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Q.The indifference curves are :

(a) negatively sloped
(b) vertical
(c) horizontal
(d) positively sloped
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Indifference curves are (a) negatively sloped (downward sloping from left to right).

An indifference curve is the locus of points showing different combinations of two commodities that yield the same level of satisfaction to the consumer. Since the consumer is equally satisfied at every point on the curve, obtaining more of one good must be balanced by giving up some quantity of the other good. This inverse relationship makes the curve slope downward from left to right, i.e. it is negatively sloped.

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