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