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 2241: Ike's scale of preference reveals that he prefers bananas to pawpaw, pawpaw to oranges and oranges to bananas. Ike's preferences are therefore? Options:
  A) inconsistent
  B) consistent
  C) transitive
  D) rational
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2242: Import duties will increase total expenditure on imports if the demand for imports is? Options:
  A) elastic
  B) inelastic
  C) infinitely elastic
  D) derived
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2243: If a government wants to reduce the level of inflation, it will? Options:
  A) run a budget surplus
  B) run a budget deficit
  C) run a balanced budget
  D) borrow more money
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2244:

  

   

  The diagram above explains the effect of government's imposition of an indirect tax on a good characterized by zero price elasticity of demand. The total tax revenue is represented by

  Options:
  A) P₁EHP_o
  B) P_oHQ_oO
  C) P₁EQ_oO
  D) P₁ED₁P_o
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2245: Economic growth can be accelerated through? Options:
  A) balancing of savings and consumption
  B) postponement of current consumption
  C) planned current consumption
  D) increased current consumption
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2246: One of the probable effects of an increased minimum wage in Nigeria is? Options:
  A) to create volunteer unemployment
  B) to decrease the wage rate
  C) to increase the level of unemployment
  D) to create involuntary unemployment
  E) to increase the demand for labour
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2247: A sustained increase in the production of goods and service in a country is called economic? Options:
  A) development
  B) growth
  C) diversification
  D) planning
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2248: The primary barrier to land reform in developing countries is the? Options:
  A) frequent opposition by the landlords
  B) realization that output levels might fall
  C) fear that peasants will be cut off from credit
  D) general contentment with the present arrangement
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2249:

  

  From the above, calculate the price elasticity of demand

  Options:
  A) 5.0
  B) 2.0
  C) 1.0
  D) 0.5
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2250: If a total cost curve is plotted, marginal cost can be illustrated by the? Options:
  A) slope of the tangent to the curve at any given output
  B) U-shaped curve cutting the total cost curve at its lowest point
  C) straight line from the origin to the mid-point of the curve
  D) straight line cutting the curve at its highest point
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  The correct answer is B .