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Adam Smith's 1776 book "An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of Wealth of Nations" relates to which discipline's foundation?
ABusiness Communication
BEconomics
CStatistics
DCost Accounting
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Economics
1. Per OCR (Paper 4): "Adam Smith was called Father of Economics. The name of the book written by Adam Smith is An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of Wealth of Nations (1776)."
2. Smith is "Father of Economics".
3. The 1776 publication founded classical economics.
_Source: ICMAI BoS CMA Foundation Paper 4 (FBEM) — Paper4_07042026.pdf, Module 1 §1.1.1_