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 1191: Which of the following is TRUE at the quantity of output where Average Cost (AC) per unit has reached its minimum level? Options:
  A) AVC=FC
  B) MC=AVC
  C) MC=AC
  D) AC=AFC
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1192:

  If commodities X and Y are substitute, their cross elasticity of demand will be

  Options:
  A) One
  B) positive
  C) negative
  D) zero
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1193:

  The rate of output per worker (or group of workers) per unit time is called

  Options:
  A) labour productivity
  B) total output
  C) individual output
  D) workdone
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1194: Frictional unemployment? Options:
  A) is total unemployment minus structural unemployment
  B) occurs when the unemployed are persons with specific training
  C) occurs when the number of job seekers exceeds the number of vacancies
  D) occurs when people are changing jobs
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1195:

  Which of the following is NOT a character of perfect competition?

  Options:
  A) Supply and demand are equal
  B) Products are identical
  C) There is perfect knowledge
  D) There is no advertising
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1196:

  In income determination theory, acceleration principles shows that

  Options:
  A) income is the cause, while investment is the effect investment
  B) income and investment are both causes
  C) income and investment are both effects
  D) incomes is of on effect on investment
  E) investment is the causes, while income is the effects
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1197: The situation whereby the government of a country spends more than its budgets for a given financial year is known as Options:
  A) surplus budget
  B) deficit budget
  C) balanced budget
  D) minus budget
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1198: Macroeconomics is a study of economics science from the point of view of? Options:
  A) resource markets or production units
  B) individual producers or consumers
  C) aggregate or general economy
  D) companies or individual firms
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1199: The downturn in the prices of shares on stock markets is a highlight of Options:
  A) efficient allocation of resources
  B) the invisible hand
  C) the regulatory nature of the market
  D) consumer rationality
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1200: The law of diminishing marginal utility indicates that if a consumer increases his consumption of a commodity continuously, his? Options:
  A) total utility must fall
  B) marginal utility must fall
  C) marginal utility may rise even though his total utility is falling
  D) marginal utility may fall even though his total utility may be rising
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  The correct answer is B .