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In economics wealth is the stock of all those material and immaterial objects which _______.

  1. are transferable

  2. have utility

  3. are scarce

  4. all the three


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
1) Wealth are transferable. For example, money is a part of wealth and can be transferred fro one place to another.
2) Material and immaterial objects possess some kind of power of satisfying wants of the human beings. Therefore, wealth has utility.
3) Wealth are the scarce resources but human wants are unlimited.

Adam Smith considered Economics as:

  1. Science of Wealth

  2. Science of Material Well-being

  3. Science of Choice-making

  4. Science of Growth and Development


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to Adam Smith who was a Scottish economist, economics is the science of wealth which means that economics aims at generating wealth both individually and for the nation as a whole. 

Which of these Economics did not consider Economics as Science of Wealth?

  1. Adam Smith

  2. J B Say

  3. Alfred Marshall

  4. All the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Alfred Marshall placed a greater emphasis on welfare rather than wealth, in his Principle of Economics" book published in 1890. Marshall defines economics as “a study of men as they live and move and think in the ordinary business of life.”

Which is the following is not correct? Economics is viewed as.

  1. Science of Wealth

  2. Science of Warfare

  3. Science of Wellbeing

  4. Science of Choice-making


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Economic does not contain any study material related to the theories and beliefs of war either from the past or in the future.

Who published "The Nature and causes of wealth of Nations"?

  1. Adam Smith

  2. A.C. Pigou

  3. J.B. Say

  4. Alfred Marshal


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Adam Smith was a Scottish economist who published the book " The Nature and causes of wealth of Nations" where he explicitly focused on economics as a study of creation of wealth and henceforth its distribution. 

J B Say considered Economics as:

  1. Science of Wealth

  2. Science of Material Well-being

  3. Science of Choice-making

  4. Science of Growth and Development


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

J B Say was a French economist who described economics as the science of wealth as he believed that economics is the study of creation of wealth.  

Goods that a country gets from other countries are called______.

  1. Exports

  2. Imports

  3. Foreign Trade

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Exports and imports are the main elements of foreign trade. 

Export - When goods are sent from one country to another then it is called export.
Import - When goods are purchased from other countries then it is called import.
When the Export value is more than import value then foreign trade will be favourable to a country.

If with the rise in price of good $Y$, demand for good $X$ rise, the two goods are: (Choose the coorect alternative)

  1. Substitutes

  2. Complements

  3. Not related

  4. Jointly demanded


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
If with the rise in price of good $Y$, demand for good $X$ rises, the two goods are said to be substitutes. This is because substitute goods are the ones which are consumed in place of each other. For instance, tea and coffee. Thus, if the price of one good rises, the demand for other substitute good will rise. 
Hence, the correct answer is option (a). 

The manufactured goods are called _______.

  1. physical capital

  2. consumers

  3. utility

  4. labour


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Manufactured goods such as machinery, buildings, or computers, etc.,  are called the physical capital. In economic theory, physical capital is one of the three primary factors of production.

"All those man-made goods which are used in further production of wealth." This is the definition of _________.

  1. goods

  2. production

  3. capital

  4. labour


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Capital can be used over a long period of time. When used efficiently over a long period of time it will generate wealth for the entrepreneur.