Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Micro Economics: Theory of Consumer behaviour

Question:

Match List-I with List-II

List-I

List-II

(A) Analysis assumes that level of utility can be expressed in numbers.

(I) Cardinal Utility

(B) Change in total utility due to consumption of one additional unit of a commodity

(II) Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility.

(C) Marginal utility from consuming each additional unit of a commodity declines as its consumption increases.

(III) Marginal Utility

(D) The amount of mangoes that the consumer has to forego in order to get an additional banana, her total utility level being the same.

(IV) Marginal rate of substitution

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Options:

(A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

(A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

(A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

List-I

List-II

(A) Analysis assumes that level of utility can be expressed in numbers.

(I) Cardinal Utility

(B) Change in total utility due to consumption of one additional unit of a commodity

(III) Marginal Utility

(C) Marginal utility from consuming each additional unit of a commodity declines as its consumption increases.

(II) Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility.

(D) The amount of mangoes that the consumer has to forego in order to get an additional banana, her total utility level being the same.

(IV) Marginal rate of substitution