Exam_Economics_Question_SS1
  • 1. The study of how people make choices in the use of scarce resources is known as
A) political science
B) sociology
C) geography
D) economics
  • 2. Economics is best defined as the study of
A) how to make profit
B) money and banking
C) human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means
D) the production of goods only
  • 3. Who is regarded as the father of modern economics?
A) Adam Smith
B) Karl Marx
C) John Keynes
D) David Ricardo
  • 4. The central concept in economics is
A) money
B) scarcity
C) demand
D) utility
  • 5. The branch of economics that studies the whole economy is
A) macro-economics
B) business economics
C) political economics
D) micro-economics
  • 6. The term 'choice' in economics arises because
A) resources are scarce
B) wants are limited
C) people are greedy
D) goods are abundant
  • 7. Which of these best describes opportunity cost?
A) The total benefit gained
B) cost of production
C) The amount of money spent
D) The next best alternative forgone
  • 8. Wants are said to be unlimited because
A) new wants keep arising
B) governments are corrupt
C) man's resources are few
D) money is scarce
  • 9. The economic problem of scarcity means
A) there too many goods
B) prices are always high
C) consumers are rich
D) there are not enough resources to satisfy wants
  • 10. The study of economics helps individuals to
A) make rational decisions
B) waste resources
C) ignore opportunity costs
D) spend carelessly
  • 11. Government studies economics mainly to
A) raise salaries
B) formulate good policies
C) exploit the poor
D) increase corruption
  • 12. Economics contributes to national development by
A) encouraging waste
B) increasing inequality
C) Helping efficient resource use
D) discouraging production
  • 13. Knowledge of economics helps a consumer to
A) make wise spending decisions
B) buy more than needed
C) avoid saving
D) waste resources
  • 14. Economist help businesses by
A) producing advertisments
B) determining market trends
C) printing money
D) increasing wages automatically
  • 15. The basic economic problems arise because
A) prices are low
B) wants are unlimited and resources are limited
C) population is high
D) governments are weak
  • 16. 'What to produce' refers to
A) choice of techniques
B) location of production
C) cost of production
D) type of goods to produce
  • 17. 'How to produce' refers to
A) the total output
B) who will consume the goods
C) the time of production
D) the method or technique of production
  • 18. 'For whom to produce' means
A) hiring workers
B) deciding what to export
C) determining the cost
D) choosing who gets the goods and services
  • 19. Which of the following helps solve the basic economic problems?
A) Scarcity
B) Choice
C) Inflation
D) Trade unions
  • 20. Production in economics means
A) creating goods and services to satisfy human wants
B) selling goods at a market
C) manufacturing only
D) buying and storing
  • 21. The major aim of production is to
A) increase population
B) reduce exports
C) satisfy human wants
D) create employment
  • 22. The process that changes raw-materials into finished goods is called
A) consumption
B) exchange
C) distribution
D) manufacturing
  • 23. Primary production involves
A) banking and insurance
B) transport and trade
C) advertising
D) mining, farming and fishing
  • 24. Secondary production includes
A) banking
B) farming
C) manufacturing
D) teaching
  • 25. Tertiary production involves
A) mining
B) construction
C) service industries
D) manufacturing
  • 26. When goods are moved from factory to consumers, this is
A) exchange
B) consumption
C) distribution
D) production
  • 27. Which of these is a form of indirect production?
A) Building your own house
B) self-cooking
C) Tailor sewing for pay
D) Washing your own clothes
  • 28. The reward for the successful organization of production is
A) profit
B) wage
C) rent
D) interest
  • 29. How many major factors of production are there?
A) Four
B) Three
C) Two
D) Five
  • 30. The reward for land is
A) Rent
B) wage
C) profit
D) interest
  • 31. Land as a factor of production refers to
A) all natural resources used in production
B) buildings and machines
C) capital
D) soil only
  • 32. Labour refers to
A) all human efforts used in production
B) land
C) machines
D) buildings
  • 33. The reward for labour is
A) interest
B) wage
C) profit
D) rent
  • 34. Capital is important in production because it
A) reduces unemployment
B) causes scarcity
C) decreases output
D) increases efficiency
  • 35. The entrepreneur is responsible for
A) making government policies
B) organizing and managing the factors of production
C) providing only labour
D) earning rent
  • 36. The reward for the entrepreneur is
A) interest
B) wage
C) profit
D) rent
  • 37. Which of the following IS NOT a reward of any factor of production?
A) Interest
B) Rent
C) Profit
D) Subsidy
  • 38. In the study of economics land, labour, capital and entrepreneur are referred to as factors of production. These factors produce commodities only if they are
A) combined in the production process
B) purchased for the purpose of production
C) profitable to the production process
D) brought into the factory
  • 39. Production resources can also be called
A) primary productive
B) factors of production
C) items of production
D) labour and material resources
  • 40. Economics is founded on the principle that
A) human wants are more than human wants
B) human needs are easy to define
C) human wants are limitless while the means to satisfy them are limited
D) material things are more than human wants
  • 41. An example of circulating capital used by an entrepreneur is
A) pipe-borne water
B) factory building
C) raw materials
D) electric power
  • 42. Immobility of land in the geographical sense is applicable ONLY to
A) land as the earth surface
B) vegetation and it's products
C) fishes in water bodies
D) all natural resources
  • 43. Which of the following factors of production is the most mobile?
A) Capital
B) Entrepreneur
C) Land
D) Labour
  • 44. The act of combining factor inputs in order to obtain specific output is known as
A) production
B) industrialization
C) manufacturing
D) factor procurement
  • 45. Capital as a factor of production is important because
A) most tasks can be done with bare hands
B) it provides money which is essential for the growth of business
C) people can work without capital
D) it enables us to carry out tasks which cannot be done by human effort only
  • 46. Which of the following factors of production consists of man-made goods?
A) labour
B) Entrepreneur
C) Land
D) Capital
  • 47. Which of the following IS NOT regarded as labour?
A) Immobility of labour
B) Physical effort
C) Mental effort
D) Skillful effort
  • 48. Choice is necessary because resources
A) are available
B) are limited
C) are scarce
D) are available
  • 49. Economic problems arise because of
A) the creation of artificial scarcity
B) inadequate resources
C) the absence of skilled labour
D) corruption in high places
  • 50. Which of the following is a basic economic problem of a society?
A) Price of commodity
B) What to produce
C) level of inflation
D) Scarcity
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