PES SS 2 Economics Term 1 Exam 2025-2026
  • 1. The type of demand which occurs as a result of demand
A) Joint demand
B) Complementary demand
C) Derived demand
D) Competitive demand
  • 2. Which of the factors does not affect supply
A) Wealth
B) Taxation
C) Production cost
D) Level of technology
  • 3. The graphical representation of the information contained in the deman schedule is called
A) None
B) Joint supply
C) Demand curve
D) Supply curve
  • 4. Demand is said to be composite when it serves
A) Same purpose
B) None
C) Two or more purpose
D) As fairly close substitutes
  • 5. When there is a decrease in demand
A) The demand curve will shift to the right
B) The demand curve will shift vertically
C) The demand curve will shift horizontally
D) The demand curve will shift to the left
  • 6. When a consumers demand is backed up with the necessary ability and willingness to pay is said to be an
A) Effective demand
B) Effective supply
C) Market supply
D) Market demand
  • 7. The two types of demand are
A) Negative and positive demand
B) Individual and market demand
C) None of the above
D) Leftward and rightward demand
  • 8. The following is an assumption under the law of demand
A) Reduction of production cost
B) Improved infrastructure
C) Consumer income remains constant
D) Technological advancement
  • 9. The table that shows the quantity buyers are willing to buy at different prices at a time
A) Supply schedule
B) Demand schedule
C) Demand curve
D) Supply curve
  • 10. The table that shows the quantity sellers are willing to offer for sales at a given period is
A) Demand curve
B) Supply curve
C) Supply schedule
D) Demand schedule
  • 11. Which of the following factors affect supply
A) Weather
B) Wants
C) Choice
D) Demand
  • 12. Supply is said to be be composite when it
A) None of the above
B) Serves two or more purposes
C) Produced using the same resources
D) Is produced and supplied from one source
  • 13. The schedule of all producers or suppliers of a commodity in a market is called
A) None of the above
B) Individual demand schedule
C) Market supply schedule
D) Individual supply schedule
  • 14. Petrol and Kerosene are example of
A) Composite supply
B) Market supply
C) Joint supply
D) Competitive supply
  • 15. When there is an increase in demand, it shifts to the
A) Left
B) Front
C) Right
D) Back
  • 16. Flour and sugar are said to be
A) Composite demand
B) Joint demand
C) Derived demand
D) Market demand
  • 17. The law of supply states that
A) The higher the price, the higher the quantity supplied
B) The lower the price , the higher the quantity demanded
C) The higher the price, the lower the quantity supplied
D) The higher the price, the lower the quantity demanded
  • 18. Which of the following factors does not affect supply
A) Natural disasters
B) Weather
C) Complementary demand
D) Taxation
  • 19. Beans and bread is an example of
A) Joint supply
B) Joint demand
C) Complementary supply
D) Composite supply
  • 20. The situation which occurs when two or more products are produced using the same resources such that an increase will lead to a reduction in the supply of the other is called
A) Joint supply
B) Competitive supply
C) Composite supply
D) Competitive demand
  • 21. Goods which command or have high prestige value like gold, jewellry, luxury cars are
A) All of the above
B) Articles of Necessity
C) Rare commodities
D) Articles of Ostentation
  • 22. When there is a decrease in demand, it causes the demand curve to shift
A) From the left to the right
B) From the right to the left
C) Horizontally
D) None of the above
  • 23. A demand pattern which does does abide with the law of demand is
A) Abnormal demand
B) None
C) Normal demand
D) Composite demand
  • 24. A normal demand curve slopes
A) Downward from the right to the left
B) Upward from the left to the right
C) Upward from the right to the left
D) Downward from the left to the right
  • 25. When there is an increase in the demand,
A) There is a downward shift in the demand curve
B) There is an upward shift in the demand curve
C) There is a rightward shift in the demand curve
D) There is a leftward shift in the demand curve
  • 26. An illustration of Butter and margarine, meat and fish, omo and klin is an example of
A) Competitive supply
B) Joint supply
C) Composite supply
D) Derived supply
  • 27. What is demand
A) A quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy
B) The income of consumers
C) The price of a good or service
D) The quantity of a good or service that producers are willing and able to supply
  • 28. Which of the following will not cause a shift in the demand curve
A) Change in price
B) Change in income
C) Change in population
D) Change in consumer taste
  • 29. What is the main determinant of supply
A) Technology
B) Cost of production
C) Government policy
D) Price
  • 30. What happens to the supply curve when a producer expects the price of a good to increase in the future
A) It shifts to the left
B) It becomes steeper
C) It shifts to the right
D) It remains the same
  • 31. What type of good is one for which demand increases when income increases
A) Inferior good
B) Normal good
C) Complementary good
D) Substitute good
  • 32. What is the effect of an increase in the price of a substitute good on the demand for a good
A) Demand decreases
B) Demand remains perfectly elastic
C) Demand remains the same
D) Demand increases
  • 33. What happens to the supply curve when there is an increase in the numbers of producers
A) It becomes steeper
B) It remains the same
C) It shifts to the left
D) It shifts to the right
  • 34. What is the effect of an increase in the cost of production on the supply of a good
A) Supply increases
B) Supply remains the same
C) None of the above
D) Supply decreases
  • 35. What happens when there is a decrease in supply and increase in demand
A) Price decreases, quantity increases
B) Price decreases, quantity decreases
C) Price increases, quantity decreases
D) Price increases, quantity increases
  • 36. What type of demand is one for which an increase in income leads to a decrease in demand
A) Substitute good
B) Inferior good
C) Complementary good
D) Normal good
  • 37. Which of these is an example of derived demand
A) Demand for labour to produce cars
B) Demand for cars
C) Demand for bread
D) Demand for flour
  • 38. What is composite demand
A) Demand for a good that is perfectly elastic
B) Demand for a good that is perfectly inelastic
C) Demand for a good or service that is independent of other goods or services
D) Demand for a good ro service that has multiple uses
  • 39. Which of the following is an example of a composite demand
A) Demand of milk for drinking
B) Demand for cars
C) Demand of milk for making cheese
D) Demand for milk for both making and drinking cheese
  • 40. What is the law of supply
A) As price decreases, quantity supplied remains the same
B) As price increases, quantity supplied increases
C) As price increases, quantity supplied decreases
D) As price decreases, quantity supplied increases
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