Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Micro Economics: Theory of Consumer behaviour

Question:
Marginal Rate of Substitution is the slope of which of the following?
Options:
Demand curve
Production possibility frontier
Indifference curve
Budget line
Correct Answer:
Indifference curve
Explanation:
Marginal Rate of Substitution is the slope of the "Indifference curve". It shows the quantity of one commodity that a consumer has to give up in order to consume one more additional unit of another commodity such that the level of total utility remains the same.