NCERT Class 9 Social Science Chapter 8 Building Blocks in Economics: The Problem of Choice Test Mock Test
This free online test covers Chapter 8, Building Blocks in Economics: The Problem of Choice, from the NCERT Class 9 Understanding Society India and Beyond Part I textbook. The 30 questions are written directly from the chapter — definitions, processes, worked examples and the points the book italicises — so a score here tells you how much of the chapter actually stuck, not how well you guess. Each answer carries an explanation that says why the right option is right and why the other three fail, which is where most of the learning happens. Attempt it after your first read of the chapter, then again before the exam. There is no negative marking, and you can review the full solution the moment you submit.
Duration
30 mins
Questions
30 MCQs
Total Marks
30 pts
Negative
0 per wrong
Topics Covered in This Paper
Sample Questions
Q1.How does the chapter distinguish between needs and wants in everyday economic life?
- ANeeds are the goods a government supplies, while wants are the goods private firms supply
- BNeeds are essentials such as food, water and shelter, while wants are preferences such as gadgets, vacations or luxury items
- CNeeds are satisfied in a physical market, while wants are satisfied only in a virtual market
- DNeeds are unlimited and keep changing, while wants stay fixed throughout a person's life
Q2.The margin note in the chapter defines a market as:
- AA place where buying and selling of products and services takes place, which could be physical or virtual on the internet
- BA building in a town where farmers bring their produce for sale each week
- CThe total quantity of goods a country produces in a year
- DAn arrangement in which the government fixes the price of every good
Q3.According to the chapter, resources used for the production of goods and services may be:
- ANatural only, since anything made by people is a finished good rather than a resource
- BNatural, like water and coal, or human-made, like capital and technology
- CUnlimited in quantity, but limited in the uses to which they can be put
- DOwned only by governments, since private individuals hold goods rather than resources
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