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CBSE · Class 9 · Social Science

What Building Blocks in Economics :The Problem of Choice covers in CBSE Class 9 Social Science: 4 topics, for the 2026-27 session.

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4 Topics · CBSE Class 9 Social Science · 2026-27

Topics in Building Blocks in Economics :The Problem of Choice

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1. What Economics Deals With

  • Economics comes from the Greek word oikonomia, made from oikos meaning household and nemein meaning management.
  • So, economics refers to household management.
  • The discipline of Economics deals with how choices are made by optimising the use of limited resources to satisfy the needs and wants.
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2. Needs, Wants, and Scarcity

  • Needs are essentials such as food, water, and shelter.
  • Wants are things like gadgets, vacations, and luxury items.
  • Human wants are unlimited and keep changing; for instance, people may want to upgrade from a bicycle to a motorbike and then to a car.
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3. Opportunity Cost and Production Possibility Curve

  • When one alternative is chosen, the other options are given up.
  • The value of what is given up is known as opportunity cost.
  • The opportunity cost of producing sugarcane is the forgone gains from saved water and improved soil health.
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4. Three Key Questions in Economics

  • There are three key questions in economics: what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.
  • What to produce asks which goods and services should be produced and in what quantities.
  • For whom to produce asks who will benefit from the goods and services produced.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Economics and the problem of choice under limited resources and unlimited wants

Needs and wantsLimited resourcesOpportunity costProduction Possibility CurveKey questions in economicsEconomic systemsPlanned economyMarket economy

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Key topics in Building Blocks in Economics :The Problem of Choice include What Economics Deals With, Needs, Wants, and Scarcity, Opportunity Cost and Production Possibility Curve, Three Key Questions in Economics. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 9 exams.
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