A perfectly competitive market in an economy is categorized by the following features. (A) Firms are price-takers. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: |
(A), (B) and (D) only (A), (C) and (D) only (A), (B), (C) and (D) (B), (C) and (D) only |
(A), (B) and (D) only |
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (D) only (A) Firms are price-takers – Correct. In a perfectly competitive market, individual firms cannot influence the market price; they accept the price determined by the market. (B) Average revenue is equal to market price – Correct. In perfect competition, AR = TR/Q = Price, since all units are sold at the same market price. (C) Market is perfectly inelastic – Incorrect. This is not a feature of perfect competition. In fact, demand faced by an individual firm is perfectly elastic, not inelastic. (D) Marginal revenue is equal to market price – Correct. Since price remains constant for a firm in perfect competition, MR = Price. |