Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions
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Which factor in the world's low-income countries limits their economic development?
The table shows the percentage employment in the primary, secondary and service sectors in four countries. percentage employment country primary ...
What causes the birth rate to fall in a country?
A country wishes to increase a current account surplus on the balance of payments. Which action would it take?
The table shows a country's exports and imports. $m exports of goods 200 imports of goods 190 exports of services 35 imports of servic...
The diagram shows the value of a country's exports and imports of goods over five years. [Figure 30.1] Between which two years did the country have...
Read the source material carefully before answering Question 1. Source material: The destruction of forests in Indonesia Indonesian fact file palm...
Mexico has a history of trade deficits. The government is moving the economy closer to free trade, to try to improve its macroeconomic performance....
The population of Hungary is the most obese in Europe. Hungarians eat fewer vegetables than most Europeans and more food types that may be consider...
Italy is home to the world's oldest bank and some of the world's oldest car producers. Internationally, both industries are facing a number of chal...
Wage rate growth has increased recently in Kazakhstan, but its economic growth rate has slowed. This is, in part, due to a fall in exports. To try ...
To help reduce the price of oil, new supplies are needed. However, objectors oppose exploration of new sites because of the environmental damage it...
What is an opportunity cost for a consumer spending money on a holiday?
Helium is a gas that is limited in supply because it takes thousands of years to form. The US government holds 35% of the world's supply of helium ...
Which combination of characteristics describes a public good?
What is an advantage of a market economy?
An economy relies on potash to make fertiliser. A new deposit of potash is discovered. Which diagram shows this change in the market for potash?
The table shows the quantity demanded at different prices. price $ quantity demanded 6 3 5 4 4 5 3 7 2 9 For which fall in price is the demand pric...
Which government policy will increase productivity?
The diagrams show the wage rates of cleaners (OWc) and nurses (OWn). [Figure 10.1] [Figure 10.2] What is the result if a national minimum wage of O...
Which result of increased specialisation in a firm is an advantage for the firm, but a disadvantage for some of the workers in the firm?
The diagram shows the imposition of a subsidy on a product supplied by a firm. [Figure 12.1] Which area represents the total revenue of the firm in...
The diagram shows the total cost curve for a firm. [Figure 13.1] What can be concluded about the firm?
The table shows the average total cost of a firm over a range of output. output (units) average total cost ($) 1 10 2 8 3 6 4 5 5 7 6 9 What happen...
Two car manufacturers agree to merge. Which outcome would be a disadvantage for customers?
An economy recorded a second month of deflation. What does this mean?
What is a cause of demand-pull inflation?
What is the consequence of economic growth for individuals and for the economy?
The table shows a government's receipts from taxation. $m air passenger duty 10 tax on firms' profits 100 import duty 75 income tax 200 inheritance...
Which supply-side policy measure would help to match the skills of workers to job vacancies?
How is the rate of inflation measured?
Which combination of policy measures is most likely to increase the level of employment?
Poverty in households may be defined in relative terms. What indicates relative poverty?
What is the effect on an economy of net emigration of people aged 20–40?
The table shows statistics for four countries, A–D. country average annual growth rate of population (%) population density (per square kilometre) ...
A country specialises in the production of steel, toys and textiles. What is a disadvantage of specialisation for the country's workers?
The diagram shows China's trade with Brazil for two years. [Figure 28.1] What happened to China's trade balance with Brazil between year 1 and year 2?
The US imposed tariffs on cars and motorcycles from Germany. What is the effect of these tariffs?
What is an immediate effect for a country of a fall in its foreign exchange rate?
Read the source material carefully before answering Question 1. Source material: India's airline industry Air India fact file total revenue 2018 $2...
A number of countries, including Morocco, capture water from fog. Water is used in the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. In recent years, Mo...
Two of Uzbekistan's main industries are cotton and gas. Uzbekistan is the world's seventh largest producer, and fifth largest exporter, of cotton. ...
In Tunisia, resource allocation decisions are made by both the public sector and private sector. Tunisia's GDP increased from 2014 to 2018 but its ...
The US operates a mainly market economic system. Life expectancy in the US fell in 2017, for the third year in a row. Although the US has a high GD...
The Chinese government is concerned about the level of poverty and the need for more resources in low-income regions of the country. As a result, i...
An airline needs people and equipment. These can be divided into factors of production. What is allocated to its correct factor of production?
The diagram shows a production possibility curve (PPC) and a number of output combinations for tea and coffee. [Figure 3.1] Which combinations of t...
What is a disadvantage of a market economy?
Workers are awarded a pay rise but do not increase their productivity. Workers do not buy the product that they produce. How would this change be s...
The diagrams show changes in market conditions. [Figure 6.1] Which diagram shows a shortage at price P?