Question
Distinguish between increase in demand and increase in quantity demanded of a good.
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Answer
| S. No. | Basis | Increase in demand | Increase in quantity demanded |
| 1. | Cause | Increase in demand is due to change in factors other than price of the given good e.g. increase in income, favourable change in tastes etc. | Increases in quantity demanded is due to fall in the own price of the given commodity. |
| 2. | Demand curve | Increase in demand leads to "rightward shift” of the demand curve from DD' to D1D1. | Increase in quantity demanded leads to “downward movement” along a demand curve from point A to point B. |
| 3. | Diagram |  |  |
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