Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

Economics

Question:

Who answers the three questions i.e. what to produce, how to produce and for whom to produce in a "Socialist" economic system?

Options:

Market forces of demand and supply

Government

Market forces of demand and supply & government 

None of the above

Correct Answer:

Government

Explanation:

In a socialist society the government decides what goods are to be produced in accordance with the needs of society. It is assumed that the government knows what is good for the people of the country and so the desires of individual consumers are not given much importance. The government decides how goods are to be produced and how they should be distributed. Strictly, a socialist society has no private property since everything is owned by the state. In Cuba and China, for example, most of the economic activities are governed by the socialistic principles.