MCQ Chapter 8 Building Blocks in Economics Class 9 Social Science CBSE Board Advertisement Building Blocks in Economics: The Problem of Choice 1. What is the fundamental problem that economics seeks to address?Unlimited resources and limited wantsLimited resources and unlimited wantsUnlimited production and limited demandEqual distribution of all resourcesQuestion 1 of 202. What is the meaning of the Greek word oikonomia, from which the word "Economics" is derived?Wealth creationHousehold managementTrade and commerceMarket exchangeQuestion 2 of 203. Economics mainly deals with:Increasing population onlyMaking choices by optimising limited resourcesManufacturing goods onlyCollecting taxes onlyQuestion 3 of 204. Which of the following is an example of an economic entity?ConsumersProducersGovernmentAll of the aboveQuestion 4 of 205. Economists help individuals and institutions make better decisions by analysing:SuperstitionsRumoursData and available alternativesPersonal opinionsQuestion 5 of 206. Which document reviews India's economic performance every year?Union BudgetEconomic Survey of IndiaCensus ReportFinance Commission ReportQuestion 6 of 207. The Economic Survey is presented in Parliament:After the Union BudgetBefore the Union BudgetAt the end of the financial yearEvery five yearsQuestion 7 of 208. Which ministry prepares the Economic Survey of India?Ministry of CommerceMinistry of AgricultureMinistry of FinanceMinistry of StatisticsQuestion 8 of 209. Which of the following is included in the scope of work of economists?Policy-makingBusiness consultingResearch and educationAll of the aboveQuestion 9 of 2010. Which of the following is NOT one of the three key questions in economics?What to produce?How to produce?For whom to produce?Where to produce?Question 10 of 2011. Scarcity arises because:Resources are unlimitedWants are limitedResources are limited while wants are unlimitedProduction is always highQuestion 11 of 2012. Producing more barley requires sacrificing some wheat.This sacrifice is known as:DemandInflationOpportunity CostProfitQuestion 12 of 2013. The Production Possibility Curve (PPC) shows:Market prices of goodsDifferent combinations of goods that can be produced using available resourcesConsumer demand onlyGovernment expenditureQuestion 13 of 2014. Every point on the Production Possibility Curve represents:Wastage of resourcesEfficient use of available resourcesUnemployment onlyUnlimited productionQuestion 14 of 2015. The Production Possibility Curve generally slopes:UpwardDownwardVerticallyHorizontallyQuestion 15 of 2016. In the example of barley and wheat, moving from point A to point E means:More wheat and less barleyMore barley and less wheatEqual production of both cropsNo productionQuestion 16 of 2017. The concept of opportunity cost helps in:Avoiding all productionBetter planning and decision-makingIncreasing inflationReducing populationQuestion 17 of 2018. Which economic question concerns the methods, resources, and technology used in production?What to produce?For whom to produce?How to produce?Why to produce?Question 18 of 2019. Which of the following is an example of a labour-intensive activity?Steel manufacturingAutomobile manufacturingAgriculture and handicraftsRobotics manufacturingQuestion 19 of 2020. Which of the following are the factors of production mentioned in the chapter?Land, Labour, Capital, and TechnologyLand, Labour, Money, and TradeLabour, Machines, Demand, and SupplyCapital, Banking, Labour, and TransportQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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