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Chapter 1

Meaning, Scope and Nature of Economics

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Welfare-based definition of economics includes

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻ•āϞ্āϝাāĻŖ-āφāϧাā§°িāϤ āϏংāϜ্āĻžাāϤ āĻ…āύ্āϤ⧰্āĻ­ুāĻ•্āϤ āφāĻ›ে

(a) Wealth-earning activities 

āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āωāĻĒাā§°্āϜāύ⧰ āĻ•াā§°্āϝāĻ•āϞাāĻĒ 

(b) Wealth-spending activities

āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦ্āϝāϝ়ā§° āĻ•াā§°্āϝāĻ•āϞাāĻĒ

(c) Both of them 

āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟা

Answer: (c) Both of them (āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟা)।

2. Scarcity definition of economics is associated with 

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻ…āĻ­াā§ąā§° āϏংāϜ্āĻžা āχāϝ়াā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•িāϤ 

(a) Marshall 

āĻŽাā§°্āĻļ্āĻŦেāϞ 

(b) Robbins

ā§°āĻŦিāύ্āϏ

(c) Adam Smith

āĻāĻĄাāĻŽ āϏ্āĻŽিāĻĨ 

(d) Samuelson

āϚেāĻŽুā§ąেāϞāϚāύ

Answer: (b) Robbins (ā§°āĻŦিāύ্āϏ)।

3. Scarcity definition of economics deals with 

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻ…āĻ­াā§ąā§° āϏংāϜ্āĻžাā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•িāϤ 

(a) Unlimited wants

āϏীāĻŽাāĻšীāύ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ে

(b) Scarcity of means 

āωāĻĒাāϝ়ā§° āĻ…āĻ­াā§ą

(c) Alternative uses of means

āωāĻĒাāϝ়ā§° āĻŦৈāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒিāĻ• āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°  

(d) All of them

āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āφāϟাāχāĻ•েāχāϜāύ

Answer: (d) All of them (āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āφāϟাāχāĻ•েāχāϜāύ)।

4. Subject matter of economics is concerned with 

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•িāϤ 

(a) Wants 

āĻŦিāϚাā§°ে 

(b) Efforts

āĻĒ্ā§°āϚেāώ্āϟা

(c) Satisfaction

āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āϟি  

(d) All of them

āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āφāϟাāχāĻ•েāχāϜāύ

Answer: (d) All of them (āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āφāϟাāχāĻ•েāχāϜāύ)।

5. Economics is a

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻāĻ•

(a) Science

āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ

(b) Art

āĻ•āϞা

(c) Both of them

āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟা

(d) None of them

āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āĻāϟাāĻ“ āύāĻšā§Ÿ।

Answer: (c) Both of them (āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟা)।

6. Economics is a 

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻāĻ•

(a) Positive Science

āχāϤিāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ

(b) Normative science

āύ⧰্āĻŽেāϟিāĻ­ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ

(c) Neither of the two

āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟাā§° āĻ•োāύোāϟোā§ąেāχ āύāĻšāϝ়

(d) Both a positive and normative science

āĻāĻ• āχāϤিāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āφ⧰ু āύিāϝ়āĻŽীāϝ়া āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟা

Answer: (d) Both a positive and normative science (āĻāĻ• āχāϤিāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āφ⧰ু āύিāϝ়āĻŽীāϝ়া āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟা)।

Very Short Answer Type Questions

āĻ…āϤি āϚāĻŽু āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ

1. Give the Marshallian welfare definition of economics.

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻŽাā§°্āĻļ্āĻŦেāϞিāϝ়াāύ āĻ•āϞ্āϝাāĻŖā§° āϏংāϜ্āĻžা āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•।

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2. How has robbins defined economics?

ā§°āĻŦিāύ্āϏে āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিāĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āϏংāϜ্āĻžাāϝ়িāϤ āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে?

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3. What are the economics activities?

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻ•াā§°্āϝāĻ•āϞাāĻĒāĻŦোā§° āĻ•ি?

Answer:

4. What are main economics systems?

āĻŽুāĻ–্āϝ āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŖাāϞীāĻŦোā§° āĻ•ি?

Answer:

5. What are the characteristics of a science?

āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻāϟাā§° āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϤ্āĻŦāĻŦোā§° āĻ•ি?

Answer:

6. Economics is a science of choice-state.

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻĒāĻ›āύ্āĻĻ-ā§°াāϜ্āϝ⧰ āĻāĻ• āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ।

Answer:

7. What is positive science?

āχāϤিāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻ•ি?

Answer:

Short Answer Type Questions

1. What is the subject matter of economics?

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻ•ি?

Answer:

2. Is economics a social science?

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻāĻ• āϏাāĻŽাāϜিāĻ• āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āύেāĻ•ি?

Answer:

3. Is economics a positive science?

 āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻāĻ• āχāϤিāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āύেāĻ•ি?

Answer:

4. Is economics a normative science?

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻāĻ• āύিāϝ়āĻŽীāϝ়া āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āύেāĻ•ি?

Answer:

5. Is economics a science or art?

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āύে āĻ•āϞা?

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Long Answer Type Questions

1. Explain the scope of economics.

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻĒā§°িāϏ⧰ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰āĻ•।

Answer:

2. Is economics a science or art?

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āύে āĻ•āϞা?

Answer:

3. Do you think economics is a positive or normative science?

āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ­াāĻŦেāύে āϝে āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻāĻ• āχāϤিāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āĻŦা āύিāϝ়āĻŽীāϝ়া āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ?

Answer:

4. What is the need for studying economics?

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻ…āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύ āϕ⧰াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ়āϤা āĻ•ি?

Answer:

5. Point out the ten principles of economics.

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻĻāĻšāϟা āύীāϤি āφāĻ™ুāϞিāϝ়াāχ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•।

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Very Long Answer Type Questions

1. Explain clearly the subject matter of economics.

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟāĻ­াā§ąে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰āĻ•।

Answer:

2. "Economics is both a science and art". Discuss.

"āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻāĻ• āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āφ⧰ু āĻ•āϞা āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟা"। āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰āĻ•।

Answer:

3. "Economics is both a normative and a positive science". Explain.

"āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻāĻ• āύিāϝ়āĻŽীāϝ়া āφ⧰ু āχāϤিāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟা"। āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ–্āϝা āϕ⧰āĻ•।

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4. Give the importance of the study of economics.

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিāĻ…āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύ⧰ āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•।

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5. Explain clearly the ten principles of economics.

āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻĻāĻšāϟা āύীāϤি āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟāĻ•ৈ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰āĻ•।

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Questions Type- Bhabesh Bora.