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 1921: Which is the most liquid of the following financial assets held by an individual? Options:
  A) Outstanding balance on the current account of a commercial bank
  B) A credit balance on a savings account
  C) A crossed postal order
  D) An insurance policy
  E) All of the above
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1922:

  One of the fundamental economic problem of every society is

  Options:
  A) allocation of scarce resource
  B) availability of market
  C) consumption pattern of inhabitant
  D) presence of middle man
  E) inadequate labour force
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1923: Economic is often described as a science because? Options:
  A) laboratory experiments are performed
  B) it makes use of controlled experiments
  C) it uses scientific methods to explain observed phenomena and predict future events
  D) it makes use of field work
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1924: In which of the following economic systems do we have the means of production and exchange controlled by private individuals Options:
  A) socialist system
  B) mixed system
  C) capitalist system
  D) traditional system
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1925: The cost elasticity of supply is a useful instrument for measuring Options:
  A) profit
  B) productivity
  C) national income
  D) price index
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1926: The study of broad economic aggregates is Options:
  A) Macro economics
  B) deductive method of economic analysis
  C) micro economics
  D) Inductive method of economics analysis
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1927: If the reserve requirement for commercial banking in Nigeria were 30%, a commercial bank which receives an initial cash deposit of N3000 is in a position to lend out? Options:
  A) N9,000
  B) N3,330
  C) N2,770
  D) N2,100
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1928:

  

  In the diagram above what happens when the minimum wage is fixed at OW?

  Options:
  A) Unemployment is reduced
  B) Unemployment results
  C) The demand schedule will shift
  D) the supply schedule will become steeper
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1929: A normal supply curve is usually positively sloped because the relationship between Options:
  A) price and supply is positive
  B) demand and price is positive
  C) supply and price is negative
  D) price and demand is negative
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1930: If the standard deviation of a given data is 8.2, find its variance Options:
  A) 4.1
  B) 67.2
  C) 82.0
  D) 91.8
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  The correct answer is B .