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 1171:

  Transcationary motive implies, holding money

  Options:
  A) for future investment
  B) for day to day expenses
  C) for unforeseen contingencies
  D) to settle previous debts
  E) to buy share in the stock exchange market
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1172: An agreement among firms on price and segmentation is termed Options:
  A) cartel
  B) collusion
  C) haggling
  D) specialization
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1173: To discourage the consumption of harmful commodities, government should tax such commodities if they have Options:
  A) elastic demand
  B) inelastic demand
  C) negative demand
  D) positive demand
  E) unitary demand
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1174:

  Most of the National debts is "dead weight" in the sense that is____

  Options:
  A) bound to increase from year to year
  B) accumulated as the result of past capital investment
  C) the responsibility of the treasury
  D) not covered by any real asset
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1175:

  An economic system in which individual control the productive resources is known as

  Options:
  A) capitalism
  B) communism
  C) freedomism
  D) socialism
  E) welfarism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1176: The commercial banks differ from non-bank financial institutions because they Options:
  A) Accept deposits withdrawable by cheque
  B) Mobilize savings
  C) Invest surplus funds
  D) Contribute to economic development
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1177: If the actual population in a country is less than the optimum population, then? Options:
  A) it is desirable to have a large population
  B) it is necessary to have an improved technology to sustain the population
  C) it is desirable to have a smaller population
  D) the available resources are inadequate to substain the population
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1178: An effect of inflation is that it? Options:
  A) discourages trade by barter
  B) favours debtors at the expense of creditors
  C) increases the real income of salary earners
  D) increases the value of a country's exports
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1179: Which of the following is NOT an objective of Economic planning? Options:
  A) Achieving economic self reliance
  B) Achieving economic growth
  C) Creating employment
  D) Equitable allocation of resources
  E) Widening the income gap
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1180: The shape of the long-run average cost curve is best explained by the Options:
  A) law of diminishing returns
  B) law of returns to scale
  C) cost of fixed inputs
  D) cost of variable inputs
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  The correct answer is B .