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Principle of Economics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the main focus of economics?

a)

a) Maximizing profits

b)

b) Allocating scarce resources efficiently

c)

c) Producing goods and services

d)

d) Controlling prices

2.

Which branch of economics studies individual entities like households, firms, and markets?

a)

a) Microeconomics

b)

b) Macroeconomics

c)

c) Central Planning Economics

d)

d) Capitalist Economics

3.

What does scarcity refer to in economics?

a)

a) A situation where goods are unlimited

b)

b) A situation where goods are abundant

c)

c) A situation where goods are limited relative to human desires

d)

d) A situation where goods are equally distributed

4.

Which concept in economics involves deciding what to produce and who gets the final product?

a)

a) Scarcity

b)

b) Choice

c)

c) Opportunity Cost

d)

d) Market Demand

5.

What shape does a Production Possibilities Curve (PPC) have when it indicates increasing opportunity cost?

a)

a) Convex to the origin

b)

b) Concave to the origin

c)

c) Linear or a straight line

d)

d) Horizontal line

6.

What is the opportunity cost defined as?

a)

a) The cost of producing a good

b)

b) The cost of labor

c)

c) The number of goods forgone to make the best choice

d)

d) The total cost of production

7.

What factors can shift the Production Possibilities Curve (PPC) to the right or outwards?

a)

a) Reduced inputs and resources

b)

b) Improved level of technology

c)

c) Economic downturn or recession

d)

d) Decrease in population

8.

In a Socialist economy, who makes all economic decisions?

a)

a) Private sector

b)

b) Government

c)

c) Central Planning Authority

d)

d) Consumers

9.

Which economic system aims to minimize inequalities of income and wealth?

a)

a) Free Market Economy

b)

b) Regulated/Mixed Market Economy

c)

c) Socialist Economy

d)

d) Islamic Economic System

10.

In a free market economy, what is the ultimate objective of producers?

a)

a) Maximizing taxation

b)

b) Minimizing cost

c)

c) Maximizing government control

d)

d) Minimizing competition

11.

What does a mixed economic system involve?

a)

a) Government ownership of all resources

b)

b) Private sector control of all resources

c)

c) Ownership by both government and private sector

d)

d) No government intervention

12.

Which economic system allows individuals and firms to make their own economic decisions?

a)

a) Command Economy

b)

b) Capitalist Economy

c)

c) Regulated/Mixed Market Economy

d)

d) Islamic Economic System

13.

In an Islamic Economic System, what principles determine economic decisions?

a)

a) Principles of Shariah

b)

b) Principles of democracy

c)

c) Principles of communism

d)

d) Principles of capitalism

14.

Which economic system aims to serve the rights of both the poor and the rich?

a)

a) Command Economy

b)

b) Free Market Economy

c)

c) Regulated/Mixed Market Economy

d)

d) Islamic Economic System

15.

In a regulated market economy (Mixed Economic System), what does the government intervene to provide?

a)

a) Public goods

b)

b) Private goods

c)

c) Luxury goods

d)

d) Basic goods

16.

Which economic system is characterized by the absence of competition?

a)

a) Socialist Economy

b)

b) Free Market Economy

c)

c) Regulated/ Mixed Market Economy

d)

d) Islamic Economic System

17.

In a capitalist economy, who determines what and how much to produce?

a)

a) Producers

b)

b) Consumers

c)

c) Government

d)

d) Central Planning Authority

18.

What is the primary focus of a mixed economic system?

a)

a) Maximizing government control

b)

b) Maximizing competition

c)

c) Achieving stability and organization

d)

d) Minimizing government intervention

19.

What is the main advantage of a capitalist economy?

a)

a) Minimizing social cost

b)

b) Minimizing unemployment

c)

c) Maximizing government control

d)

d) Maximizing profit

20.

Which economic system imposes a progressive tax system to reduce income inequality?

a)

a) Socialist Economy

b)

b) Capitalist Economy

c)

c) Mixed Market Economy

d)

d) Islamic Economic System