Topic Demand
Asked 7 times across 3 UPSC exams over 10 years (2014–2024), peaking in 2021.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 5 of 7 PYQs
- First appeared in CAPF 2014 — 7 years before CSE 2021 (allied exams preview CSE)
- Most asked in 2021
- Recurs across 6 years (2014–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CAPF 2014 → CDS 2019 → CSE 2021
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (6 of 7) are since 2016.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2024
Suppose there are only two normal goods in the economy, X and Y. If price of good X increases, which would be the correct statement from below ?
- A Demand for good X decreases and demand for Y is indeterminate. ✓
- B Demand for good X decreases and demand for Y decreases.
- C Demand for good X increases and demand for Y is indeterminate.
- D Demand for good X increases and demand for Y increases.
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Economy › Macroeconomics
CDS2022
Which one of the following does not influence quantity demanded for a good ?
- A Good's own price
- B Price of a complementary good
- C Price of a substitute good
- D Prices of inputs into production of the good ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Economy › Macroeconomics
CSE2021
Consider the following statements : Other things remaining unchanged, market demand for a good might increase if
- price of its substitute increases
- price of its complement increases
- the good is an inferior good and income of the consumers increases
- its price falls
Which of the above statements are correct?
- A 1 and 4 only ✓
- B 2, 3 and 4
- C 1, 3 and 4
- D 1, 2 and 3
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Economy › Macroeconomics
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