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Exam_Economics_Question_SS1
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  • 1. The study of how people make choices in the use of scarce resources is known as
A) political science
B) economics
C) sociology
D) geography
  • 2. Economics is best defined as the study of
A) money and banking
B) the production of goods only
C) human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means
D) how to make profit
  • 3. Who is regarded as the father of modern economics?
A) Adam Smith
B) David Ricardo
C) Karl Marx
D) John Keynes
  • 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) micro-economics
C) political economics
D) business economics
  • 6. The term 'choice' in economics arises because
A) people are greedy
B) goods are abundant
C) resources are scarce
D) wants are limited
  • 7. Which of these best describes opportunity cost?
A) cost of production
B) The next best alternative forgone
C) The amount of money spent
D) The total benefit gained
  • 8. Wants are said to be unlimited because
A) new wants keep arising
B) man's resources are few
C) governments are corrupt
D) money is scarce
  • 9. The economic problem of scarcity means
A) consumers are rich
B) there too many goods
C) prices are always high
D) there are not enough resources to satisfy wants
  • 10. The study of economics helps individuals to
A) ignore opportunity costs
B) waste resources
C) make rational decisions
D) spend carelessly
  • 11. Government studies economics mainly to
A) raise salaries
B) exploit the poor
C) formulate good policies
D) increase corruption
  • 12. Economics contributes to national development by
A) discouraging production
B) Helping efficient resource use
C) increasing inequality
D) encouraging waste
  • 13. Knowledge of economics helps a consumer to
A) waste resources
B) buy more than needed
C) make wise spending decisions
D) avoid saving
  • 14. Economist help businesses by
A) increasing wages automatically
B) printing money
C) determining market trends
D) producing advertisments
  • 15. The basic economic problems arise because
A) population is high
B) governments are weak
C) prices are low
D) wants are unlimited and resources are limited
  • 16. 'What to produce' refers to
A) location of production
B) choice of techniques
C) type of goods to produce
D) cost of production
  • 17. 'How to produce' refers to
A) the time of production
B) the method or technique of production
C) the total output
D) who will consume the goods
  • 18. 'For whom to produce' means
A) determining the cost
B) hiring workers
C) deciding what to export
D) choosing who gets the goods and services
  • 19. Which of the following helps solve the basic economic problems?
A) Scarcity
B) Inflation
C) Trade unions
D) Choice
  • 20. Production in economics means
A) selling goods at a market
B) buying and storing
C) manufacturing only
D) creating goods and services to satisfy human wants
  • 21. The major aim of production is to
A) increase population
B) satisfy human wants
C) create employment
D) reduce exports
  • 22. The process that changes raw-materials into finished goods is called
A) consumption
B) manufacturing
C) distribution
D) exchange
  • 23. Primary production involves
A) mining, farming and fishing
B) advertising
C) banking and insurance
D) transport and trade
  • 24. Secondary production includes
A) manufacturing
B) teaching
C) banking
D) farming
  • 25. Tertiary production involves
A) service industries
B) mining
C) manufacturing
D) construction
  • 26. When goods are moved from factory to consumers, this is
A) exchange
B) distribution
C) consumption
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) interest
C) wage
D) rent
  • 29. How many major factors of production are there?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Five
D) Four
  • 30. The reward for land is
A) interest
B) Rent
C) profit
D) wage
  • 31. Land as a factor of production refers to
A) capital
B) all natural resources used in production
C) soil only
D) buildings and machines
  • 32. Labour refers to
A) all human efforts used in production
B) buildings
C) machines
D) land
  • 33. The reward for labour is
A) profit
B) wage
C) rent
D) interest
  • 34. Capital is important in production because it
A) reduces unemployment
B) increases efficiency
C) decreases output
D) causes scarcity
  • 35. The entrepreneur is responsible for
A) making government policies
B) organizing and managing the factors of production
C) earning rent
D) providing only labour
  • 36. The reward for the entrepreneur is
A) rent
B) profit
C) interest
D) wage
  • 37. Which of the following IS NOT a reward of any factor of production?
A) Interest
B) Subsidy
C) Profit
D) Rent
  • 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) profitable to the production process
B) purchased for the purpose of production
C) brought into the factory
D) combined in the production process
  • 39. Production resources can also be called
A) items of production
B) labour and material resources
C) primary productive
D) factors of production
  • 40. Economics is founded on the principle that
A) human wants are limitless while the means to satisfy them are limited
B) material things are more than human wants
C) human needs are easy to define
D) human wants 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) all natural resources
B) vegetation and it's products
C) land as the earth surface
D) fishes in water bodies
  • 43. Which of the following factors of production is the most mobile?
A) Land
B) Capital
C) Entrepreneur
D) Labour
  • 44. The act of combining factor inputs in order to obtain specific output is known as
A) industrialization
B) production
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) Entrepreneur
B) Land
C) labour
D) Capital
  • 47. Which of the following IS NOT regarded as labour?
A) Immobility of labour
B) Skillful effort
C) Mental effort
D) Physical effort
  • 48. Choice is necessary because resources
A) are limited
B) are scarce
C) are available
D) are available
  • 49. Economic problems arise because of
A) the creation of artificial scarcity
B) corruption in high places
C) inadequate resources
D) the absence of skilled labour
  • 50. Which of the following is a basic economic problem of a society?
A) What to produce
B) Scarcity
C) Price of commodity
D) level of inflation
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