Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Micro Economics: Introduction

Question:

The collection of all possible combinations of the goods and services that can be produced from a given amount of resources and a given stock of technological knowledge is called?

Options:

Production Possibility Frontier

Isoquant Curve

Production Possibility Set

Isocost Line

Correct Answer:

Production Possibility Set

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Production Possibility Set

An allocation of the scarce resource of the economy gives rise to a particular combination of different goods and services. Given the total amount of resources, it is possible to allocate the resources in many different ways and, thereby achieving different mixes of all possible goods and services. The collection of all possible combinations of the goods and services that can be produced from a given amount of resources and a given stock of technological knowledge is called the production possibility set of the economy.

The Production Possibility Frontier (PPF) is the boundary of this set — showing only the efficient combinations.