ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

OPPORTUNITY COST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Scarcity requires that individuals must ____
A
cooperate to allocate resources
B
make choices among limited resources
C
compete for unlimited resources
D
innovate to satisfy unlimited wants
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Since resources are limited, people must make choices related to goods and services. Scarcity is the condition of not being able to have all of the goods and services one wants because wants exceed what can be made from all available resources at any given time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Scarcity forces all of us to make choices by making us decide which options are most important to us. The principle of scarcity states that there are limited goods and services for unlimited wants. Thus, people need to make choices in order to satisfy the wants that are most important to them.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Scarcity requires that people must D. make choices.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the defining features of economics is scarcity, which deals with how people satisfy unlimited wants and needs with limited resources. Scarcity affects the monetary value people place on goods and services and how governments and private firms decide to distribute resources.

Detailed explanation-5: -Scarcity requires choice. People must choose which of their desires they will satisfy and which they will leave unsatisfied. When we, either as individuals or as a society, choose more of something, scarcity forces us to take less of something else.

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