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