Chapter 1
Meaning, Scope and Nature of Economics
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Welfare-based definition of economics includes
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻāϞ্āϝাāĻŖ-āĻāϧাā§°িāϤ āϏংāĻ্āĻাāϤ āĻ āύ্āϤ⧰্āĻুāĻ্āϤ āĻāĻে
(a) Wealth-earning activities
āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āĻāĻĒাā§°্āĻāύ⧰ āĻাā§°্āϝāĻāϞাāĻĒ
(b) Wealth-spending activities
āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦ্āϝāϝ়ā§° āĻাā§°্āϝāĻāϞাāĻĒ
(c) Both of them
āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻা
Answer: (c) Both of them (āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻা)।
2. Scarcity definition of economics is associated with
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻ āĻাā§ąā§° āϏংāĻ্āĻা āĻāϝ়াā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻিāϤ
(a) Marshall
āĻŽাā§°্āĻļ্āĻŦেāϞ
(b) Robbins
ā§°āĻŦিāύ্āϏ
(c) Adam Smith
āĻāĻĄাāĻŽ āϏ্āĻŽিāĻĨ
(d) Samuelson
āĻেāĻŽুā§ąেāϞāĻāύ
Answer: (b) Robbins (ā§°āĻŦিāύ্āϏ)।
3. Scarcity definition of economics deals with
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻ āĻাā§ąā§° āϏংāĻ্āĻাā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻিāϤ
(a) Unlimited wants
āϏীāĻŽাāĻšীāύ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে
(b) Scarcity of means
āĻāĻĒাāϝ়ā§° āĻ āĻাā§ą
(c) Alternative uses of means
āĻāĻĒাāϝ়ā§° āĻŦৈāĻāϞ্āĻĒিāĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°
(d) All of them
āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻāĻাāĻāĻেāĻāĻāύ
Answer: (d) All of them (āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻāĻাāĻāĻেāĻāĻāύ)।
4. Subject matter of economics is concerned with
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻিāϤ
(a) Wants
āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে
(b) Efforts
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻেāώ্āĻা
(c) Satisfaction
āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āĻি
(d) All of them
āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻāĻাāĻāĻেāĻāĻāύ
Answer: (d) All of them (āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻāĻাāĻāĻেāĻāĻāύ)।
5. Economics is a
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻšৈāĻে āĻāĻ
(a) Science
āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ
(b) Art
āĻāϞা
(c) Both of them
āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻা
(d) None of them
āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻāĻাāĻ āύāĻšā§।
Answer: (c) Both of them (āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻা)।
6. Economics is a
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻšৈāĻে āĻāĻ
(a) Positive Science
āĻāϤিāĻŦাāĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ
(b) Normative science
āύ⧰্āĻŽেāĻিāĻ āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ
(c) Neither of the two
āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻাā§° āĻোāύোāĻোā§ąেāĻ āύāĻšāϝ়
(d) Both a positive and normative science
āĻāĻ āĻāϤিāĻŦাāĻāĻ āĻā§°ু āύিāϝ়āĻŽীāϝ়া āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻা
Answer: (d) Both a positive and normative science (āĻāĻ āĻāϤিāĻŦাāĻāĻ āĻā§°ু āύিāϝ়āĻŽীāϝ়া āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻা)।
Very Short Answer Type Questions
āĻ āϤি āĻāĻŽু āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ
1. Give the Marshallian welfare definition of economics.
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻŽাā§°্āĻļ্āĻŦেāϞিāϝ়াāύ āĻāϞ্āϝাāĻŖā§° āϏংāĻ্āĻা āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।
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2. How has robbins defined economics?
ā§°āĻŦিāύ্āϏে āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিāĻ āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āϏংāĻ্āĻাāϝ়িāϤ āĻā§°িāĻে?
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3. What are the economics activities?
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻাā§°্āϝāĻāϞাāĻĒāĻŦোā§° āĻি?
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4. What are main economics systems?
āĻŽুāĻ্āϝ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŖাāϞীāĻŦোā§° āĻি?
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5. What are the characteristics of a science?
āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ āĻāĻাā§° āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϤ্āĻŦāĻŦোā§° āĻি?
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6. Economics is a science of choice-state.
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻšৈāĻে āĻĒāĻāύ্āĻĻ-ā§°াāĻ্āϝ⧰ āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ।
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7. What is positive science?
āĻāϤিāĻŦাāĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ āĻি?
Answer:
Short Answer Type Questions
1. What is the subject matter of economics?
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻি?
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2. Is economics a social science?
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻāĻ āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ āύেāĻি?
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3. Is economics a positive science?
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻāĻ āĻāϤিāĻŦাāĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ āύেāĻি?
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4. Is economics a normative science?
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻāĻ āύিāϝ়āĻŽীāϝ়া āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ āύেāĻি?
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5. Is economics a science or art?
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ āύে āĻāϞা?
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Long Answer Type Questions
1. Explain the scope of economics.
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻĒā§°িāϏ⧰ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°āĻ।
Answer:
2. Is economics a science or art?
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ āύে āĻāϞা?
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3. Do you think economics is a positive or normative science?
āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻাāĻŦেāύে āϝে āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻāĻ āĻāϤিāĻŦাāĻāĻ āĻŦা āύিāϝ়āĻŽীāϝ়া āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ?
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4. What is the need for studying economics?
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻ āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύ āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύীāϝ়āϤা āĻি?
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5. Point out the ten principles of economics.
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻĻāĻšāĻা āύীāϤি āĻāĻুāϞিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।
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Very Long Answer Type Questions
1. Explain clearly the subject matter of economics.
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻāĻাā§ąে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°āĻ।
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2. "Economics is both a science and art". Discuss.
"āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ āĻā§°ু āĻāϞা āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻা"। āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°āĻ।
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3. "Economics is both a normative and a positive science". Explain.
"āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻāĻ āύিāϝ়āĻŽীāϝ়া āĻā§°ু āĻāϤিāĻŦাāĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻা"। āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ্āϝা āĻā§°āĻ।
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4. Give the importance of the study of economics.
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিāĻ āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύ⧰ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।
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5. Explain clearly the ten principles of economics.
āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāύীāϤিā§° āĻĻāĻšāĻা āύীāϤি āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻāĻৈ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°āĻ।
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