A Level Economics Past Papers
Paper 1
Exam sittings
| Session | Questions | Syllabus code |
|---|---|---|
| November 2010 | 40 | N/A |
| November 2009 | 16 | N/A |
| June 2009 | 25 | N/A |
Topics covered
price elasticity of demandmonetary policymoney and bankingproduction and costsdemandeconomic growtheconomic systemsexchange ratesexternalitiesnational income and multiplier
Sample questions
- The diagram shows an economy's production possibility curve. What is the effect on…
- The table shows national income, rates of population and inflation changes for countries…
- The diagram shows supply curves for commodity X. The shift of the supply curve from S_1…
- The diagram represents the market for maize. What might shift S_1 to S_2?
- What is the opportunity cost to a fully employed economy of increasing capital investment?
- Which characteristic applies to a mixed economy?
- In a capitalist society, the economic problem of 'what goods' shall be produced is solved…
- The quantity supplied is
- The price system allocates resources through interaction of demand and supply forces.…
- Which of the following statements is correct?
- The price of a product rises from 18 000 to 22 000 and demand falls from 4 000 to 3 000.…
- In dam construction, which one is an externality?
- In a typical demand schedule, quantity demanded
- The short-run supply curve of a perfectly competitive firm is the
- A municipal authority budget included construction of non-income generating facilities…
- The diagram shows the market demand for red meat. The movement from D_1 to D_2 can be the…
- What is marginal revenue?
- Allocative efficiency is realised when
Paper 2
Exam sittings
| Session | Questions | Syllabus code |
|---|---|---|
| November 2010 | 46 | N/A |
| June 2010 | 8 | N/A |
| November 2009 | 7 | N/A |
| June 2009 | 48 | N/A |
Topics covered
national income / GDPeconomic growth and GDPinternational trade and protectionismmarket prices and government interventionsupply and demand / crude oil marketeconomic growthmonetary policyopportunity cost / resource allocation / economic developmentprice elasticity of demandbalance of payments
Sample questions
- The diagram shows an economy's production possibility curve. What is the effect on…
- The diagram shows supply curves for commodity X. The shift of the supply curve from S_1…
- The diagram represents the market for maize. What might shift S_2 to S_1?
- The diagram shows the market demand for red meat. The movement from D_1 to D_2 can be the…
- What is the opportunity cost to a fully employed economy of increasing capital investment?
- In a capitalist society, the economic problem of 'what goods' shall be produced is solved…
- The quantity supplied is
- Which of the following statements is correct?
- The price of a product rises from 18 000 to 22 000 and demand falls from 4 000 to 3 000.…
- In a typical demand schedule, quantity demanded
- The short-run supply curve of a perfectly competitive firm is the
- The diagram shows the market demand and supply of a commodity. Where price is set by…
- What is marginal revenue?
- A stable equilibrium position is one in which
- To minimize loss, a firm must produce that output which
- By saying a good has utility, it means
- Which of the following is the payment to a factor of production over and above that…
- Marginal utility is the
Paper 3
Exam sittings
| Session | Questions | Syllabus code |
|---|---|---|
| November 2010 | 15 | 9158/3 |
| June 2009 | 17 | 9158/3 |
| November 2008 | 18 | 9158/3 |
| June 2008 | 26 | 9158/3 |
| November 2007 | 16 | 9158/3 |
| June 2007 | 20 | 9158/3 |
| November 2006 | 12 | 9158/3 |
| June 2006 | 13 | 9158/3 |
| November 2004 | 20 | 9158/3 |
| June 2004 | 14 | 9158/3 |
| November 2003 | 15 | 9158/3 |
Topics covered
inflationmarket structuresunemploymenteconomic systemsmarket failureUnemploymentbalance of paymentscomparative advantage and international trade; trade liberalisation and ESAPdemand theory and elasticityfactor pricing and rent theory
Sample questions
- In a planned (command) economy, decisions about what to produce, how to produce it, and…
- In a planned (command) economy, decisions about what, how, and for whom to produce are…
- State the term for an economic system in which decisions about what to produce and at…
- Which theory of wage differentials explains that a worker's wage reflects the value of…
- Opportunity cost is best defined as...
- What is meant by the basic economic problem of scarcity?
- In a free market economy, resources are primarily allocated through which of the…
- State the term for the mechanism that allocates resources in a market economy through the…
- In discussions of the costs and benefits of firm size, 'diseconomies of scale' refers to…
- Allocative efficiency in an economy is achieved when...
- In economics, the basic economic problem describes a situation in which...
- The principle stating that as a consumer consumes successive additional units of a good,…
- National income comparisons between countries are often adjusted for differences in…
- Which characteristic distinguishes a public good, such as street lighting or national…
- State the economic theory of wage differentials which holds that workers who invest more…
- Economic systems must answer three basic economic questions. 'What to produce' and 'how…
- Which of the following factors makes the demand for a good more price elastic (more…
- Agricultural produce generally has price inelastic demand. If a bumper harvest sharply…
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