Class 9 Social Science Chapter 9: The Price Puzzle: What Drives the Market — Important Questions & Mock Tests
Practice The Price Puzzle: What Drives the Market topic-wise important questions on Demand and Supply, MCQs and 1, 2, 3 and 5 mark questions for CBSE revision.
300 Questions 53 Topics MCQs: 100 1 Mark: 50 2 Mark: 50 3 Mark: 50 5 Mark: 50
Topic-wise important and practice questions
Review question distribution across chapter topics for MCQs, 1 Mark questions, 2 Mark questions, 3 Mark questions, 5 Mark questions.
| Topic | MCQ | 1 Mark | 2 Mark | 3 Mark | 5 Mark | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demand | 4 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 49 |
| Supply | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 35 |
| Market Equilibrium | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| Market Supply | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| Public Goods | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Individual Demand | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| Complementary Goods | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Diminishing Marginal Utility | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Substitute Goods | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Determinants of Supply | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Dynamic Markets | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Excess Supply | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Free-Rider Problem | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Price Ceiling | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Excess Demand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Market Demand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Monopoly | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Determinants of Demand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Dynamic Pricing | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Law of Demand | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Price Floor | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Compliance Burden | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Law of Supply | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Black Marketing | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Consumer Preferences | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hoarding | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Expectations and Demand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Expectations and Supply | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pricing and Sales Strategy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Seasonality of Demand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Technology and Supply | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Demand and Purchasing Power | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Demand Curve | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Demand, Supply and Markets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Income and Demand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Input Costs and Supply | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Limits of Government Intervention | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Market Equilibrium Shifts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Market Regulation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Market Shortage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Market Surplus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Minimum Wage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Number of Sellers and Supply | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Over-Regulation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Population and Demand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Price Controls | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Price Controls and Supply Response | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Price Determination by Demand and Supply | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Prices of Related Goods and Supply | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rationale for Government Intervention | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Revenue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Supply Shocks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trade-Offs of Government Intervention | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |