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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) Level of technology
B) Taxation
C) Wealth
D) Production cost
  • 3. The graphical representation of the information contained in the deman schedule is called
A) None
B) Demand curve
C) Joint supply
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 vertically
B) The demand curve will shift to the left
C) The demand curve will shift horizontally
D) The demand curve will shift to the right
  • 6. When a consumers demand is backed up with the necessary ability and willingness to pay is said to be an
A) Market supply
B) Market demand
C) Effective demand
D) Effective supply
  • 7. The two types of demand are
A) Leftward and rightward demand
B) None of the above
C) Individual and market demand
D) Negative and positive demand
  • 8. The following is an assumption under the law of demand
A) Consumer income remains constant
B) Improved infrastructure
C) Technological advancement
D) Reduction of production cost
  • 9. The table that shows the quantity buyers are willing to buy at different prices at a time
A) Supply schedule
B) Supply curve
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 curve
B) Supply curve
C) Supply schedule
D) Demand schedule
  • 11. Which of the following factors affect supply
A) Choice
B) Wants
C) Demand
D) Weather
  • 12. Supply is said to be be composite when it
A) None of the above
B) Is produced and supplied from one source
C) Produced using the same resources
D) Serves two or more purposes
  • 13. The schedule of all producers or suppliers of a commodity in a market is called
A) Individual demand schedule
B) Individual supply schedule
C) None of the above
D) Market supply schedule
  • 14. Petrol and Kerosene are example of
A) Competitive supply
B) Composite supply
C) Joint supply
D) Market supply
  • 15. When there is an increase in demand, it shifts to the
A) Right
B) Left
C) Back
D) Front
  • 16. Flour and sugar are said to be
A) Composite demand
B) Derived demand
C) Joint demand
D) Market 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 supplied
C) The higher the price, the lower the quantity demanded
D) The lower the price , the higher the quantity demanded
  • 18. Which of the following factors does not affect supply
A) Taxation
B) Complementary demand
C) Weather
D) Natural disasters
  • 19. Beans and bread is an example of
A) Complementary supply
B) Joint demand
C) Joint supply
D) Composite 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) Rare commodities
C) Articles of Ostentation
D) Articles of Necessity
  • 22. When there is a decrease in demand, it causes the demand curve to shift
A) Horizontally
B) None of the above
C) From the left to the right
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) Abnormal demand
C) Normal demand
D) None
  • 24. A normal demand curve slopes
A) Upward from the right to the left
B) Upward from the left to the right
C) Downward 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 rightward shift in the demand curve
B) There is a leftward shift in the demand curve
C) There is a downward shift in the demand curve
D) There is an upward 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) Composite supply
C) Competitive supply
D) Joint supply
  • 27. What is demand
A) A quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy
B) The quantity of a good or service that producers are willing and able to supply
C) The price of a good or service
D) The income of consumers
  • 28. Which of the following will not cause a shift in the demand curve
A) Change in population
B) Change in consumer taste
C) Change in income
D) Change in price
  • 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 remains the same
B) It shifts to the right
C) It becomes steeper
D) It shifts to the left
  • 31. What type of good is one for which demand increases when income increases
A) Substitute good
B) Normal 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 remains the same
B) Demand decreases
C) Demand remains perfectly elastic
D) Demand increases
  • 33. What happens to the supply curve when there is an increase in the numbers of producers
A) It remains the same
B) It shifts to the right
C) It shifts to the left
D) It becomes steeper
  • 34. What is the effect of an increase in the cost of production on the supply of a good
A) Supply decreases
B) Supply remains the same
C) None of the above
D) Supply increases
  • 35. What happens when there is a decrease in supply and increase in demand
A) Price increases, quantity decreases
B) Price decreases, quantity decreases
C) Price decreases, quantity increases
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) Substitute good
B) Complementary good
C) Inferior good
D) Normal good
  • 37. Which of these is an example of derived demand
A) Demand for labour to produce cars
B) Demand for flour
C) Demand for cars
D) Demand for bread
  • 38. What is composite demand
A) Demand for a good ro service that has multiple uses
B) Demand for a good or service that is independent of other goods or services
C) Demand for a good that is perfectly inelastic
D) Demand for a good that is perfectly elastic
  • 39. Which of the following is an example of a composite demand
A) Demand of milk for drinking
B) Demand for cars
C) Demand for milk for both making and drinking cheese
D) Demand of milk for making cheese
  • 40. What is the law of supply
A) As price decreases, quantity supplied remains the same
B) As price increases, quantity supplied decreases
C) As price decreases, quantity supplied increases
D) As price increases, quantity supplied increases
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