Read the passage carefully and answer the questions based on the passage: Macroeconomic Variables In an economy where two goods, wheat and cloth, are produced. A representative consumer buys 90 kg of wheat and 5 pieces of cloth in a year. Suppose in the year 2022 the price of a kg of wheat was Rs. 10 and a piece of cloth was Rs. 100. The prices of a kg of wheat and a piece of cloth went up to Rs. 15 and Rs. 120 respectively in the year 2025. It is worth noting that many commodities have two sets of prices. One is the retail price which the consumer actually pays. The other is the wholesale price, the price at which goods are traded in bulk. These two may differ in value because of the margin kept by traders. |
The total sum consumer spends on cloth in 2022? |
Rs 900 Rs 500 Rs 400 Rs 600 |
Rs 500 |
The correct answer is Option (2) → Rs 500 In 2022,
Total expenditure on cloth = Price × Quantity |