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

Economics is the study of how societies allocate limited resources to meet the unlimited needs and wants of individuals. It focuses on the production of goods and services, economic growth, and various complex issues that are important to society.

• Question 1001: The median of an odd-numbered set of scores is the Options:
  A) Middle value in the set
  B) Highest value in the set
  C) Arithmetic means of the set
  D) Most frequent occuring score
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1002: Fixing price above equilibrium will cause Options:
  A) demand and supply to remain constant
  B) an increase in quantity supplied
  C) an increase in supply
  D) a decrease in quantity supplied
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1003: Demand for a commodity by a consumer is the quantity of that commodity that the consumer Options:
  A) demands at a given price at a point in time
  B) demand at a given price
  C) actually digests
  D) produces, given its price
  E) can store away during bnad weather
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1004: The invisible hand promotes the interests of Options:
  A) consumers
  B) society
  C) government
  D) producers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1005: Which Of the following is NOT an obstacle to economic development? Options:
  A) Low level of investment
  B) lack of modern technology
  C) High rate of population growth
  D) Low productivity
  E) Dedicated leadership
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1006:

  If government in a fiscal year has its revenue receipts less than the expenditure, such country is having

  Options:
  A) balanced budget
  B) deficit budget
  C) favorable budget
  D) surplus budget
  E) unfavorable budget
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1007:

  The act of cultivating land and rearing of animal for man's use is

  Options:
  A) agriculture
  B) mono culture
  C) forestry
  D) aqua-science
  E) horticulture
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1008: A change in supply is best described as a? Options:
  A) movement along the supply curve
  B) shift of the supply curve to the left or to the right
  C) shift of the supply curve to the left
  D) shift of the supply curve to the left
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1009: At the point where total utility begins to decline MU is Options:
  A) constant
  B) decreasing
  C) increasing
  D) negative
  E) zero
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1010: Product differentiation in monopolistic competition implies that Options:
  A) different buyers pay different prices for the same product
  B) different products are sold to the same buyer
  C) sellers determine whom to sell their products to
  D) the same product is available in different forms
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  The correct answer is D .