Introductory Microeconomics, BA (Programme)
Gains from trade and comparative advantage
Every paper it came up in, with its marks and how they split between numerical and theory.
7/8papers it came in, 2022 to 2025
5marks on average when it comes
7most marks it has carried in one paper
Numerical 0%Theory 100%of its marks over all papers
This topic only ever appears as the OR choice against Consumer and producer surplus, tariffs and quotas. Learn one of the two, not both; the plan leaves this one out unless you drop the other.
Where it appeared one per sitting
December 2025, paper 6517Q1 in this paperDecember 2025, paper 6349Q1 in this paperJanuary 2025, paper 2555Q1 in this paperJanuary 2025, paper 2535Q1 in this paperJanuary 2024, paper 907Q2 in this paperJanuary 2024, paper 887Q6 in this paper2022–23, paper 3105Q2 in this paper2022–23, paper 3091not asked
Current syllabus UGCF papers, newest first
- Trade can make everyone better off4 marksQuestion 1 (d), December 2025, paper 6517
- Trade can make everyone better off4 marksQuestion 1 (c), December 2025, paper 6349
- Showing with an example that trade can leave both sides better off4 marksQuestion 1 (b), January 2025, paper 2555
- Why trade can leave every party better off, with an example4 marksQuestion 1 (d), January 2025, paper 2535
- Comparative advantage explained with two onion and grape growers in Nashik6 marksQuestion 2 (b), January 2024, paper 907
- Absolute and comparative advantage in trade, with an example6 marksQuestion 6 (c), January 2024, paper 887, being checked
- How comparative advantage leads to specialization7 marksQuestion 2 (b), 2022–23, paper 3105
See the whole order.Every topic of Introductory Microeconomics ranked by what it adds, with the OR choices accounted for.
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