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Every AQA A-Level Economics exam question on 4.1.3.5 The determination of equilibrium market prices, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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![June 2024 AS Paper 1, question 08: The market for barley is no longer in equilibrium due to an increase in demand for barley. This is most likely to lead to [1 mark] A a fall in the price of barl](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71351-jun24-a-08-qp.webp)
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![June 2023 Paper 3, question 32: Explain possible reasons for fluctuations in the world market price of tea. [15 marks] Section B Answer all questions in this section. Refer to the Insert for E](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71363-jun23-b-32-qp.webp)
All 13 questions on The determination of equilibrium market prices, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q02 (4 marks): Explain how the data in Extract A (Figure 1 and Figure 2) show that the rice export ban by India in 2022 is likely to have had a significant impact on the world
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q03 (9 marks): Extract B (line 19) states: ‘In Nigeria, the demand for rice is very price inelastic’. With the help of a diagram, explain how the Indian export ban is likely t
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q14 (1 mark): Figure 4 shows a market for houses to rent. The current average monthly rent in the market is R1. Figure 4 Why is this market in disequilibrium at an average mo
- June 2025, AS Paper 1, Q17 (1 mark): Figure 4, shows the original demand (D1) and supply (S) in the market for jewellery. D2 shows the demand after an increase in incomes. Figure 4 After the increa
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q02 (4 marks): Explain how the data in Extract A (Figure 1 and Table 1) show that the supply of university and private rental accommodation has failed to match the increase in
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q03 (9 marks): Extract B (lines 3–4) states that ‘Universities have expanded the number of places on offer to students, but the supply of student accommodation is highly inela
- June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q08 (1 mark): The market for barley is no longer in equilibrium due to an increase in demand for barley. This is most likely to lead to [1 mark] A a fall in the price of barl
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q01 (1 mark): Figure 1 shows the demand for lemons. Figure 1 The fall in price and increase in the quantity demanded of lemons could have been caused by [1 mark] A a fall in
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q32 (15 marks): Explain possible reasons for fluctuations in the world market price of tea. [15 marks] Section B Answer all questions in this section. Refer to the Insert for E
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q03 (1 mark): Figure 1 shows the demand (D) and supply (S) curves for scooters. Market equilibrium is initially at E, the intersection of D1 and S1. Figure 1 The government a
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q19 (1 mark): A shift left in the supply curve causes a market to be in disequilibrium at the original market price because A consumers cannot buy as much as they would like.
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q17 (1 mark): Table 3 shows the demand for and supply of oranges at a range of prices between 10 pence and 30 pence. Table 3 Price (pence) Quantity supplied (000s) Quantity d
- November 2020, AS Paper 1, Q08 (1 mark): In the market for apples, at the current market price of £3 per kilo, consumers buy 5000 kilos and farmers produce 6000 kilos each week. It can be concluded tha
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