Q11 of 14 Page 128

Take five goods or services used by your family and construct a Consumer Price Index for your family based on these five goods or services.















































































1



2



3



4 = 2*3



5



6



7 = 5*6



Goods/Service



Last month’s price this month (Rs.)



Last month’s quantity



Expenditure last month (Rs.)



This month’s price (Rs.)



This month’s quantity



Expenditure this month (Rs.)



Milk



20



15 litre



300



22



15 litre



330



Petrol



80



6 litre



480



72



6 litre



432



Rice



50



30 kg



1500



46



35 kg



1610



Medicine



100



2 nos



200



105



2 nos



210



Mobile services



159



3 nos



447



229



3 nos



687



Total expenditure



2927



Total expenditure



3269



CPI: 342/2927*100 = 11.68%



By how much has your total expenditure changed compared to last month? 3269-2927 = 342



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