Demand: past paper questions
Real questions on demand
The newest 20 of 34 written questions. Open one to see it on the real paper.
- 2281/21 · May/June 2026 · Q1c[2]
Explain why some Uruguayan workers emigrate to the US.
See it on the paper → - 2281/22 · May/June 2026 · Q4b[4]
Explain two reasons why demand for cakes may increase.
See it on the paper → - 2281/22 · October/November 2024 · Q1f[5]
Analyse, using a demand and supply diagram, how an increase in population size will affect the market for clothing.
See it on the paper → - 2281/22 · October/November 2024 · Q2b[4]
Explain two reasons why someone may switch from eating in one restaurant to eating in another restaurant.
See it on the paper → - 2281/22 · October/November 2024 · Q4a[2]
Define an extension in demand.
See it on the paper → - 2281/23 · October/November 2024 · Q3b[4]
Explain the relationship between: • demand for tennis racquets and demand for badminton racquets • demand for tennis racquets and demand for tennis balls.
See it on the paper → - 2281/22 · May/June 2024 · Q5b[4]
Explain two influences on demand for factors of production.
See it on the paper → - 2281/22 · May/June 2024 · Q5c[6]
Analyse the effect of an increase in demand for football shirts on demand for football shorts and demand for basketball shirts.
See it on the paper → - 2281/22 · October/November 2023 · Q1e[4]
Draw a demand and supply diagram to show how a report stating that bananas are good for health would affect the market for bananas.
See it on the paper → - 2281/22 · October/November 2023 · Q5b[4]
Explain how a market moves from disequilibrium to equilibrium.
See it on the paper → - 2281/21 · May/June 2023 · Q1e[4]
Draw a demand and supply diagram to show how setting a maximum price below the equilibrium price will affect a market.
See it on the paper → - 2281/21 · May/June 2023 · Q2b[4]
Explain how improved education may affect the demand for cigarettes and for fresh fruit.
See it on the paper → - 2281/22 · May/June 2023 · Q1e[4]
Draw a demand and supply diagram to show the effect of a decrease in the price of rail transport on the market for car transport.
See it on the paper → - 2281/22 · May/June 2023 · Q5b[4]
Explain two reasons why some top sportspeople have high earnings.
See it on the paper → - 2281/22 · October/November 2022 · Q3d[8]
Discuss whether or not a fall in a country’s unemployment rate always benefits workers.
See it on the paper → - 2281/23 · October/November 2022 · Q4c[6]
Analyse, using a demand and supply diagram, how the market for toothpaste would be affected by an increase in population.
See it on the paper → - 2281/23 · October/November 2022 · Q4d[8]
Discuss whether or not an increase in the wages of dentists will increase the number of dentists employed.
See it on the paper → - 2281/21 · May/June 2022 · Q3a[2]
Identify two influences on what products a person buys.
See it on the paper → - 2281/21 · May/June 2022 · Q3c[6]
Analyse why workers may join a trade union.
See it on the paper → - 2281/22 · May/June 2022 · Q3c[6]
Analyse, using a demand and supply diagram, how an increase in income will affect the market for a luxury brand of perfume.
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What examiners said
Some candidates wrote long explanations of the diagram they had drawn. No explanation was needed. The instruction to ‘Draw a demand and supply diagram to show…’ should indicate to a candidate that they just need to draw a relevant diagram. The diagrams provided varied in accuracy. A disappointing number of candidates confused the demand and supply curves. Other candidates did not accurately show...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 2281/22 Q1(e) (Cambridge)
There were some excellent answers. These gave a precise and accurate explanation of how a market may move from equilibrium to disequilibrium. Some candidates, however, appeared confused as to how to answer this question and wrote about, for example, a government setting a maximum and minimum price.
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 2281/22 Q5(b) (Cambridge)
Most candidates were able to correctly draw a demand and supply diagram. However, only a few were able to add on a maximum price below the equilibrium price and show the surplus demand created e.g. the gap between the supply curve and the demand curve at this maximum price. In many cases, candidates shifted the supply curve or demand curve downwards creating a new but lower equilibrium price rathe...
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 2281/21 Q1(e) (Cambridge)
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