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 501:

  Given:
  Opening stock: ₦40 000
  Purchases: ₦115 000
  Closing stock: ₦60 000
  Sales: ₦250 000

  What is the cost of goods sold?

  Options:
  A) ₦155 000
  B) ₦95 000
  C) ₦50 000
  D) ₦30 000
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 502: The major objective of corporate mergers is to Options:
  A) minimize the effects of taxation
  B) increase financial advantage
  C) faclitate profit maximization
  D) enhance economies of scale
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 503: The assembling of products into usable forms is known as? Options:
  A) construction
  B) manufacturing
  C) formation
  D) creation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 504:

  The board of directors of public enterprise is appointed by who?

  Options:
  A) Employees
  B) management
  C) government
  D) shareholders
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 505: Balance of payment problems arise if a country's? Options:
  A) exports is more than imports
  B) imports is more than exports
  C) currency devaluation
  D) invisible exports is more than visible exports
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 506:

  A medium for intra-departmental communication is all except

  Options:
  A) intercom
  B) notice board
  C) radiophone
  D) circular
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 507: The instrument establishing the Economic Community of West African State in 1975 is Options:
  A) a decree
  B) an act
  C) a treaty
  D) constitution
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 508:

  When it becomes necessary to liquidate a company, the first step to be taken is the appointment of a?

  Options:
  A) a receiver
  B) an auditor
  C) an account
  D) a liquidator
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 509: 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 510: The nominal value of a share as specified in the Memorandum of Association and the share certificate is the Options:
  A) discounted value
  B) stock value
  C) face value
  D) par value
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  The correct answer is C .