Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Micro Economics: Theory of Consumer behaviour

Question:

Assertion: Price elasticity of demand always measures the percentage change in quantity demanded to the percentage change in the price of the commodity.
Reason: Price elasticity of demand can be denoted as: Price elasticity of demand = \(\frac{\text {percentage change in the price of the good }}{\text{percentage change in demand of the good} }\)

Options:

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not correct explanation of A.

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Correct Answer:

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3: Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Assertion: Price elasticity of demand always measures the percentage change in quantity demanded to the percentage change in the price of the commodity. This is correct. Price elasticity of demand is a measure of the responsiveness of the demand for a good to changes in its price. 
Reason: Price elasticity of demand can be denoted as: Price elasticity of demand = \(\frac{\text {percentage change in the price of the good }}{\text{percentage change in demand of the good} }\). This is incorrect. Price elasticity of demand can be denoted as:

Ped = \(\frac{\text {percentage change in the quantity demanded of the good }}{\text{percentage change in price of the good} }\)