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 2331: 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 2332:

  Market Schedules for Milk:

  Price per tin	Quantity demanded (tins)	Quantity supplied (tins)
  8k	25,000	7,500
  10k	23,000	9,000
  13k	20,000	11,500
  15k	18,000	13,000
  18k	15,000	15,000
  20k	13,000	17,500
  23k	10,000	21,000
  25k	8,000	24,000

  From the market demand and supply schedules for milk, we can say that equilibrium price and quantity are

  Options:
  A) 15k, 13,000
  B) 20k, 17,500
  C) 13k, 20,000
  D) 18k, 18,000
  E) 18k, 15,000
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2333: In a free market economy, the rationing of scarce goods is done principally by Options:
  A) the government
  B) business organizations
  C) the price mechanism
  D) consumers
  E) both A and B
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2334:

  

  At what level of input has diminishing marginal returns set in?

  Options:
  A) 3
  B) 16
  C) 20
  D) 22
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2335:

  An upward movement along the same supply curve result in_____________

  Options:
  A) a decrease in price
  B) an increase
  C) an increase in quantity supplied
  D) a decrease In quantity supplied
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2336:

  Which of the following shows why individual demand curve for a good usually slopes downward from left to right?

  Options:
  A) More of commodities are offered for sale at a lower than higher prices
  B) Marginal utility falls as consumption increases
  C) The higher the price, the higher the quantity offered for sale
  D) Prices are usually falling when demand is low
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2337:

  A contractionary monetary policy is used to control__________

  Options:
  A) Deflation
  B) Inflation
  C) Recession
  D) Balance of Payment deficit
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2338: If the demand for a good is more elastic than its supply, the tax burden is borne Options:
  A) equally by consumers and producers
  B) more by producers
  C) more by consumers
  D) more by retailers and producers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2339: The demand for factors of production is an example of? Options:
  A) joint demand
  B) competitive demand
  C) derived demand
  D) composite demand
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2340: The rate at which money changes hands is known as the? Options:
  A) rate of inflation
  B) velocity of transactions
  C) velocity of money
  D) velocity of circulation
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  The correct answer is D .