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 1451: An increase in the price of a commodity will result in Options:
  A) a decrease in the quantity demanded
  B) an increase in demand
  C) an increase in quantity demanded
  D) a decrease in demand
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1452: Production is said to be completed when? Options:
  A) goods and services reach the consumers
  B) prices of goods and services are determined
  C) goods are sold to the wholesaler
  D) goods are packaged
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1453:

  Which of these is NOT associated with the problem of internal trade?

  Options:
  A) bargaining
  B) lack of specialization
  C) market trade unions
  D) natural barriers
  E) large number of middlemen
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1454:

  The contribution of petroleum to the economy of nigerian is most prominent in the area of

  Options:
  A) employment generation
  B) fuel provision
  C) infrastructural development
  D) revenue generation
  E) technical know-how
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1455: The decision of whether to use labour or capital intensive techniques in production process is a problem of Options:
  A) for whom to produce
  B) how to produce
  C) resource allocation
  D) what to produce
  E) when to produce
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1456: The situation whereby in a fiscal year a government’s revenue receipt are less than its expenditures is referred to as? Options:
  A) budget deficit
  B) balance budget
  C) budget surplus ‘
  D) budget statement
  E) unfavourable budget.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1457:

  

  Which of the following statements must hold if price discrimination is to be possible?

  Options:
  A) Elasticities in the various markets must not differ
  B) The seller must recognise the possibility of resale
  C) The market must not be separated but integrated
  D) The markets should be seperable and there should be no resale.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1458:

  In the short-run, the monopoly makes_______

  Options:
  A) Normal profit
  B) Abnormal Profit
  C) Loss
  D) Sales
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1459: 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 1460: The sharp increase in the prices of most goods and services during the last quarter of 1994 in Nigeria were mainly due to? Options:
  A) ban on importation of foreign goods
  B) population upsurge
  C) the introduction of value-added tax
  D) increase in transport costs
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  The correct answer is C .