ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The opportunity cost of a choice is the value of the best alternative given up. Scarcity is the condition of not being able to have all of the goods and services one wants. It exists because human wants for goods and services exceed the quantity of goods and services that can be produced using all available resources.

Detailed explanation-2: -Weighing opportunity costs allows the business to make the best possible decision. If, for instance, the company determines an alternative choice’s opportunity cost is greater than what the company gains from its initial decision, the company can change its mind and pursue the alternative choice.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because of scarcity, every time we do one thing we necessarily have to forgo doing something else desirable. So there is an opportunity cost to everything we do, and that cost is expressed in terms of the most valuable alternative that is sacrificed….

Detailed explanation-4: -Every choice has an opportunity cost and opportunity costs affect the choices people make. The opportunity cost of any choice is the value of the best alternative that had to be forgone in making that choice.

Detailed explanation-5: -A simple example of opportunity cost is to let us suppose that a person is having Rs. 50000 in his hand and He has the option to keep it with himself at home or deposit in the bank which will generate interest of 4% annually so now the opportunity cost of keeping money at home is Rs. 2000 per year as opposed to Bank.