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 1691: If the price of an item increases by 8% while the quantity demanded falls from 1500 units to 1492 units, the demand is said to be Options:
  A) perfectly elastic
  B) inelastic
  C) elastic
  D) perfectly inelastic
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1692: Which of the following statements bestdescribes the relationship between average product and marginal products? Options:
  A) Marginal product and average product curves rise and falls together
  B) Marginal product equals average product at the minimum point of the latter
  C) Average product curve will rise as product is greater than average product
  D) Marginal product at the maximum point of the fomer
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1693: Marginal cost is Options:
  A) Lowest cost of producing goods
  B) The cost of production of the most efficient firm in the industry
  C) Cost of production of the most inefficient firm in the industry
  D) The cost of production of the last or extra unit of goods produced by a firm
  E) The cost of production at which the minimum profit is obtained by a firm
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1694:

  

  In the diagram L₁L₁ and L₂L₂ are budget lines. 1₁1₂ and 1 ₃ are indifference curves. which points are optimal?

  Options:
  A) U and W
  B) V and W
  C) U and Z
  D) Y and Z
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1695: The ordinalist approach of utility postulated that utility can be Options:
  A) Rank
  B) Measurable
  C) Rise
  D) Fall
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1696: A glut in the world market for crude oil means? Options:
  A) a fall in crude oil production
  B) an excess supply of crude petroleum
  C) a higher crude oil price offered by the buyer
  D) a higher crude oil price demanded by the seller
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1697:

  A market situation with few sellers and many buyers is called

  Options:
  A) monopoly
  B) duopoly
  C) oligopoly
  D) perfect competition
  E) monopsony
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1698:

  The basic principle underlying location of industry is the tendency for production of a commodity to be located on the basis of______

  Options:
  A) division of labour
  B) employment trends
  C) relative costs and benefits
  D) immobility of skilled labour
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1699: A strategy for curbing unemployment is to Options:
  A) implement government stabilization policy
  B) increase taxes and decrease government expenditure
  C) increase government expenditure and decrease taxes
  D) ensure even distribution of job opportunities
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1700: The system of farming which involves the use of a large hectare of land planted with economic crops is known as Options:
  A) cooperative farming
  B) mechanized farming
  C) peasant farming
  D) plantation farming
  E) tree planting
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  The correct answer is B .