do people buy fewer CDs if the price of a CD rises?
A
When the price rises, people get less pleasure from listening to music
B
If CDs become more expensive, people switch to relatively less expensive alternative goods, such as cassette tapes
C
Higher prices just turn people off
D
Because CDs are a normal good
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Economists call this the Law of Demand. If the price goes up, the quantity demanded goes down (but demand itself stays the same). If the price decreases, quantity demanded increases. This is the Law of Demand.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition: The law of demand states that other factors being constant (cetris peribus), price and quantity demand of any good and service are inversely related to each other.

Detailed explanation-3: -The law of demand states that when the price of a product goes up, the quantity demanded will go down – and vice versa.

Detailed explanation-4: -Law of demand states that there is an inverse relation between the price of a commodity and its quantity demanded, assuming all other factors affecting demand remain constant. It means that when the price of a good falls, the demand for the good rises and when price rises, the demand falls.

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