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Select the INCORRECT feature of the market with respect to perfect competition.

  1. The market consists of a large number of buyers and sellers.
  2. Entry into the market as well as exit from the market are free for firms.
  3. Buyers are price makers.
  4. There is perfect knowledge.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

Option 1 -> Correct feature. Perfect competition has many buyers and sellers, so no single entity dominates.

Option 2 -> Correct feature. Free entry and exit ensure no barriers prevent firms from joining or leaving the market.

Option 3 -> Incorrect feature. In perfect competition, both buyers and sellers are price takers, not price makers.

Option 4 -> Correct feature. Perfect knowledge means all participants have complete information about prices and products.


Hence, Option 3: Buyers are price makers -> In a perfectly competitive market, the price is determined by market forces of demand and supply. Individual buyers and sellers have no control over the price; they must accept the market price. Both are price takers, not price makers. Price making power exists in markets like monopoly or oligopoly, not in perfect competition. -> correct

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