ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are the three economic questions that every country’s economy must answer?
A
How to produce, when to produce, and why to produce?
B
What to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce?
C
What is the price, what is the cost, and what is the opportunity cost?
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What to produce? ➢ What should be produced in a world with limited resources? How to produce? ➢ What resources should be used? Who consumes what is produced? ➢ Who acquires the product?

Detailed explanation-2: -We will briefly describe each of these three types. In a command economy, what goods and services are produced, how they are produced, and for whom they are produced are all questions answered by government planning. The government makes economic decisions for the good of society.

Detailed explanation-3: -Economics is the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economists address these three questions: (1) What goods and services should be produced to meet consumer needs? (2) How should they be produced, and who should produce them? (3) Who should receive goods and services?

Detailed explanation-4: -All economies must answer basic questions like what goods and services to produce, how to produce these goods and services, and how to distribute the goods and services – using their scarce resources.

Detailed explanation-5: -Economic systems answer three basic questions: what will be produced, how will it be produced, and how will the output society produces be distributed?

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