| CAT 2024 Question Paper VARC Slot 1 Question 9.
Choose the correct otpion from below list
Read the below paragraph and answer the questions after reading paragraph and question is "In the first paragraph the author is making the point that economists like Becker"
(1)benefitted from the application of their principles and concepts to non-economic phenomena.
(2)had begun to borrow concepts from other disciplines but were averse to the latter applying economic principles.
(3)used economics to analyse non-market behaviour, without incorporating perspectives from other areas of inquiry.
(4)tended to guard their discipline from poaching by academics from other subject areas.
Answer:-(3)used economics to analyse non-market behaviour, without incorporating perspectives from other areas of inquiry.
Note:-The first paragraph describes how Becker projected economics into non-market domains like crime and domesticity, analyzing them with economic tools. It also states that he did not borrow ideas or perspectives from fields such as anthropology or history. Option C aligns with this. | | |