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 1001: A document which advertise the shares of a company is known as a? Options:
  A) memorandum of satisfaction
  B) dividend warrant
  C) deed
  D) prospectus
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1002: A wholesaler dealer in securities is known as a Options:
  A) stockborker
  B) speculator
  C) jobber
  D) stag
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1003: The existing system of government and the administrative sub-division of a country which affect the operation of business in the country is described as Options:
  A) economic environment
  B) legal environment
  C) polictical environment
  D) social environment
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1004: One of the effects of the devaluation of the Naira is that the Options:
  A) goods that can be imported with the naira have become cheaper
  B) value of other currencies relative to the naira have become cheaper
  C) goods that can be exported from Nigeria have become costlier
  D) imports that can be bought with the naira have become costlier
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1005: Factors considered when setting up a retail business is one of the following _________ Options:
  A) capital, experience and trading
  B) experience, term of trade, and trading
  C) capital, trading and term of trade
  D) capital, type of goods and source of supply
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1006: The right of ownership with respect to goods or property is? Options:
  A) right of occupancy
  B) proxy
  C) tittle
  D) certificate of occupancy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1007: A provision in the charter of a company which gives holders of common stock the first option to purchase additional issues of the firm's common stock is known the? Options:
  A) pre-emptive right
  B) shareholders right
  C) ex-dividend right
  D) over-subscription right
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1008: The document a seller uses in dispatching goods to a customer by a carrier is Options:
  A) a bill of landing
  B) an invoice
  C) an advice note
  D) a delivery note
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1009: Money is generally accepted for transactions due to Options:
  A) the legal backing
  B) the rule of law
  C) its acceptability in the global market
  D) the Central Bank Governor's signature
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1010: The pivot on the wheel of commerce rotates is Options:
  A) tariff
  B) trade
  C) taxation
  D) price
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  The correct answer is B .