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The model papers of class 11th Eco have two sections. The first section has questions from Micro Economics and the second section has questions from Statistics. Here, both sections have an equal weightage of 40 marks each. The remaining 20 marks are for internal assessment.
Class 11 – Economics Sample Paper (2023-24)
Maximum Marks: 80
Time Allowed: : 3 hours
General Instructions:
- This question paper contains two sections:
Section A – Micro Economics
Section B – Statistics - This paper contains 20 Multiple Choice Questions type questions of 1 mark each.
- This paper contains 4 Short Answer Questions type questions of 3 marks each to be answered in 60 to 80 words.
- This paper contains 6 Short Answer Questions type questions of 4 marks each to be answered in 80 to 100 words.
- This paper contains 4 Long Answer Questions type questions of 6 marks each to be answered in 100 to 150 words.
Class 11 Economics Sample Paper Section A
- Assertion (A): Housewife working in the house is termed as Non-economic activity.
Reason (R): There is no monetary gain or salary paid to the housewife for working in the house.a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.c) A is true but R is false.d) A is false but R is true. - Inflation is measured in terms of weekly changes in:a) Cost of Living Indexb) WPIc) CPIALd) CPIIW
- A correlation coefficient:
- Efficiently summarises some of the information in a scatterplot.
- Is a sort of index of how close the points of a scatter diagram deviate from the best-fitting straight line through those points.
- Tells you the direction of the slope of the scatter diagram.
a) Only Bb) All of thesec) Only Cd) Only A - From the data given below, find Paasche’s price index:
Commodity Base year Current year Price Quantity Price Quantity A 4 2 6 3 B 3 5 2 1 C 8 2 4 6 a) 68.42b) 69.82c) 69.84d) 68.85 - The weights used in Passche’ s formula belong toa) The base periodb) To any arbitrary chosen periodc) The given periodd) None of these
- Purchasing power of money isa) None of the givenb) Equal to price index numberc) Reciprocal of price index numberd) Unequal to price index number
- The scope of statistics extends toa) governmentb) All of thesec) economicsd) industry
- Caption stands for:a) The table headingsb) The column headingsc) The row headingsd) A numerical information
- The price relative is a price index that is determined bya) (price in period t + base period price)(100)b) price in period t/base period price)(100)c) none of the aboved) (base period price/price in period t)(100)
- The data consist of scores on three different scales of Political attitudes.
Scale-A Scale-B Scale-C 3 5 4 2 6 6 1 5 8 5 2 2 7 8 1 What is the Spearman rank correlation coefficient between the Scale-Aand the Scale-C?
a) -0.1b) -1.0c) 0d) 1 - Mr. Ashok was getting Rs.400 in the base year and Rs.800 in the current year. If Consumer Price Index is Rs.350, then what extra amount is required for maintaining the earlier standard of living?
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Books Price per Book (X) Number Sold (W) Statistic (S) 20 40 Physics (P) 30 25 Economics (E) 15 12 Commerce (C) 25 13 Chemistry (Ch) 25 10 OR
Mr Ram has annual income of Rs,10,00,000 while Mr Raj has annual income of RS.70,00,000. Their average income has been computed at Rs.40,00,000 per annum. Do you think average income is a good representation of their actual annual incomes?
- Present the following table in the form of more than series.
Class Interval Frequency 10-20 12 20-30 13 30-40 18 40-50 13 50-60 12 60-70 9 70-80 8 80-90 1 Total 86 - Net domestic product by industry of origin (at 2004-05 prices) is given for the year: 2013-14 and 2014-15. Present this data in terms on percentage bar diagram.
Net Domestic Product by Industry of Origin (at 2004-05 prices) in 2013-14 and 2014-15 (Rs. in crore)Sector Year (2013-14) Year (2014-15) Primary 6,65,751 6,71,674 Secondary 8,23,220 8,46,805 Tertiary 21,58,070 21,70,512 Total 36,47,041 36,88,991 OR
Draw a histogram from the following data.
Marks Number of students 10-20 5 20-30 10 30-40 12 40-60 28 60-80 20 80-110 24 - “A good sample is generally based on correctness and continuity”. In the context of above statement explain the characteristics of good sample.
- Calculate the correlation coefficient between the height of fathers in inches (X) and their sons (Y).
X 65 66 57 67 68 69 70 72 Y 67 56 65 68 72 72 69 71 - Determine the missing frequencies when mode = 36 and total frequency is 30.
Class Interval 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 Frequency (f) – 5 12 – 2 OR
Calculate Q1 and Q3 from the following data.
Marks Number of Students 10 4 20 10 30 20 40 8 50 6 60 3
Class 11 Economics Sample Paper Section B- Supply curve shifts forward due to:a) decrease in price of competing productb) decrease in factor pricec) increase of firms in the marketd) all of these
- Normative economics deals with:
- facts
- opinions
- both facts and opinions
- none of these
a) only Db) Only Bc) Only Cd) Only A - Assume that consumers income and the number of sellers in the market for milk both falls. Based on this information, we can conclude with certainty that the equilibrium:a) Price will increaseb) Quantity will increasec) Quantity will decreased) Price will decrease
- Revenue =a) Costs {tex}\div{/tex} Profitb) Costs – Profitc) Costs + Profitd) Costs {tex}\times{/tex} Profit
- Marginal cost of a good includes:a) none of theseb) variable cost and fixed costc) only fixed costd) only variable cost
- Assertion (A): A good is considered normal when with rise/fall in income of its consumer, its demand rises/falls.
Reason (R): Normal goods have a negative income effect.a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.c) A is true but R is false.d) A is false but R is true. - In which of the following types of market structures, are resources, assumed to be mobile?a) Oligopolyb) Monopolistic competitionc) Perfect competitiond) Monopoly
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- TC increases at an increasing rate when MC is:a) negativeb) constantc) increasingd) decreasing
- The break- even point where TR=TC, the firm cannot earn abnormal profitsa) Can’t sayb) FALSEc) Trued) None of these
- Explain the problem of ‘what to produce’.
OR
What happens, if resources do not have alternative uses?
- Analyse the impact of (i) an increase in consumer income and (ii) an increase in the number of consumers on market equilibrium. Use a suitable diagram in support of your answer.
- A good may be inferior for one consumer and normal for another. Do you agree with the statement? Justify.
- From the following schedule, find out the level of output, at which the producer is in equilibrium. Give reason for your answer.
Output (units) Price (Rs) Total Cost (TC in Rs) 1 24 26 2 24 50 3 24 72 4 24 92 5 24 115 6 24 139 7 24 165 OR
How is producer’s equilibrium determined in case of perfect competition using MR and MC approach?
- Define Marginal Rate of Substitution. Why is an Indifference Curve convex?
- State the behavior of marginal product in the law of variable proportions. Explain the causes of this behavior.
- Answer the following questions
- Explain the price elasticity of demand.
- Explain the effect of the following on Price Elasticity of Demand of a commodity.
- Number of substitutes.
- Nature of the commodity
Class 11 – Economics Sample Paper Solution (2023-24)
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The model question paper of XI Economics has questions from two different books. Both of them are placed in two separate sections. Here, you will get solution for questions from both the books.
Class 11 Economics Sample Paper Solution Section A
- (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Explanation: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. - (b) WPI
Explanation: The monthly WPI number shows the average price changes of goods usually expressed in ratios or percentages. The index is based on the wholesale prices of a few relevant commodities available. The commodities are chosen based on their significance in the region. - (b) All of these
Explanation: The correlation coefficient is a statistical measure of the strength of the relationship between the relative movements of two variables. The values range between -1.0 and 1.0. A calculated number greater than 1.0 or less than -1.0 shows that there was an error in the correlation measurement. - (c) 69.84
Explanation:Commodity
Base Year
Current Year
P1q1
P0q1
Price (P0)
Quantity (q0)
Price (P1)
Quantity (q1)
A
4
2
6
3
18
12
B
3
5
2
1
2
3
C
8
2
4
6
24
48
Total
44
63
Paasche’s price index= {tex}\frac{{44}}{{63}} \times 100 = 69.84{/tex}
(Paasche’s price index ={tex}\frac{{p1\ q1}}{{p0\ q1}} \times 100{/tex} - (c) The given period
Explanation: Paasche’s Method:
Under this method of calculating Price Index, the quantities of the current year are used as weights as compared to base year quantities used by Laspeyres. - (c) Reciprocal of price index number
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Explanation: Purchasing power of money = 1 / Cost of living index.
Hence,it is a reciprocal of Cost of Living index. - (b) All of these
Explanation: Statistics is used by the government as the role of government has increased and requires much greater information in the form of numerical figures to fulfil the welfare objectives. Statistics is also an indispensable tool for a proper understanding of various economic problems. Statistics is also useful for Industries as it helps in forecasting, production planning, quality control etc. - (b) The column headings
Explanation: At the top of each column in a table, a column designation is given to explain figures of the column. This is called a caption.
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Explanation: By definition, we have, price relative ={tex}\frac{p_1}{p_0}{/tex}.It implies that we are comparing current year with base year which we require. Instead, if we write
price relative ={tex}\frac{p_0}{p_1}{/tex} , it implies that we are comparing base year with current year which is quite absurd both logically and practically.TO express the comparison in percents we multiply it by 100. - (b) -1.0
Explanation: -1. 0 shows a perfect negative correlation between the two variables. - With the increase in prices, the amount of goods and services which money wages can buy goes on decreasing. Change in real wages is computed as follows:
{tex}= \frac { \text { Salary in Base Year } \times \mathrm { CPI } } { 100 }{/tex}
For former standard of living, Ashok should get
{tex}= \frac { 400 \times 350 } { 100 } = 1400{/tex} where 400 is his salary in base year and 350 is the Consumer Price Index.
When CPI goes up to Rs. 350, his salary should also increase to Rs. 1400, whereas his salary is only Rs. 800.
{tex}\therefore{/tex} Amount required for maintaining the same standard of living = 1400 – 800 = Rs. 600. - For finding out weighted mean, each item of the series is multiplied by its weights. Here price per book is multiplied by Number of books sold. Number sold is the weight in this question. Then we have to find {tex}\Sigma XW {/tex} and divide it by {tex}\Sigma W{/tex}
Calculation of Weighted Arithmetic Mean
Books Price per Book (X) Number Sold (W) XW S 20 40 800 P 30 25 750 E 15 12 180 C 25 13 325 Ch 25 10 250 {tex}\Sigma W = 100{/tex} {tex}\Sigma X W = 2305{/tex} Now, {tex}\overline { X } _ { w } = \frac { \Sigma X W } { \Sigma W } = \frac { 2305 } { 100 } = 23.05{/tex}
Hence, required weighted arithmetic mean=23.05OR
In this particular case, Mr. Ram has an annual income of Rs,10,00,000 while Mr. Raj has annual income of RS.70,00,000. Their average income has been computed at Rs.40,00,000 per annum.
As per the given case, the average income computed is not representative of the actual annual incomes of Mr. Ram and Mr. Raj. The average income exceeds Mr. Ram’s actual income by Rs.30,00,000 and it falls short of Mr. Raj’s income by Rs.30,00,000 So, it is not a good representation of their actual annual incomes.
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The given table in the form of more than series is shown below:Item Frequency (f) More than 10 86 (total) More than 20 86 – 12 = 74 More than 30 74 – 13 = 61 More than 40 61 – 18 = 43 More than 50 43 – 13 = 30 More than 60 30 – 12 = 18 More than 70 1 8 – 9 = 9 More than 80 9 – 8 = 1 - Percentages are computed as under Year 2013-14
Percentage share of primary sector{tex}= \frac { 6,65,751 } { 36,47,041 } \times 100{/tex}Net Domestic Product by Industry of Origin in 2013-14 and 2014-15
OR
The above distribution has unequal class intervals. Therefore, the frequencies will be adjusted before constructing the histogram. For calculating the adjusted frequency, we have to take the width of the lowest class interval, which in this case is 10.
Then we calculate the Adjustement factor for any class = {tex}{Width \; of \; the \; class }\over{Width\; of \; the \; lowest \; class} {/tex}. The given frequency will be divided by this adjustment factor. The calculations are shown below:Marks Number of students Adjustment factor Adjusted Frequency 10-20 5 {tex}{10}\over{10} {/tex} =1 {tex}{5}\over{1} {/tex}= 5 20-30 10 {tex}{10}\over{10}{/tex}=1 {tex}{10}\over{1}{/tex} = 10 30-40 12 {tex}{10}\over{10}{/tex} = 1 {tex}{12}\over {1}{/tex} = 12 40-60 28 {tex}{20}\over{10}{/tex}= 2 {tex}\frac { 28 } { 2 } = 14{/tex} 60-80 20 {tex}\frac{20}{10}=2{/tex} {tex}\frac {20 } { 2 } = 10{/tex} 80-110 24 {tex}\frac{30}{10}=3{/tex} {tex}\frac { 24} { 3 } = 8{/tex} Histogram-based on above distribution is shown below
- The characteristics of a good sample are as follows:
- A Sample must represent characteristics of the entire universe population i.e., it should be representative.
- It must be adequate enough to offer reliable conclusions.
- The units of the sample should be independent of each other.
- In case more than one sample is selected from a given population, then these samples should be homogeneous.
- To have a correct picture of the problem under investigation, it is important to draw a sample keeping in view the objective of the investigation.
- Calculation of Coefficient of Correlation
X x(X – {tex}\overline X{/tex}), {tex}\overline X{/tex}= 66.75 x2 Y y(Y – {tex}\overline Y{/tex}), {tex}\overline Y{/tex}= 67.5 y2 xy 65 -1.75 3.0625 67 -0.5 0.25 0.875 66 -0.75 0.5625 56 -11.5 132.25 8.625 57 -9.75 95.0625 65 -2.5 6.25 24.375 67 0.25 0.0625 68 0.5 0.25 0.125 68 1.25 1.5625 72 4.5 20.25 5.625 69 2.25 5.0625 72 4.5 20.25 10.125 70 3.25 10.5625 69 1.5 2.25 4.875 72 5.25 27.5625 71 3.5 12.25 18.375 {tex}\Sigma{/tex}X = 534 {tex}\Sigma{/tex}x2 = 143.5 {tex}\Sigma{/tex}Y = 540 {tex}\Sigma{/tex}y2 = 194 {tex}\Sigma{/tex} xy = 73 Here, n = 8, {tex}\Sigma{/tex}X = 534, {tex}\Sigma{/tex}x2 = 143.5, {tex}\Sigma{/tex}Y = 540, {tex}\Sigma{/tex}y2 = 194, {tex}\Sigma{/tex} xy = 73
Now, {tex}\overline { X } = \frac { \Sigma X } { n } = \frac { 534 } { 8 }{/tex}= 66.75, and {tex}\overline { Y } = \frac { \Sigma Y } { n } = \frac { 540 } { 8 }{/tex}= 67.5
{tex}r = \frac { \Sigma x y } { \sqrt { \Sigma x ^ { 2 } \times \Sigma y ^ { 2 } } } = \frac { 73 } { \sqrt { 143.5 \times 194 } }{/tex}{tex}= \frac { 73 } { \sqrt { 27839 } } = \frac { 73 } { 166.85 } = 0.438{/tex}
It indicates that there is low degree of positive correlation between height of fathers and sons. - Let the missing frequencies be x and y.
Class Interval Frequency (f) 10-20 x 20-30 5 30-40 12 40-50 y 50-60 2 n=30 Calculation of Missing Frequencies
Mode = 36 (given) Sum of frequencies={tex} n = \Sigma f = 30{/tex} (given) As the value of mode is 36, so the modal class is 30-40.
{tex} \therefore \text { Mode } , \left( M _ { 0 } \right) = l _ { 1 } + \frac { f _ { 1 } – f _ { 0 } } { 2 f _ { 1 } – f _ { 0 } – f _ { 2 } } \times c{/tex}
{tex}\Rightarrow \quad 36 = 30 + \frac { 12 – 5 } { 24 – 5 – y } \times 10{/tex}
{tex}\Rightarrow \quad 6 = \frac { 7 } { 19 – y } \times 10{/tex}
{tex} \Rightarrow{/tex}6(19-y)=70 {tex} \Rightarrow{/tex}114-6y=70
{tex} \Rightarrow{/tex}6y=44 {tex} \Rightarrow{/tex}{tex} y = \frac { 44 } { 6 } = 7.33 = 7{/tex}
[as the frequencies cannot be in fractions]x+5+12+y+2=30
{tex} \therefore \Rightarrow{/tex}x+5+12+7+2=30 [{tex} \because{/tex}y=7] {tex} \because{/tex} x=4Thus, the two missing frequencies are 4 and 7.
OR
Marks Number of Students (f) Cumulative Frequency (cf) 10 4 4 20 10 14 30 20 34 40 8 42 50 6 48 60 3 51 {tex} n = \Sigma f = 51{/tex} First quartile and third quartile can be calculated by using the formula given below:
Q1 Q3 {tex} Q _ { 1 } = \text { Size of } \left( \frac { n + 1 } { 4 } \right)th\ item{/tex} {tex} Q _ { 3 } = \text { Size of } 3 \left( \frac { n + 1 } { 4 } \right)th\ item{/tex} {tex}= \text { Size of } \left( \frac { 51 + 1 } { 4 } \right)th\ item{/tex}
= Size of 13th item and it lies in cf 14,
Hence Q1= 20 marks{tex} = \text { Size of } 3 \frac { ( 51 + 1 ) } { 4 }th\ item{/tex}
=Size of 39th items and it lies in cf 42,
Hence Q3= 40 marks
Class 11 Economics Sample Paper Solution Section B- (d) all of these
Explanation: Increase in supply refers to a situation when more is supplied at the existing price of the commodity. It leads to a forward shift in the supply curve. Increase in supply may occur due to improvement in technology, reduction in factor prices, a decrease in the price of a competing product etc. - (b) Only B
Explanation: opinions - (c) Quantity will decrease
Explanation: Due to a fall in income and number of sellers, supply decreases. We can conclude with certainty that the equilibrium quantity will decrease. - (c) Costs + Profit
Explanation: The revenue of a firm is its sale receipts or money received from the sale of a product. - (d) only variable cost
Explanation: Marginal cost is an additional cost and additional cost cannot be fixed cost, it can be a variable cost. Accordingly, the sum total of marginal cost corresponding to different units of output becomes TVC. - (c) A is true but R is false.
Explanation: A is true but R is false. - (c) Perfect competition
Explanation: The resources(land, labour, capital and entrepreneurship) are free to move to the industry in which they get the best price as there is freedom of entry and exit - (c) Many close substitutes exist in monopolistic competition
Explanation: In monopoly, there is a single seller and no close substitutes are available for the product. So the customer cannot shift to any other product(as there are no substitutes) if the monopolist increases the price of the product. In such a case the demand is less elastic or inelastic. Whereas in monopolistic competition, there are large number of sellers and substitutes are available, so the customer will shift to substitute product if there is a increase in price. As such in this situation the demand is more elastic.
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Explanation: MC is the rate of TC. If TC increases at increasing rate, MC must be increasing. - (c) True
Explanation: The firm can earn abnormal profits only when TR > TC - Problem of ‘what to produce’ arises as the economy has limited resources. Because of the scarcity of resources, producers are unable to produce everything in desired quantity, so they have to make a choice as to which product or service is important as a whole so that limited resources can be rationally managed. There is a problem of allocation of resources among different goods.
For example, the production of more bread is possible only by reducing the production of other goods.
Problem of ‘what to produce’ involves two-fold decisions- Selection of goods and services to be produced,
- Quantity of to be produced of each of the selected goods.
OR
There would not be any problem of choice or the problem of rational management of resources. The problem of choice then ceases to exist; accordingly there should not be any economic problem and no economics as such.
Example: If farming land could be used only for the production of rice (and no other crop) then where is the problem. Just grow rice and relax! The problem arises because farming land can be used for the production of different crops, like rice and Bajra.
The diagram shows an increase in demand while supply remains unchanged. Equilibrium price rises to OP1, and equilibrium quantity rises to OQ1.- When the income of the consumer rises, the demand curve shifts to the right.
- When the number of consumers increases, market demand for the commodity increases. Again, it implies a forward shift in the demand curve. It will shift towards the right thereby increasing the quantity demanded and price of the product.
- It is true to say that a good may be inferior for one consumer and normal for other. Whether a good is considered as inferior or normal depends upon income of the consumer. Any good is identified as inferior good when income effect is negative i.e., with increase in income the demand for good falls.
(i) If a poor person’s income increases and because of this increases he switches from coarse grains to low quality grains, then for him low quality grains is a normal good. Whereas for a person in the middle income group low quality grains is an inferior good.
(ii) Even a normal car can also be an inferior good for some people. A person may be owning a normal car due to his low income, but when his income increases he will start demanding luxury cars. So, for him normal car is an inferior good and luxury car is a normal good. - Total and Marginal Cost and Revenue Schedule
Output (Q)
(units)Price (P) Total Cost Total Revenue
(TR in Rs)
(AR{tex}\times{/tex}Q)Profit (Rs) Marginal Revenue Marginal Cost 1 24 26 24 -2 24 26 2 24 50 48 -2 24 24 3 24 72 72 0 24 22 4 24 92 96 4 24 20 5 24 115 120 5 24 23 6 24 139 144 5 24 24 7 24 165 168 3 24 26 Reason :
At 2nd and 6th unit, MR=MC. But at 7th unit MC>MR. Thus, by this both the condition of producer equilibrium is satisfied.OR
In order to get maximum profit under perfect competition, a firm must compare its marginal cost with marginal revenue.
According to marginal analysis, a firm would, therefore, be in equilibrium when the following two conditions are fulfilled :- MC = MR.
- The MC curve cuts the MR curve from below.
In this figure, MC cuts MR at two points A and ‘E’. Point ‘A’ cannot indicate the position of equilibrium of the firm as at point A Marginal cost of the firm is still falling or we can say MC is not cutting MR from below.
Here point ‘E’ represents the equilibrium of the firm. At this point, both the conditions of equilibrium are being fulfilled: Marginal cost is equal to marginal revenue (MC = MR) and the marginal cost curve is cutting the marginal revenue curve from below. At point ‘E’, the firm gets a maximum profit. In case, the firm produces more or less than OM output, then its profits will be less than the maximum. - Marginal Rate of Substitution (MRS) refers to the rate at which the consumer is willing to sacrifice one good to obtain one more unit of the other good. Symbolically,
{tex}\mathrm { MRS } _ { \mathrm { xy } } = \frac { \text { Quantity of the Good Sacrificed (Y) } } { \text { Quantity of the Good Obtained (X)}}{/tex}
Indifference Curve (IC) is convex to origin due to diminishing Marginal Rate of Substitution. It means that a consumer is willing to sacrifice less and less units of a good to gain an additional unit of the other good because the utility that he gets from consuming an additional unit of a good goes on diminishing. As the consumer substitutes commodity X for commodity Y, the marginal rate of substitution diminishes as X for Y along an indifference curve. Thus indifference curve is steeper towards the Y axis and gradual towards the X axis. It is convex to the origin.
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- When total product increases at an increasing rate (convex shape) (till point P), MP also increases.(till the point {tex}P_1{/tex}
- when total product increases at a diminishing rate (concave shape) (till point A)., then Marginal product falls and remains positive (Till point B1),
- when total product is at its maximum and constant (At point B), Marginal Product is zero (at point B1),
- when total product falls (after point B), Marginal product becomes negative (after point B1)
Causes or Reasons of this Behaviour is as Under:
- Phase I
- Proper utilization of the fixed factor
- In the initial stage of production the supply of the fixed factory, eg. land is too large whereas the supply of variable factors are too few. So, the fixed factor is not fully utilised.
- Proper utilization of the fixed factor is attained when more and more units of variable factor (labour units) are applied to the fixed factor (land). So, in this phase, when more and more variable factor, i.e. labour is used, the production increases at an increasing rate.
- Specialization and division of labour
- Suppose, initially there was only one labour working on all the 5 acres of land doing all the jobs of ploughing, watering, etc.
- As the number of labour units increases, each worker specializes in a particular activity and this leads to specialization of the variable units which in turn leads to increased efficiency.
- Proper utilization of the fixed factor
- Phase II
- The non-optimal combination of variable factor with the fixed factor
- There is a optimum combination of variable factors and fixed factors and this point productivity is at it maximum and all the fixed factors are effectively utilised. After this optimum combination, the marginal returns of the variable factors starts diminising, i.e. TP increases but at a diminishing rate.and MP starts falling but remains positive. In other words, as many workers share the same fixed factor, the share of each worker would obviously fall. Therefore, the cooperation of the fixed factor is not available to the same extent. Thus, an increase in the variable factor would add less and less to total output.
- Imperfect Substitutes
- Diminishing return to factor occurs because variable factor and fixed factor are imperfect substitutes to each other.
- Technically speaking, there is a limit to which variable factor can be substituted for fixed factor and that limit depends upon the efficiency of fixed factor. But beyond the optimum limit they become imperfect substitutes to each other which leads to diminishing returns.
- The non-optimal combination of variable factor with the fixed factor
- Phase III
- Efficiency of Variable Factor Fall
- In this stage the amount of variable factor becomes excessive relative to the fixed factor. This happens when too many labour are engaged in cultivating on a given piece of land.
- Instead of helping each other in production they cause overcrowding and chaos and thus hamper each other’s work. With continous increase in variable factor, the advantages of specialization and division of labour starts diminishing. In such a case, the contribution of additional labour to production is bound to be negative.
- Thus, the marginal returns become negative and the total returns start diminishing.
- Efficiency of Fixed Factor Fall
- Too much of a variable factor may also lead to the inefficiency of the fixed factor as well.
- In case of capital, which is a fixed factor, too much of labour may cause lot of wear and tear of machinery, frequent breakdowns and excessive cost of maintenance. This is bound to affect total production adversely.
- In such a situation it is advisable to reduce the units of the variable factor than to increase it with a view for getting maximum production.
- Efficiency of Variable Factor Fall
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- Price elasticity of demand is a measure showing percentage change in quantity demanded with respect to some percentage change in the own price of the commodity.
Price elasticity of demand (Ed) {tex}=(-) \frac{P}{Q} \times \frac{\Delta Q}{\Delta P}{/tex}
Here, {tex}\Delta{/tex}Q = Change in quantity demanded; {tex}\Delta{/tex}P = Change in price; Q = Initial quantity; P = Initial price.- Number of substitutes of goods: Demand for goods which have close substitutes (like tea and coffee) is relatively more elastic, because when the price of such a good rise, the consumers have the option of shifting to its substitute. Goods without close substitutes like cigarettes etc are generally found to be less elastic or inelastic in demand. Thus, the availability of close substitutes makes demand sensitive to change in prices.
- Nature of the commodity: Ordinarily, necessaries like salt, matchboxes, medicines etc have inelastic demand as it is required for human survival and its demand does not fluctuate much with a change in price. Luxuries, like air conditioner, costly furniture, car etc have more elastic demand as compared to the demand for comforts. Comforts like, cooler, fans etc have an elastic demand as consumers can postpone their consumption.
- Price elasticity of demand is a measure showing percentage change in quantity demanded with respect to some percentage change in the own price of the commodity.
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