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 1851: Short-term loans for investment are usually obtained through the Options:
  A) stock market
  B) development banks
  C) money market
  D) capital market
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1852: Which of the following factors is an important determinant of the magnitude of price elasticity of demand? Options:
  A) The production period
  B) Cost of storage
  C) Durability of the product
  D) Availability of factors of production
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1853: Long-term funds for investment projects are sourced from the Options:
  A) money market
  B) commodity market
  C) foreign exchange market
  D) capital market
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1854: In international trade, shipping and other freight charges are treated as? Options:
  A) invisible items
  B) unilateral transfers
  C) capital transactions
  D) autonomous capital transactions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1855: The most basic concern of economists is to? Options:
  A) create human wants
  B) satisfy all human want
  C) redistribute income so that it is used correctly
  D) create perfect competition
  E) study ways of allocating scarce resources in order to satisfy human wants
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1856: The determinants of elasticity include? Options:
  A) price, time and availability of alternatives
  B) technology and cost of production
  C) time and availability of alternatives
  D) price, time and technology changes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1857:

  Which of the following activities will not lead to economic growth?

  Options:
  A) Massive importation of capital goods
  B) Intensive capital formation
  C) Use of modern technology
  D) Massive importation of consumer goods
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1858:

  

  From the table above, the total utility for the individual who consumes 3 units of commodity X is

  Options:
  A) 50 units
  B) 150 units
  C) 230 units
  D) 250 units
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1859: The short-run average variable cost of a firm will rise owing to Options:
  A) the expansion of factory space
  B) the building of new warehouse
  C) an increase in the cost of labour
  D) an increase in the salaries of directors
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1860: One of the features of a free market economy is that? Options:
  A) resources are directed by the price mechanism
  B) workers do not earn equal wages
  C) the profit motive is serverly constrained
  D) descisions on the economy are taken by bureaucratic structures
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  The correct answer is A .