UGC NET Market structures Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 50 previous-year questions on Market structures from UGC NET Commerce (Paper 2), filed under Unit 3: Business Economics, drawn from 22 of the 22 exam papers in the bank (2018–2025). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Market structures
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Conditions for price discrimination | 4 |
| Monopolistic competition | 2 |
| Price and output under perfect competition | 2 |
| Price discrimination and consumer surplus | 2 |
| Oligopoly | 2 |
| Pricing of substitute products | 1 |
| Long-run equilibrium under perfect competition | 1 |
| Social cost of monopoly | 1 |
| Excess capacity | 1 |
| Price discrimination | 1 |
| Monopoly, oligopoly and competition | 1 |
| Price discrimination across markets | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Market structures appears in 22 of 22 papers (100%), which JRFSmart rates as high frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
Which of the following are the assumptions of the oligopoly? A. One seller and large number of buyers B. A few sellers and large number of buyers C. Large number of sellers and large number of buyer D. Entry of new seller is restricted E. Firms…
Which of the following is correct?
The type of market where few sellers are selling competing products to many buyers is known as:
Arrange the following in descending order on the basis of number of sellers in the Market. A. Duopoly B. Oligopoly C. Monopolistic Competition D. Perfect Competition Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Under which of the following, a firm well publicized changes in price and price changes are generally followed by the rival firms. This kind of price leadership may not necessarily come from the largest firm of the industry.
Non-collusive oligopoly models include: A. Cournot model B. Price-leadership model C. Edgeworth model D. Bertrand model E. Market share model Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Which of the following are true about the equilibrium of the Industry in long run under perfect competition? A. The long-run supply and demand for the product of the industry should be in equilibrium B. All firms in the industry should be in long run…
Which among the following are the key aspects/ determinants for an equilibrium under monopolistic competition? A. The mobility of factors of production B. The Price C. Imperfect knowledge about the market D. The Nature of the Product E. The amount of…
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