AIC Exam 1st Term Economics for SS 2 2022/2023
  • 1. 1. Want or need refers to
A) a mere desire not backed by ability and willingness
B) a mere demand
C) a list of need
D) all the above
  • 2. 2. An effective demand is a want
A) backed by want
B) backed by desire
C) None of the above
D) backed by the ability to pay
  • 3. 3. ________________ is the quantity of any good that producers are willing and able to offer for sale
A) Supply
B) Effective demand
C) Total production
  • 4. 4. The first law of demand States that
A) all things being equal, the higher the price, the lower the quantity demanded and vice versa
B) the higher the price,the higher the demand
C) the lower the price, the lower the quantity supplied
  • 5. 5. Who is the father of Economics?
A) Adam Smith
B) John Stuart
C) A.C Pigou
D) Alferd Marshal
  • 6. 6. Economics is regarded as both science and social science
A) False
B) Partially
C) Incorrect
D) True
  • 7. 7. Economics is regarded as science because
A) It adopts scientific methods
B) It adopts philosophical method
C) It adopts socialist methods
D) It adopts humanity method
  • 8. 8. Scarcity is defined as the
A) None of the above
B) abundance supply of goods
C) unlimited supply of resources
D) limited supply of resources
  • 9. 9. There are __________ major types of bar charts
A) four
B) six
C) three
D) five
  • 10. 10. ____________ is also known as forgone alternatives
A) Scale of preference
B) Opportunity cost
C) Choice
D) Want
  • 11. 11. There are _________ major branches of economics
A) Three
B) four
C) six
D) two
  • 12. 12. Exceptional demand is also known as
A) abnormal demand
B) effective demand
C) ineffective demand
D) normal demand
  • 13. 13. One of the following is a cause of exceptional demand
A) articles of ostentation
B) all of the above
C) articles of necessity
D) future expectation
  • 14. 14. A shift in demand is grouped into
A) five
B) two
C) seven
D) three
  • 15. 15. Natural disasters is one of the factors affecting supply
A) true
B) Not certain
C) Unknown
D) false
  • 16. 16. Decrease in the quantity demanded is caused by
A) Price of other services
B) price of the commodity
C) price of other goods
  • 17. 17. Income of the consumer is one of the factors affecting demand
A) Incorrect
B) false
C) partially
D) true
  • 18. 18. Decrease in the quantity supplied is caused by
A) taxation
B) price
C) cost of the production
D) number of producers
  • 19. 19. __________ occurs when a certain good can serve two or more purposes
A) Composite supply
B) Joint demand
C) Competitive demand
  • 20. 20. Articles of necessity is also known as
A) superior or giffen goods
B) inferior or giffen goods
C) substandard goods
D) real goods
  • 21. 21. _______________ refers to graph showing the possible combinations of two commodities that can be produced given the level of resources and technology.
A) Production
B) Opportunity cost
C) Money cost
D) Production Possibility Boundary
  • 22. 22. Points outside the PPC , are referred as ____________________
A) Official use of resources
B) Non- feasible area
C) feasible area
D) waste of resources
  • 23. 23. Points inside the PPC are said to be ___________________
A) feasible area
B) non-feasible area
C) attainable
D) good area
  • 24. 24. Points inside the PPC, indicate production is feasible but resources are
A) efficiently used
B) efficient
C) sufficient
D) not efficiently used
  • 25. 25. The ________________ can be regraded as the most frequently occurring number in a set of data.
A) mean
B) Mode
C) median
D) arithmetic mean
  • 26. 26. ___________________ is the satisfaction a consumer derives in consuming a good or service.
A) Bill
B) Commodity
C) Utility
D) service
  • 27. 27. _________________ is defined as the limited supply of resources which are used for the satisfaction of unlimited wants.
A) Scarcity
B) Opportunity cost
C) Choice
D) Want
  • 28. 28. ________________ is defined as a system of selecting one out of a number of alternatives
A) Need
B) Desire
C) Choice
D) Want
  • 29. 29. ____________________ refers to the total amount of money that is spent in order to acquire a set of goods and services
A) Money cost
B) Monetary
C) Money matter
D) Monument
  • 30. Rising wages is one of the causes of abnormal supply.
A) Unknown
B) True
C) False
D) Partly
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