6 marks
Q4(b) Data response: why Uganda's petrol market counts as an oligopoly.
Edexcel · 4EC1
Oligopoly comes up in 12 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 57 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2025 and appear on iGCSE Paper 1, iGCSE Paper 1R.
Tariffs run from 1 to 12 marks. The commonest instructions are Analyse (5), Identify (MCQ) (3), Describe (1). Specification points covered: 1.2.4.
Q4(b) Data response: why Uganda's petrol market counts as an oligopoly.
Q2(e) Set out one characteristic of an oligopoly.
Q2(b) Multiple choice on what characterises an oligopoly.
Q1(d) Name one defining feature of an oligopoly.
Q2(h) Data response: whether an oligopoly in Tanzanian telecoms serves consumers well.
Q4(b) Data response: why a trekking market counts as an oligopoly.
Q3(d) Data response: how collusion between firms hurts consumers.
Q3(b) Multiple choice on the defining feature of an oligopoly.
Q1(i) Data response: why Dubai's shopping malls count as an oligopoly.
Q4(b) Data response: why collusion hurts online buyers of electrical goods.
Q4(c) Data response: weigh up how competing in an oligopoly shapes firms' behaviour.
Q1(a) Multiple choice on what characterises an oligopoly.
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