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 1501:

  If aggregate income is N500.00 and aggregate consumption is N400.00, this means that the average propensity to consume is?

  Options:
  A) 0.20
  B) 0.80
  C) 1.25
  D) 2.00
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1502: Population growth can be calculated as ? Options:
  A) Birth rate + death rate + migration rate + immigration rate
  B) Birth rate – death rate + migration rate -immigration rate
  C) Birth rate + death rate – migration rate + immigration rate
  D) Birth rate – death rate – emigration rate + immigration rate
  E) Birth rate – death rate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1503: The capital market provides business firms with the avenue to Options:
  A) lease capital equipment
  B) obtain long-term funds
  C) obtain short-term funds
  D) purchase capital equipment
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1504: In the event of liquidation of a private limited liability company, the shareholders' liability is limited in their total? Options:
  A) income from all sources
  B) family assets
  C) collateral offered for bank loans
  D) investment inthe company
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1505: Which of the following methods is most likely to lead an economy? Options:
  A) An increase in wages and profits
  B) An increase in consumer demand
  C) A greater fraction of national Product going into investment
  D) A countinuous rise in bank loans
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1506: Economic goods are termed scarce goods when they are? Options:
  A) not available in sufficient quantities to satisfy all wants for them
  B) not produced in sufficient quantities to satisfy the effefctive demand for them
  C) of high quality
  D) of primary importance in satisfying the needs of a society
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1507: When the demand for a good increases owing to an increase in income, it means that Options:
  A) there is an increase in quantity demanded
  B) inflation has taken place
  C) demand has exceeded supply
  D) there is an increase in demand
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1508: When a consumer is at equilibrium, the MRS_xy is equal to the Options:
  A) sum of the prices
  B) product of the two prices
  C) ratio of the two prices
  D) difference of the two prices
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1509: The minimum amount which banks are required to deposit with the central bank is determined by the Options:
  A) liquidity ratio
  B) cash reserve ratio
  C) minimum lending rate
  D) aggregate credit ceiling
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1510: The type of inflation that emanates from excess demand overs supply is___________? Options:
  A) Galloping inflation
  B) Imported inflation
  C) Demand-pull inflation
  D) Cost-push inflation
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  The correct answer is C .