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