Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Micro Economics: Theory of Firms under Perfect Competition

Question:
Read the following statements about perfectly competitive market carefully.
Statement 1: Demand curve is perfectly inelastic in a perfectly competitive market.
Statement 2: AR curve and demand curve are not the same.
Options:
Both the statements are true
Both the statements are false
Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false
Statement 2 is true and Statement 1 is false
Correct Answer:
Both the statements are false
Explanation:
Under perfect competition, the demand curve is perfectly ELASTIC. This means that a firm can sell as many units of the good as it wants to sell at price P. Also, the AR curve and demand curve ARE THE SAME in perfectly competitive market.