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