(a) Complete the following table. Construct/Express the Consumption function at ₹ 200 crore level of income. | Income (Y) (in ₹ crore) | Savings (in ₹ crore) | Average Propensity to Consume (APC) | Marginal Propensity to Save (MPS) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 0 | (–) 30 | – | – | | 100 | ……… | 1 | ……… | | 200 | ……… | 0·85 | ……… | | 300 | ……… | 0·8 | ……… . | OR (b) “In an economy, ex-ante Aggregate Supply is less than ex-ante Aggregate Demand.” Explain its impact on the level of output, income and employment.

> [!TLDR] > Part (a): Savings = 0, 30, 60 crore at Y = 100, 200, 300; MPS constant at 0·3; consumption function $C = 30 + 0.7Y$ (so $C = 170$ at Y = 200). > Part (b): Ex-ante AD > AS is excess demand → inventories fall → firms raise output → income and employment rise via the multiplier until AS = AD again. ## Part (a) The rows are linked by the identities $Y = C + S$, $\text{APC}=C/Y$ and $\text{MPS}=\Delta S/\Delta Y$. > [!FORMULA] > $$Y = C + S, \qquad \text{APC} = \frac{C}{Y}, \qquad \text{MPS} = \frac{\Delta S}{\Delta Y}$$ - **$Y=0$:** $S=-30$, so $C = 0-(-30)=30$ — this ₹30 crore is **autonomous consumption**. - **$Y=100$:** APC $=1 \Rightarrow C = 1\times100 = 100$; $S = 100-100 = 0$. $\Delta S = 0-(-30) = 30 \Rightarrow \text{MPS} = 30/100 = 0.3$. - **$Y=200$:** APC $=0.85 \Rightarrow C = 0.85\times200 = 170$; $S = 200-170 = 30$. $\Delta S = 30-0 = 30 \Rightarrow \text{MPS} = 0.3$. - **$Y=300$:** APC $=0.8 \Rightarrow C = 0.8\times300 = 240$; $S = 300-240 = 60$. $\Delta S = 60-30 = 30 \Rightarrow \text{MPS} = 0.3$. **Completed table:** | Income $Y$ (₹ cr) | Savings $S$ (₹ cr) | APC | MPS | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | 0 | –30 | – | – | | 100 | 0 | 1·0 | 0·3 | | 200 | 30 | 0·85 | 0·3 | | 300 | 60 | 0·8 | 0·3 | Since MPS is constant at 0·3, MPC $= 1 - 0.3 = 0.7$ and the consumption function is linear: $$C = \bar{C} + \text{MPC}\cdot Y = 30 + 0.7Y$$ …

(a) Complete the following table. Construct/Express the Consumption function at ₹ 200 crore level of income. |

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(a) Complete the following table. Construct/Express the Consumption function at ₹ 200 crore level of income.

Income (Y) (in ₹ crore)	Savings (in ₹ crore)	Average Propensity to Consume (APC)	Marginal Propensity to Save (MPS)
0	(–) 30	–	–
100	………	1	………
200	………	0·85	………
300	………	0·8	……… .

OR (b) “In an economy, ex-ante Aggregate Supply is less than ex-ante Aggregate Demand.” Explain its impact on the level of output, income and employment.

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Part (a)Concept understanding — Marginal Propensity to Consume

Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC)

Start with everyday intuition

Think about what happens when you get some extra money — say, a ₹500 bonus from your part-time job, or a cash gift on your birthday. You don't save all of it, and you don't spend all of it either. Most people spend a part and save the rest. That part you spend — the fraction of the extra income that goes into consumption — is exactly what economists call the Marginal Propensity to Consume.

The word "marginal" here means "extra" or "additional." So MPC answers one simple question: Out of every extra rupee you earn, how much do you spend?

The precise meaning

Formally, MPC is the ratio of change in consumption expenditure to the change in income that brought it about.

MPC = \frac{\Delta C}{\Delta Y}

For example, if your income rises by ₹1,000 and your consumption rises by ₹750, your MPC is $750/1000 = 0.75$ (or 75%). This means you spend 75 paise of every extra rupee and save the remaining 25 paise.

The other side of the coin is the Marginal Propensity to Save (MPS) — the fraction of extra income that is saved. Since every extra rupee is either spent or saved:

MPC + MPS = 1

This is not a theory; it's an accounting identity. If MPC = 0.75, then MPS must be 0.25.

Why MPC matters

MPC is not just a number — it is the engine of the multiplier effect, one of the most powerful ideas in macroeconomics.

When someone spends money, that spending becomes someone else's income. That second person, in turn, spends a fraction (their MPC) of that income, which becomes a third person's income, and so on. A single initial injection of spending — say, government investment in a road — ripples through the economy, generating total income many times larger than the original spending.

The size of this ripple depends directly on MPC. The higher the MPC, the larger the multiplier.

Multiplier\ (k) = \frac{1}{1 - MPC} = \frac{1}{MPS}

If MPC = 0.8, the multiplier is $1/(1-0.8) = 5$ . An initial ₹100 crore investment can generate ₹500 crore of total income. If MPC = 0.5, the multiplier is only 2.

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Part (b)Concept understanding — Excess Demand Definition

Excess Demand: When Wants Outstrip What's Available

Think of a popular new smartphone launch. Hundreds of people queue up outside a store, but the shop only has 50 phones. Some people walk away empty-handed. That gap — between how many phones people want to buy at the current price and how many phones the shop actually has — is the core idea behind excess demand.

In economics, we apply this same logic to the entire economy. Excess demand in a market means that at the prevailing price, buyers want to purchase more of a good than sellers are willing to supply. The quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied.

The Precise Meaning

For a single market, excess demand is simply:

Excess Demand = Quantity Demanded − Quantity Supplied (at a given price)

When this number is positive, there is excess demand. When it is negative, there is excess supply (a surplus).

Now, in your Class 12 macroeconomics syllabus, the term "excess demand" takes on a specific national-income meaning. It refers to a situation where aggregate demand (AD) exceeds aggregate supply (AS) at the full-employment level of output. Let me unpack that.

Aggregate demand (AD) is the total planned spending in the economy: consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports. Aggregate supply (AS) is the total value of final goods and services that firms plan to produce — which, in the simplest model, equals national income (Y).

The full-employment level of output is the maximum sustainable output the economy can produce using all its resources normally. At this level, the economy is operating at its potential.

When AD is greater than what the economy can produce at full employment, you get excess demand. The NCERT textbook calls this an inflationary gap — a situation where too much money is chasing too few goods.

Important

Excess demand in macroeconomics = AD > AS at full employment. This creates upward pressure on prices (inflation) because firms cannot increase output beyond full capacity — they can only raise prices.

Why It Matters

Excess demand is not just a textbook curiosity. It signals that the economy is overheating. When demand persistently exceeds supply:

Prices rise — general inflation sets in.
Real purchasing power falls — your rupee buys less.
Imports may surge — as domestic supply falls short, people buy from abroad.
The government and central bank step in — they use fiscal policy (cut spending, raise taxes) or monetary policy (raise interest rates) to cool down demand.

In the NCERT framework, understanding excess demand helps you grasp why governments sometimes deliberately reduce spending or why the RBI raises repo rates. It's the opposite of deficient demand (recession), where AD falls short and unemployment rises. …

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Part (a)

Using $Y = C + S$ , $\text{APC} = C/Y$ and $\text{MPS} = \Delta S/\Delta Y$ :

$Y=0$ : $S=-30$ , so $C=30$ (autonomous consumption).
$Y=100$ : APC $=1 \Rightarrow C=100$ , $S=100-100=0$ ; $\Delta S = 0-(-30)=30 \Rightarrow$ MPS $=30/100=0.3$ .
$Y=200$ : APC $=0.85 \Rightarrow C=170$ , $S=200-170=30$ ; $\Delta S=30-0=30 \Rightarrow$ MPS $=0.3$ .
$Y=300$ : APC $=0.8 \Rightarrow C=240$ , $S=300-240=60$ ; $\Delta S=60-30=30 \Rightarrow$ MPS $=0.3$ .

Income $Y$	Savings $S$	APC	MPS
0	–30	–	–
100	0	1	0·3
200	30	0·85	0·3
300	60	0·8	0·3

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Part (a): Savings = 0, 30, 60 crore at Y = 100, 200, 300; MPS constant at 0·3; consumption function $C = 30 + 0.7Y$ (so $C = 170$ at Y = 200).

Part (b): Ex-ante AD > AS is excess demand → inventories fall → firms raise output → income and employment rise via the multiplier until AS = AD again.

Part (a)

The rows are linked by the identities $Y = C + S$ , $\text{APC}=C/Y$ and $\text{MPS}=\Delta S/\Delta Y$ .

Y = C + S, \qquad \text{APC} = \frac{C}{Y}, \qquad \text{MPS} = \frac{\Delta S}{\Delta Y}

$Y=0$ : $S=-30$ , so $C = 0-(-30)=30$ — this ₹30 crore is autonomous consumption.
$Y=100$ : APC $=1 \Rightarrow C = 1\times100 = 100$ ; $S = 100-100 = 0$ . $\Delta S = 0-(-30) = 30 \Rightarrow \text{MPS} = 30/100 = 0.3$ .
$Y=200$ : APC $=0.85 \Rightarrow C = 0.85\times200 = 170$ ; $S = 200-170 = 30$ . $\Delta S = 30-0 = 30 \Rightarrow \text{MPS} = 0.3$ .
$Y=300$ : APC $=0.8 \Rightarrow C = 0.8\times300 = 240$ ; $S = 300-240 = 60$ . $\Delta S = 60-30 = 30 \Rightarrow \text{MPS} = 0.3$ .

Completed table:

Income $Y$ (₹ cr)	Savings $S$ (₹ cr)	APC	MPS
0	–30	–	–
100	0	1·0	0·3
200	30	0·85	0·3
300	60	0·8	0·3

Since MPS is constant at 0·3, MPC $= 1 - 0.3 = 0.7$ and the consumption function is linear:

$C = \bar{C} + \text{MPC}\cdot Y = 30 + 0.7Y$ …

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(a) D = S
(b) D > S
(c) S > D
(d) D - S = 0
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Excess demand occurs when D > S.

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$Q. In the situation of excess supply in the market, market price tends to$
(a) increase
(b) decrease
(c) remain unchanged
(d) be constant
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Excess supply pushes the price down.

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$Q. If the consumption expenditure of consumers remains unchanged due to change in income, then what will be the value of MPC?$
(a) Greater than 1
(b) 1
(c) 0
(d) Less than 0
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Unchanged consumption with changing income → MPC = 0.

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$Q. Which one is true?$
(a) MPC + MPS = 1
(b) MPC + MPS > 1
(c) MPC + MPS < 1
(d) MPC + MPS = 0
›Reveal solutionSolution

MPC + MPS = 1.

Any additional income (ΔY) is either consumed (ΔC) or saved (ΔS): ΔY = ΔC + ΔS. Dividing by ΔY gives ΔC/ΔY + ΔS/ΔY = 1, i.e. MPC + MPS = 1. So the two marg …

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$Q. Under the Keynesian theory of determination of national income, the assumption is that the consumption increases with an increase in disposable income but the increase in consumption will be _______ the increase in disposable income. (A) Equal to (B) Opposite to (C) Greater than (D) Less than$
›Reveal solutionSolution

By Keynes's fundamental psychological law, a rise in income raises consumption by less than the rise in income.

Step 1 — Keynes's psychological law of consumption

Keynes held that as disposable income increases, consumption increases too, but not by the full amount of the increase — people save a part of the additional income.

Step 2 — Express with MPC

The marginal propensity to consume measures the share of extra income that is consumed:
$MPC = \frac{\Delta C}{\Delta Y}, \qquad 0 < MPC < 1$
Since $MPC < 1$ , the change in consumption $\Delta C$ is less than the change in disposable income $\Delta Y$ . …
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$Q. Which of the following is true in respect of relation of Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC) and Marginal Propensity to Save (MPS) as per the Keynesian theory of determination of National Income ? (A) MPC = MPS (B) MPC + MPS = 1 (C) MPC + MPS = 0 (D) No relation exists between MPC and MPS$
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Because extra income is either spent or saved, MPC + MPS = 1.

Step 1 — Split additional income

A change in disposable income ( $\Delta Y$ ) is divided between a change in consumption ( $\Delta C$ ) and a change in saving ( $\Delta S$ ):
$\Delta Y = \Delta C + \Delta S$
Step 2 — Divide through by $\Delta Y$
$\frac{\Delta C}{\Delta Y} + \frac{\Delta S}{\Delta Y} = 1 \;\Rightarrow\; MPC + MPS = 1$
So the two marginal propensities always sum to one, and MPS = 1 − MPC.

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$Q. What is called the ratio of change in investment and change in income called?$
(a) Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC)
(b) Multiplier
(c) Average Propensity to Consume (APC)
(d) All of these
›Reveal solutionSolution

The ratio connecting a change in investment and the change in income is the multiplier.

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$Q. If Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC) in an economy is 0.6, then what will be the value of Marginal Propensity to Save (MPS)?$
(a) 0.6
(b) 0.4
(c) 2.5
(d) 1.7
›Reveal solutionSolution

MPS = 1 − MPC = 1 − 0.6 = 0.4.

Since income is either consumed or saved, the marginal propensity to consume and the marginal propensity to save always add up to one: MPC + MPS …

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JAC Jharkhand Intermediate Class 12 (Commerce) 2024Set ANNUAL1 markMCQ
$Q. The marginal propensity to consume measures the slope of which function?$
(a) Production function
(b) Investment function
(c) Utility function
(d) Consumption function
›Reveal solutionSolution

MPC is the slope of the consumption function.

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$Q. If the value of the multiplier in an economy is 4, then what will be the value of the marginal propensity to save?$
(a) 0.25
(b) 0.75
(c) 2.5
(d) 4
›Reveal solutionSolution

MPS = 1/multiplier = 1/4 = 0.25.

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JAC Jharkhand Intermediate Class 12 (Commerce) 2023Set ANNUAL1 markMCQ
$Q. If there is excess of demand, then the price tends to$
(a) fall
(b) increase
(c) be zero
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›Reveal solutionSolution

Excess demand pushes the price up.

Excess demand means quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied at the prevailing price. Buyers compete to obtain the scarce goods and offer higher prices, so sellers raise the price. This continues until the price rises to the equilibriu …

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$Q. The autonomous consumption in the consumption function C = A + bY is$
(a) C
(b) A
(c) B
(d) bY
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In C = A + bY, 'A' is autonomous consumption.

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