- 1. ............ defined Economics as the practical science of production and distribution of wealth.
A) A.C. Pigou
B) Adam Smith
C) John Stuart Mill
D) Alfred Marshal
- 2. Economics is regarded as a social science because it studies
A) Human relation
B) Human interaction
C) Human development
D) Human behaviour
- 3. Economics Is also regarded as a social science because it adopts the .......
A) Scientific method
B) Supply method
C) Production method
D) Distribution method
- 4. Scale of preference is the list of wants arranged in the order of their ......
A) Importance
B) Choice
C) Want
D) Satisfaction
- 5. The importance of scale of preference include the following except
A) Ranking of needs
B) Identification of highest priority
C) Optimum allocation of resources
D) Satisfaction of wants
- 6. Human wants are many and we cannot satisfy all of them because of our ......
A) Unutilized resources
B) Limited resources
C) Unallocated resources
D) Unlimited resources
- 7. Opportunity cost is defined as an expression of cost in terms of......
A) Foregone alternatives
B) Expression of cost
C) Satisfaction of human wants
D) More pressing needs
- 8. Opportunity cost can also be called
A) Supply cost
B) Alternative cost
C) True cost
D) Buying cost
- 9. There are........ branches of Economics
A) 8
B) 7
C) 9
D) 4
- 10. ...........is the most commonly used tool for economic analysis
A) Graphs
B) Table
C) Charts
D) Histogram
- 11. ....... Is defined as a diagram showing a functional relationship between two variables
A) Table
B) Graphs
C) Chart
D) Histogram
- 12. The _____ of a graph shows what it is all about.
A) X-axis
B) Y-axis
C) Slope
D) Title
- 13. ...... Is a graphical representation of frequency distribution
A) Graph
B) Table
C) Chart
D) Histogram
- 14. ..........refers to the arrangement of data or information in tabular form to reflect their frequency
A) Measure of central tendency
B) Frequency distribution
C) Arithmetic mean
D) Frequency score
- 15. ..... .... is the problem people encounter in the society while attempting to satisfy their numerous wants
A) Basic society problems
B) Basic life problems
C) Basic economic problems
D) Basic demand problems
- 16. The following are the problems faced by the producers in the society except
A) When to produce
B) What to produce
C) For whom to produce
D) How to produce
- 17. Consumer's income is one of the factors that determine
A) How to produce
B) What to produce
C) For whom to produce
D) When to produce
- 18. Technique of production is one of the factors that determine
A) When to produce
B) For whom to produce
C) What to produce
D) How to produce
- 19. Satisfaction of wants is one of the factors that determine
A) How to produce
B) For whom to produce
C) When to produce
D) What to produce
- 20. As soon as what to produce is established, another basic economic problem that will arise is
A) How to produce
B) What to produce
C) For whom to produce
D) When to produce
- 21. Macro economics deals with......
A) units or aggregate of the economy
B) smaller aggregate of the economy
C) larger aggregate of the economy
- 22. One advantage of Macro economics Is that....
A) there is full employment
B) there is unavailability of goods and services
C) there is no employment
- 23. One of the disadvantage of Macro economics Is .....
A) deficiency in aggregate demand
B) negative grouping data
C) monetary policies
- 24. Other branches of economics include the following except
A) science economics
B) applied economics
C) pure economics
- 25. Micro economics deals with
A) marketing units of the economy
B) smaller units of the economy
C) bigger units of the economy
- 26. A table is the systematic arrangements of ....
A) analysis
B) information
C) economics
- 27. Rows and columns are used for...
A) graph
B) table
C) data
- 28. The following are characteristics of a table except
A) a table must have a title
B) a table must be very simple
C) a table must be easy to understand
- 29. .....shows functional relationship between two variables
A) graphs
B) table
C) diagram
- 30. The following are examples of graph except
A) table graph
B) line graphs
C) pie graphs
- 31. ...... could be straight or curve.
A) bar graph
B) line graph
C) pie graph
- 32. ..... provide basis for comparing variables provided in the table.
A) table
B) diagram
C) graphs
- 33. ......is a simple circle of any convenient size.
A) pie chart
B) graph
C) bar chart
- 34. ......is made up of bars of rectangle
A) bar chart
B) graph
C) pie chart
- 35. ......is a graphical representation of frequency distribution.
A) histogram
B) pie chart
C) pictogram
- 36. ......is used when the data involved are of two variables.
A) multiple bar chart
B) simple bar chart
C) component bar chart
- 37. The arithmetic mean is also popularly referred to as the
A) mean
B) mode
C) median
- 38. Measure of central tendency is also called
A) measure of distribution
B) measure of location
C) measure of evaluation
- 39. Median is ....of extremes values
A) extremely affected by
B) affected by
C) not affected by
- 40. ......is the middle value.
A) mean
B) median
C) mode
- 41. .....is the quantity of goods and services that the consumer are willing and able to buy
A) want
B) supply
C) demand
- 42. ......is a mere desire for a commodity.
A) supply
B) demand
C) want
- 43. ......states that the higher the price,the lower the quantity of goods that will be demanded
A) the law of need
B) the law of supply
C) the law of demand
- 44. The law of demand hold under the following assumptions except
A) the consumer's income remains constant
B) the consumer's income change
C) the habits of consumers remain unchanged
- 45. There are.... types of demand
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
- 46. .......is a table showing the relationship between prices and the quantity of that commodity demanded
A) demand schedule
B) demand curve
C) demand supply
- 47. ......is a graphical representation of the information contained in the demand schedule
A) demand supply
B) demand curve
C) demand schedule
- 48. The following are the factors affecting demand except.....
A) price
B) quantity of the commodity
C) income of the consumer
- 49. .....is the quantity of any commodity that the producer are willing to offer for sale
A) want
B) demand
C) supply
- 50. .....is an activity that involves the creation of goods and services which satisfy human wants
A) creation
B) production
C) supply
- 51. ......can also be referred to as the creation of utility
A) production
B) demand
C) supply
- 52. There are.... types of goods
A) 4
B) 3
C) 2
- 53. ......are goods that can satisfy the consumer's immediate needs
A) durable goods
B) non durable goods
C) consumer goods
- 54. Milk and tomatoes are examples of......goods
A) producer goods
B) consumer goods
C) durable goods
- 55. ......are goods that can be used over and over again
A) non durable
B) durable goods
C) consumer goods
- 56. Production is grouped into...... major categories
A) 3
B) 2
C) 4
- 57. ......is the production in which an individual produces goods and services for family use
A) primary production
B) direct production
C) indirect production
- 58. ......is usually very small in size
A) primary production
B) direct production
C) indirect production
- 59. .....is the type of production in which goods and services are produced in large scale
A) primary production
B) indirect production
C) tertiary production
- 60. ..... production refers to the extraction of raw materials provided by nature
A) secondary production
B) tertiary production
C) primary production
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