Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (SSC) · Geography (भूगोल)
Chapter: Chapter 8 — Chapter 8: Introduction to Economics
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does economics study? [1]
(A) Choices about producing and consuming goods
(B) Only mathematics
(C) Only history
(D) Only geography
2. What is scarcity? [1]
(A) Unlimited wants versus limited resources
(B) Unlimited resources for everyone
(C) No wants at all
(D) Only excess resources
3. What does microeconomics study? [1]
(A) Individual decision-making
(B) The whole economy
(C) Only government policy
(D) Only foreign trade
4. What does macroeconomics study? [1]
(A) The economy as a whole
(B) Only individual choices
(C) Only personal budgets
(D) Only single businesses
5. What is a key economic concept? [1]
(A) Supply and demand
(B) Only geography
(C) Only history
(D) Only weather patterns
6. What do supply and demand determine? [1]
(A) Prices and quantities in a market
(B) Only weather
(C) Only geography
(D) Nothing significant
7. Why understand basic economics? [1]
(A) To make informed decisions about resources
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
8. Why learn about economics? [1]
(A) To understand economic choices and policies
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What does economics study? [1]
(A) Choices about producing and consuming goods
(B) Only mathematics
(C) Only history
(D) Only geography
10. What is scarcity? [1]
(A) Unlimited wants versus limited resources
(B) Unlimited resources for everyone
(C) No wants at all
(D) Only excess resources
11. What does microeconomics study? [1]
(A) Individual decision-making
(B) The whole economy
(C) Only government policy
(D) Only foreign trade
12. What does macroeconomics study? [1]
(A) The economy as a whole
(B) Only individual choices
(C) Only personal budgets
(D) Only single businesses
13. What is a key economic concept? [1]
(A) Supply and demand
(B) Only geography
(C) Only history
(D) Only weather patterns
14. What do supply and demand determine? [1]
(A) Prices and quantities in a market
(B) Only weather
(C) Only geography
(D) Nothing significant
15. Why understand basic economics? [1]
(A) To make informed decisions about resources
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
16. Why learn about economics? [1]
(A) To understand economic choices and policies
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests