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 221: When compared with a labour-intensive industry, a capital-intensive industry employs more? Options:
  A) workers than capital
  B) workers than machinery
  C) raw materials than capital
  D) machinery than workers
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 222: If a country's national income increased from N1000 billion over a period of 2 years, what was the average annual rate of growth of national income over the period? Options:
  A) 5%
  B) 15%
  C) 20%
  D) 100%
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 223:

  One of these is not a way by which government encourage industrialization?

  Options:
  A) Protection of Infant industries
  B) Establishment of Nigeria Enterprises Promotion Decree
  C) Low Productivity and inefficiency
  D) Establishment of higher institutions
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 224:

  A movement along a given demand curve for a good is caused by a change in

  Options:
  A) A consumer income
  B) The price of the good
  C) Taste
  D) The prices of other goods
  E) Population
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 225:

  A positive effect of a rapid population increase is

  Options:
  A) an excessive budget deficit
  B) a reduction in standard of living
  C) a wider market for goods and services
  D) a higher dependency ratio
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 226: Balance of payments of a country explains the overall position of? Options:
  A) current account of the balance of payments
  B) capital account in the balance of payments
  C) both the current and capital acounts
  D) position of the balance of trade
  E) visible and invisible trade
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 227: If CBN reduces money supply, the interest rate will Options:
  A) fluctuate
  B) rise
  C) fall
  D) remain unchanged
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 228:

  Economics problems arise in all societies because

  Options:
  A) resources are mismanaged by leaders
  B) there is no proper planning
  C) resource are not in adequate supply
  D) the services of economists are not employed
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 229: At every point on a indifference curve, the Options:
  A) total utility is decreasing
  B) prices of all goods are constant
  C) consumer is satiated
  D) level of utility is constant
  E) level of utility is increasing
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 230:

  If two commodities are unrelated, a change in the price of one will____________

  Options:
  A) have effect on the quantity demanded of the other
  B) have no effect on the quantity demanded of the other
  C) increase the quantity demanded on the other
  D) decrease the quantity demanded on the other
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  The correct answer is B .