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Exchange under the Barter System fails when:

AMoney is freely available
BThere are too few goods
CThere is no double coincidence of wants
DBoth parties are honest
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. There is no double coincidence of wants
1. Per OCR example: "X has got cow and Y has got rice for exchange. X wants rice but Y does not want cow. So trade will not take place." 2. Lack of double coincidence kills the trade. 3. Money solves this by being a universal medium. _Source: ICMAI BoS CMA Foundation Paper 4 (FBEM) — Paper4_07042026.pdf, Module 1 §1.1 (page 12)_
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