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: The law of variable proportions is also known as Options:
  A) law of demand
  B) law of diminishing returns
  C) law of diminishing marginal utility
  D) law of returns to scale
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1502: Find the total credit that the banking system can create if primary deposit is just N100.00 while the cash ratio is 20% Options:
  A) 700.00
  B) 600.00
  C) 500.00
  D) 400.00
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1503: For an inferior good, a decreased in real income will lead to? Options:
  A) a lower equilibrium price
  B) a change in quantity demanded
  C) an outward shift of the demand curve
  D) an inward shift of the demand curve
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1504: Economics may be defined as? Options:
  A) the study of money and banking
  B) the study of markets and prices
  C) the study of production and distribution
  D) the study of human behaviour in the allocation of scarce resources
  E) the study of the employment of labour, land, and capital
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1505: Upstream oil activities involve the Options:
  A) management of pollution
  B) marketing of refined products
  C) exploration of crude oil
  D) refining of crude oil
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1506: An aging population is a population? Options:
  A) with a high dependency ratio
  B) with many young people
  C) in which the number of old persons is increasing
  D) that is dominated by very old people
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1507:

  The Nigerian indigenization decree process involves

  Options:
  A) 5 phases
  B) 6 phases
  C) 4 phases
  D) 3 phases
  E) 2 phases
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1508:

  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 1509: If the marginal propensity to consume is 0.6 and consumption expenditure changes by N10 million, the equilibrium level of income will change by Options:
  A) N4.0 milion
  B) N25. 0 milion
  C) N2.5 milion
  D) N15.0 milion
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1510:

  A country's budget allocation to various sectors of the economy is shown in the pie chart.

  What is the ratio of expenditure of health to Agriculture?

  Options:
  A) 2:3
  B) 3:4
  C) 4:3
  D) 5:4
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  The correct answer is B .