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OCR Economics past paper questions: Market structures

Every OCR question on Market structures from 2021 to 2025: 5 essays, 2 data response questions, 2 short answer questions and 6 multiple choice questions. It covers The labour market, Demand, supply and elasticity, Costs, revenues and profit and Poverty and inequality. Each question links to its paper, mark scheme and examiner report.

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SubtopicsThe labour market 2Demand, supply and elasticity 2Costs, revenues and profit 2Poverty and inequality 1

Essay questions on market structures

A-level Paper 1, June 2024, Q2OptionalEvaluate25 marks

Evaluate, using an appropriate diagram(s), whether monopolistic competition benefits consumers.

Question paper p.10 Mark scheme p.17 Examiner report p.2 Open in the tool Draw it: monopolistic competition diagram

A-level Paper 1, June 2023, Q2OptionalEvaluate25 marks

Evaluate, using an appropriate diagram(s), whether collusion and monopoly would always disadvantage consumers.

Question paper p.10 Mark scheme p.20 Examiner report p.2 Open in the tool Draw it: monopoly diagram

A-level Paper 1, June 2022, Q2OptionalEvaluate25 marks

Evaluate, using an appropriate diagram(s), whether such collusion is the most significant disadvantage of an oligopolistic market.

Question paper p.9 Mark scheme p.16 Examiner report p.2 Open in the tool Draw it: kinked demand diagram Or: monopoly diagram

A-level Paper 1, June 2022, Q3Optional25 marks

Approximately 90% of all teachers work in the state sector. Evaluate, using an appropriate diagram(s), the impact of a bilateral monopoly on equilibrium in the labour market.

Question paper p.9 Mark scheme p.20 Examiner report p.2 Open in the tool

A-level Paper 1, October 2021, Q2OptionalEvaluate25 marks

Evaluate, using an appropriate diagram(s), whether wage differentials are mainly caused by the presence of a monopsonistic employer.

Question paper p.9 Mark scheme p.11 Open in the tool

Data response questions on market structures

A-level Paper 1, June 2024, Q1(e)Evaluate12 marks

Case study: Is the UK housing market in crisis?

Evaluate, using evidence from the stimulus material, the extent to which the UK housing market can be considered to be an oligopoly.

Question paper p.7 Mark scheme p.15 Examiner report p.2 Open in the tool Practise the kinked demand diagram

A-level Paper 1, June 2022, Q1(d)(ii)Evaluate8 marks

Case study: Changing consumer trends in the UK?

Evaluate, using evidence from the stimulus material, whether it is a disadvantage if the market for car battery production is a natural monopoly.

Question paper p.5 Mark scheme p.32 Examiner report p.2 Open in the tool Practise the natural monopoly diagram

Short answer questions on market structures

A-level Paper 3, June 2025, Q37Evaluate8 marks

Evaluate, using an appropriate diagram(s) and the information in Extract 3, whether monopolistic competition such as that which exists in the restaurant market in Paris can be efficient in the long run.

Question paper p.26 Mark scheme p.30 Examiner report p.3 Open in the tool Draw it: monopolistic competition diagram

A-level Paper 3, June 2024, Q33Evaluate15 marks

Evaluate, using an appropriate diagram(s) and the information in Extract 1, whether a natural monopoly such as water supply should be run by private sector firms.

Question paper p.18 Mark scheme p.19 Examiner report p.3 Open in the tool Draw it: natural monopoly diagram

Multiple choice questions

A-level Paper 3, June 2025, Q10
When is a firm most likely to be x-efficient?
A-level Paper 3, June 2025, Q27
Which characteristic of a firm operating under conditions of oligopoly is not also a characteristic of a pure monopolist?
A-level Paper 3, June 2024, Q26
What is a characteristic of both a market operating under perfect competition and a contestable market?
A-level Paper 3, June 2023, Q16
What type of efficiency is a profit maximising monopoly most likely to display?
A-level Paper 3, June 2023, Q29
Which of these is only seen in a planned economy?
A-level Paper 3, June 2022, Q26

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Essay questions on market structures

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