Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Micro Economics: Non Competitive markets

Question:
Automobiles industry is
Options:
Oligopolistic
Monopolistic
Monopolistically competitive
Perfectly competitive
Correct Answer:
Oligopolistic
Explanation:
Since there is not a single seller, it is not a monopoly. And since the prices are not same and products (automobiles) are differentiated, it rules out perfect competition. The automobile market is also characterized by product differentiation. But it is not monopolistically competitive because the large-scale economies involved in production make entry by new firms difficult. So number of firms is comparatively less as compared to monopolistic competition.