Exam_Economics_Question_SS1
  • 1. The study of how people make choices in the use of scarce resources is known as
A) economics
B) political science
C) sociology
D) geography
  • 2. Economics is best defined as the study of
A) money and banking
B) how to make profit
C) human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means
D) the production of goods only
  • 3. Who is regarded as the father of modern economics?
A) David Ricardo
B) John Keynes
C) Karl Marx
D) Adam Smith
  • 4. The central concept in economics is
A) utility
B) money
C) scarcity
D) demand
  • 5. The branch of economics that studies the whole economy is
A) business economics
B) micro-economics
C) political economics
D) macro-economics
  • 6. The term 'choice' in economics arises because
A) wants are limited
B) resources are scarce
C) goods are abundant
D) people are greedy
  • 7. Which of these best describes opportunity cost?
A) cost of production
B) The amount of money spent
C) The next best alternative forgone
D) The total benefit gained
  • 8. Wants are said to be unlimited because
A) governments are corrupt
B) new wants keep arising
C) man's resources are few
D) money is scarce
  • 9. The economic problem of scarcity means
A) there too many goods
B) there are not enough resources to satisfy wants
C) prices are always high
D) consumers are rich
  • 10. The study of economics helps individuals to
A) spend carelessly
B) make rational decisions
C) waste resources
D) ignore opportunity costs
  • 11. Government studies economics mainly to
A) raise salaries
B) increase corruption
C) formulate good policies
D) exploit the poor
  • 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) avoid saving
D) make wise spending decisions
  • 14. Economist help businesses by
A) increasing wages automatically
B) producing advertisments
C) printing money
D) determining market trends
  • 15. The basic economic problems arise because
A) wants are unlimited and resources are limited
B) population is high
C) governments are weak
D) prices are low
  • 16. 'What to produce' refers to
A) location of production
B) type of goods to produce
C) cost of production
D) choice of techniques
  • 17. 'How to produce' refers to
A) the time of production
B) the total output
C) the method or technique of production
D) who will consume the goods
  • 18. 'For whom to produce' means
A) choosing who gets the goods and services
B) determining the cost
C) deciding what to export
D) hiring workers
  • 19. Which of the following helps solve the basic economic problems?
A) Trade unions
B) Scarcity
C) Inflation
D) Choice
  • 20. Production in economics means
A) selling goods at a market
B) creating goods and services to satisfy human wants
C) manufacturing only
D) buying and storing
  • 21. The major aim of production is to
A) reduce exports
B) satisfy human wants
C) create employment
D) increase population
  • 22. The process that changes raw-materials into finished goods is called
A) exchange
B) consumption
C) distribution
D) manufacturing
  • 23. Primary production involves
A) advertising
B) mining, farming and fishing
C) banking and insurance
D) transport and trade
  • 24. Secondary production includes
A) teaching
B) manufacturing
C) banking
D) farming
  • 25. Tertiary production involves
A) construction
B) manufacturing
C) mining
D) service industries
  • 26. When goods are moved from factory to consumers, this is
A) consumption
B) distribution
C) production
D) exchange
  • 27. Which of these is a form of indirect production?
A) Tailor sewing for pay
B) Building your own house
C) self-cooking
D) Washing your own clothes
  • 28. The reward for the successful organization of production is
A) profit
B) wage
C) interest
D) rent
  • 29. How many major factors of production are there?
A) Five
B) Three
C) Four
D) Two
  • 30. The reward for land is
A) Rent
B) wage
C) interest
D) profit
  • 31. Land as a factor of production refers to
A) all natural resources used in production
B) capital
C) buildings and machines
D) soil only
  • 32. Labour refers to
A) machines
B) land
C) all human efforts used in production
D) buildings
  • 33. The reward for labour is
A) profit
B) interest
C) rent
D) wage
  • 34. Capital is important in production because it
A) increases efficiency
B) reduces unemployment
C) causes scarcity
D) decreases output
  • 35. The entrepreneur is responsible for
A) providing only labour
B) making government policies
C) earning rent
D) organizing and managing the factors of production
  • 36. The reward for the entrepreneur is
A) rent
B) profit
C) wage
D) interest
  • 37. Which of the following IS NOT a reward of any factor of production?
A) Subsidy
B) Profit
C) Rent
D) Interest
  • 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) combined in the production process
D) brought into the factory
  • 39. Production resources can also be called
A) primary productive
B) factors of production
C) labour and material resources
D) items of production
  • 40. Economics is founded on the principle that
A) human wants are more than human wants
B) human wants are limitless while the means to satisfy them are limited
C) human needs are easy to define
D) material things are more than human wants
  • 41. An example of circulating capital used by an entrepreneur is
A) factory building
B) pipe-borne water
C) electric power
D) raw materials
  • 42. Immobility of land in the geographical sense is applicable ONLY to
A) vegetation and it's products
B) fishes in water bodies
C) land as the earth surface
D) all natural resources
  • 43. Which of the following factors of production is the most mobile?
A) Land
B) Labour
C) Capital
D) Entrepreneur
  • 44. The act of combining factor inputs in order to obtain specific output is known as
A) industrialization
B) manufacturing
C) production
D) factor procurement
  • 45. Capital as a factor of production is important because
A) people can work without capital
B) it provides money which is essential for the growth of business
C) most tasks can be done with bare hands
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) labour
B) Entrepreneur
C) Capital
D) Land
  • 47. Which of the following IS NOT regarded as labour?
A) Mental effort
B) Skillful effort
C) Immobility of labour
D) Physical effort
  • 48. Choice is necessary because resources
A) are available
B) are available
C) are limited
D) are scarce
  • 49. Economic problems arise because of
A) the absence of skilled labour
B) inadequate resources
C) the creation of artificial scarcity
D) corruption in high places
  • 50. Which of the following is a basic economic problem of a society?
A) Price of commodity
B) Scarcity
C) level of inflation
D) What to produce
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