Grade: 9 Subject: Economics Strand: Demand

WeeklyAssignment-2
Weekly Assessment-2 Max. Marks: 25

Student Name : Due Date: 26/10/22

Q1. People often eat biscuits when they drink a cup of Q4. What determines a consumer’s demand for a
tea. Between 2010 and 2015, the consumption of sweet product?
biscuits decreased because of health warnings about
high sugar consumption. Sales of tea, as a result, also
fell. How would this be shown on demand and supply
diagrams for biscuits and tea?

Q5. How would advertising a good result in a retail firm

increasing its market share?
A It will improve the personal service in its shops.
B It will increase the firm’s costs.
Q2. What will be the impact on the market for oil of the
C It will reduce demand for competitors’ products.
closure of the world’s largest oil field for maintenance
D It will result in diversification in the firm.
work?
A a movement down the supply curve
Q6. Explain two influences on a country’s demand for
Q10.
B a movement up the demand curve
food. [4]
C a shift of the demand curve to the left
D a shift of the supply curve to the right
Q7. Analyze why the demand for a product may be
Q11.
higher in one country than in another country. [6]
Q3. A tailor has four customers for her range of suits.
The table shows the yearly demand for the suits she
Q8. Analyze the possible reasons for the increase in
Q12.
makes.
global demand for bicycle helmets. [6]

Q9. Explain two causes of a shift to the right in the

Q13.
demand curve for fish. [4]

Which price should be charged to maximise the tailor’s

yearly revenue?
A $800 B $900 C $1000 D $1100