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Class 11 Introduction to Economics and Statistics worksheet
CBSE Social Science. Consumption, production and distribution, scarcity and choice, quantitative and qualitative data, and what statistics does. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
A person who buys goods to satisfy wants is called a:
- seller
- employer
- producer
- consumer
Answer
(d) consumer
- 2.
In economics, a trader selling grain in a mandi is acting as a:
- employer
- employee
- seller
- producer
Answer
(c) seller
- 3.
Which of these gives qualitative data?
- the age of a worker in years
- marks in an economics test
- the price of rice in a market
- the honesty of a shopkeeper
Answer
(d) the honesty of a shopkeeper
Section B · short answer
- 4.
What is meant by scarcity?
Answer
Wants are unlimited but the resources to satisfy them are limited.
- 5.
Write “quantitative” or “qualitative” for the data each gives: (a) a worker’s skill: unskilled, skilled or highly skilled (b) a student’s learning skills: weak, average or good
Answer
(a) qualitative (b) qualitative
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Explain the relationship between economics and statistics.
Answer
Economics needs facts to analyse problems and frame policies; statistics collects, organises and summarises those facts, so no analysis or policy is possible without it.
Fresh sheets for your child
In the app, every Introduction to Economics and Statistics sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.
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