Commerce Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Commerce is a structured system for exchanging goods between buyers and sellers. It involves studying the processes and activities related to buying and selling goods and services, particularly on a large scale.

• Question 1:

  The quality of money which makes it possible to buy goods in small quantities is

  Options:
  A) portability
  B) homogeneity
  C) divisibility
  D) durability
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: The internet is a system of telecommunication used for Options:
  A) Sending electronic message
  B) Communicating messages through telegrams
  C) Communicating long-distance
  D) Sending and renewing text message
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3: A pro forma invoice is NOT required when Options:
  A) quoting for the supply of goods
  B) goods are sent on approval
  C) dealing regularly with a customer
  D) final prices are uncertain
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4: Foreign trade also involves? Options:
  A) providing services for other countries
  B) specialization and the exchange of goods in a country
  C) buying and selling within a country
  D) the exchange of goods and services between firms
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 5:

  $\begin{array}{cccc}\text{Name}& \text{Insure amount}& \text{Actual value}& \text{Actual loss}\\ \text{Mr A}& 30,000& 100,000& 40,000\\ \text{Mr B}& 40,000& 120,000& 50,000\\ \text{Mr C}& 50,000& 15,000& 70,000\end{array}$

  If Mr A takes a fire insurance policy with average clause, his compensation will be

  Options:
  A) N15,000
  B) N20,000
  C) N12,000
  D) N25, 000
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 6: In CIF contracts, risk passes at the time of shipment but the property does not pass until? Options:
  A) there is physical transfer of goods
  B) the shipping manifest are signed
  C) the shipping documents are transferred
  D) the goods on board are delivered
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7: Public debt management is one of the functions of a? Options:
  A) merchant bank
  B) central bank
  C) commercial bank
  D) development bank
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8: Which of the following is a characteristic of a bearer cheque Options:
  A) it is made with transverse lines
  B) it is made payable to whoever presents it
  C) it is made without transverse lines
  D) it is only payable into the payees account
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9:

  The law by which a seller transfers the property in goods to a buyer at an agreed price is the

  Options:
  A) Weights and Measure Act
  B) Trade Description Act
  C) Sale of Goods Act
  D) Foods and Drugs Act
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10: The making of doors from timber planks is a type of? Options:
  A) manufacturing
  B) tertiary production
  C) secondary produuction
  D) primary production
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  The correct answer is C .