plumiMaking choices: AQA GCSE Economics questions
AQA GCSE Economics past-paper questions on 3.1.1.3 Making choices, 2020–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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All 7 questions on Making choices, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q2 (1 mark): Which of the following represents the basic economic problem? [1 mark]
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q3 (1 mark): Opportunity cost is defined as [1 mark]
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q12 (2 marks): 1 2 Explain one reason why an individual consumer may have to make an economic choice. [2 marks]
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q17 (2 marks): 1 7 Explain one opportunity cost a firm might face when making a decision about whether to buy a new machine. [2 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q17 (2 marks): 1 7 Explain why individuals must make economic choices. [2 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q6 (1 mark): Which of the following would be an opportunity cost of the owner of a factory buying a new machine? [1 mark]
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q12 (2 marks): 1 2 Explain what is meant by the basic economic problem. [2 marks]
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