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 1631:
  

  What is the lowest price the monopolist can charge

  Options:
  A) P2
  B) P1
  C) P3
  D) P4
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1632: Scarcity in economics means that? Options:
  A) human wants are limitless
  B) the economy has very few resources
  C) the economy can scarcely produce anything
  D) resources are limited in relation to wants
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1633:

  Use the information below to answer questions.

  When commodity X sold for N25 per unit, 50 units of commodity Y were purchased. With an increase in the price of commodity X to N50 per unit, the demand for commodity Y fell to 20 units.Determined the cross elasticity of demand?

  Options:
  A) 1.7
  B) 0.6
  C) -0.6
  D) -1.7
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1634: The term 'oil shock' is used to describe a situation in which Options:
  A) the demand for oil exceeds its supply
  B) oil prices have fallen drastically
  C) the demand for oil is equal to ite supply
  D) the supply of oil exceeds its demand
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1635:

  If government in a fiscal year has its revenue receipts less than the expenditure, such country is having

  Options:
  A) balanced budget
  B) deficit budget
  C) favorable budget
  D) surplus budget
  E) unfavorable budget
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1636: In a planned economy, what shall be produced is determined primarily by? Options:
  A) what the consumer wants
  B) government decisions
  C) price mechanism
  D) the pattern of consumer spending
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1637: Under conditions of perfect competition, a firm's supply curve is determined by its? Options:
  A) total cost curve
  B) marginal cost curve
  C) variable cost curve
  D) fixed cost curve
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1638: The major reason for the survival of small shops despite competition from large business enterprises is because of? Options:
  A) the small capital outlay involved
  B) regularity and constant supply of commodities by them
  C) their local srvices and longer hours of operation
  D) their level of managerial competence
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1639: An economic system in wich the decision on what and how to produce is determined by the individual is called Options:
  A) capitalism
  B) communism
  C) Socialism
  D) traditionalism
  E) welfarism
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1640:

  A demand which gives rise to the reverse of the law of demand is__________

  Options:
  A) Derived demand
  B) Joint demand
  C) Abnormal demand
  D) Composite demand
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  The correct answer is C .