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 1861:

  

  Use the production possibility curve of a country represented in the diagram above to this questions.An improvement in technology will enable the country to produce at

  Options:
  A) V
  B) W
  C) X
  D) Z
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1862: The act of combining factor inputs in order to obtain specific output is known as Options:
  A) factor procurement
  B) manufacturing
  C) investment
  D) industrialization
  E) production
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1863: which of the following is not true about occupational distribution of the labour force of West Africa? Options:
  A) A large percentage of the labour force is engaged in agriculture
  B) Agriculture is the most important occupation in West Africa
  C) The manufacturing sector employs a large percentage of the population
  D) Agriculture does not constitute an important source of paid employment
  E) The public sector forms an important source of paid employment
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1864: The major reason why countries strive to achieve optimum growth is to Options:
  A) be self-sufficient
  B) raise general living standards
  C) raise the level of production
  D) reduce aggregate expenditure
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1865: In a demand curve, the relationship between price and quantity is? Options:
  A) indeterminate
  B) direct
  C) nil
  D) inverse
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1866: In the circular flow of income model, the outflow variables represent Options:
  A) Income
  B) Expenditure
  C) Injections
  D) Leakages
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1867: Which of the following is NOT a determinant of changes in supply? Options:
  A) Changes in the cost of production
  B) Technical progress
  C) Weather
  D) Changes in the number of producers
  E) Changes in the number buyers
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1868: A greater burden of the taxes on essential goods is borne by the Options:
  A) lower income group
  B) higher income group
  C) contract workers
  D) newly recruited workers
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1869: An increase in government expenditure will lead to? Options:
  A) investment opportunities for foreign investors
  B) an increase in the level of aggregate demand
  C) an increase in total tax revenue
  D) reduction in total tax revenue
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1870: If the price elasticity of demand for a certain commodity is less than unity, then? Options:
  A) an increase in the price of the commodity will raise the total revenue of the producer
  B) an increase in price leaves the total revenue unchanged
  C) a decrease in price raises the total revenue of the supplier
  D) a decrease in price leaves the total revenue constant
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  The correct answer is A .