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 2261: The effect of an increase in the personal income tax is to Options:
  A) reduce unemployment
  B) raise the absolute price level
  C) reduce the disposable income
  D) distort the economy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2262: If the price of a bicycle changes from N120 to N80 and quantity bought changes from 300 to 500 units, the elasticity of demand for bicycle is Options:
  A) 66.7
  B) 0.5
  C) 1.5
  D) 2.0
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2263: In the agricultural sector, improved extension services facilitate? Options:
  A) acquistion of techniques
  B) arable crop production
  C) mobility of labour
  D) livestock production
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2264:

  Government uses all of the following ways to redistribute income, except

  Options:
  A) Market intervention
  B) Transfer earnings
  C) Limited liability
  D) Taxation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2265: One of the factors that determine the supply of agricultural produce in Nigeria is Options:
  A) Price of substitutes
  B) Technological development
  C) Consumers choice
  D) Consumers income
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2266: Which of the following is NOT one of the balance of payment entries? Options:
  A) the current account
  B) foreign exchange
  C) Import and Export duties
  D) Short-term capital
  E) Long-term capital
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2267:

  Palm oil and palm kernel are in

  Options:
  A) joint supply
  B) competitive demand
  C) competitive supply
  D) complementary demand
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2268: To calculate the annual natural growth rate of a country's population, one has to know the country's annual birth rate and Options:
  A) the size of that country
  B) the rate of immigration into that country
  C) the population census of that country
  D) the annual death rate
  E) the gross domestic product annual(GDP) of that country
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2269: 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 2270: A capitalist economy is one characterized by the? Options:
  A) private ownership of factors of production
  B) ownership of factors of production by rich members of the society
  C) use of capital and labour in fixed proportions during production
  D) use of capital intensive methods of production
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  The correct answer is A .