PES SS 1 Economics 3rd Test
  • 1. ............ defined Economics as the practical science of production and distribution of wealth.
A) Adam Smith
B) A.C. Pigou
C) John Stuart Mill
D) Alfred Marshal
  • 2. Economics is regarded as a social science because it studies
A) Human development
B) Human interaction
C) Human behaviour
D) Human relation
  • 3. Economics Is also regarded as a social science because it adopts the .......
A) Distribution method
B) Supply method
C) Production method
D) Scientific method
  • 4. Scale of preference is the list of wants arranged in the order of their ......
A) Want
B) Satisfaction
C) Choice
D) Importance
  • 5. The importance of scale of preference include the following except
A) Optimum allocation of resources
B) Identification of highest priority
C) Ranking of needs
D) Satisfaction of wants
  • 6. Human wants are many and we cannot satisfy all of them because of our ......
A) Unutilized resources
B) Unallocated resources
C) Limited resources
D) Unlimited resources
  • 7. Opportunity cost is defined as an expression of cost in terms of......
A) Satisfaction of human wants
B) More pressing needs
C) Foregone alternatives
D) Expression of cost
  • 8. Opportunity cost can also be called
A) Buying cost
B) True cost
C) Alternative cost
D) Supply cost
  • 9. There are........ branches of Economics
A) 9
B) 7
C) 8
D) 4
  • 10. ...........is the most commonly used tool for economic analysis
A) Histogram
B) Table
C) Charts
D) Graphs
  • 11. ....... Is defined as a diagram showing a functional relationship between two variables
A) Chart
B) Table
C) Graphs
D) Histogram
  • 12. The _____ of a graph shows what it is all about.
A) X-axis
B) Slope
C) Title
D) Y-axis
  • 13. ...... Is a graphical representation of frequency distribution
A) Chart
B) Table
C) Histogram
D) Graph
  • 14. ..........refers to the arrangement of data or information in tabular form to reflect their frequency
A) Frequency score
B) Frequency distribution
C) Measure of central tendency
D) Arithmetic mean
  • 15. ..... .... is the problem people encounter in the society while attempting to satisfy their numerous wants
A) Basic economic problems
B) Basic society problems
C) Basic demand problems
D) Basic life problems
  • 16. The following are the problems faced by the producers in the society except
A) What to produce
B) For whom to produce
C) When to produce
D) How to produce
  • 17. Consumer's income is one of the factors that determine
A) For whom to produce
B) When to produce
C) How to produce
D) What to produce
  • 18. Technique of production is one of the factors that determine
A) What to produce
B) How to produce
C) For whom to produce
D) When to produce
  • 19. Satisfaction of wants is one of the factors that determine
A) When to produce
B) For whom to produce
C) How to produce
D) What to produce
  • 20. As soon as what to produce is established, another basic economic problem that will arise is
A) What to produce
B) For whom to produce
C) How to produce
D) When to produce
  • 21. Macro economics deals with......
A) smaller aggregate of the economy
B) units or aggregate of the economy
C) larger aggregate of the economy
  • 22. One advantage of Macro economics Is that....
A) there is no employment
B) there is unavailability of goods and services
C) there is full employment
  • 23. One of the disadvantage of Macro economics Is .....
A) deficiency in aggregate demand
B) negative grouping data
C) monetary policies
  • 24. Other branches of economics include the following except
A) pure economics
B) applied economics
C) science economics
  • 25. Micro economics deals with
A) marketing units of the economy
B) smaller units of the economy
C) bigger units of the economy
  • 26. A table is the systematic arrangements of ....
A) analysis
B) economics
C) information
  • 27. Rows and columns are used for...
A) table
B) data
C) graph
  • 28. The following are characteristics of a table except
A) a table must be very simple
B) a table must be easy to understand
C) a table must have a title
  • 29. .....shows functional relationship between two variables
A) diagram
B) graphs
C) table
  • 30. The following are examples of graph except
A) line graphs
B) pie graphs
C) table graph
  • 31. ...... could be straight or curve.
A) bar graph
B) line graph
C) pie graph
  • 32. ..... provide basis for comparing variables provided in the table.
A) graphs
B) diagram
C) table
  • 33. ......is a simple circle of any convenient size.
A) graph
B) bar chart
C) pie chart
  • 34. ......is made up of bars of rectangle
A) pie chart
B) bar chart
C) graph
  • 35. ......is a graphical representation of frequency distribution.
A) pie chart
B) pictogram
C) histogram
  • 36. ......is used when the data involved are of two variables.
A) multiple bar chart
B) simple bar chart
C) component bar chart
  • 37. The arithmetic mean is also popularly referred to as the
A) mean
B) mode
C) median
  • 38. Measure of central tendency is also called
A) measure of location
B) measure of distribution
C) measure of evaluation
  • 39. Median is ....of extremes values
A) extremely affected by
B) not affected by
C) affected by
  • 40. ......is the middle value.
A) mean
B) mode
C) median
  • 41. .....is the quantity of goods and services that the consumer are willing and able to buy
A) demand
B) want
C) supply
  • 42. ......is a mere desire for a commodity.
A) supply
B) want
C) demand
  • 43. ......states that the higher the price,the lower the quantity of goods that will be demanded
A) the law of demand
B) the law of supply
C) the law of need
  • 44. The law of demand hold under the following assumptions except
A) the habits of consumers remain unchanged
B) the consumer's income change
C) the consumer's income remains constant
  • 45. There are.... types of demand
A) 2
B) 4
C) 3
  • 46. .......is a table showing the relationship between prices and the quantity of that commodity demanded
A) demand curve
B) demand schedule
C) demand supply
  • 47. ......is a graphical representation of the information contained in the demand schedule
A) demand supply
B) demand curve
C) demand schedule
  • 48. The following are the factors affecting demand except.....
A) price
B) quantity of the commodity
C) income of the consumer
  • 49. .....is the quantity of any commodity that the producer are willing to offer for sale
A) supply
B) demand
C) want
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