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 2411:

  

  The diagramshows the total utility curve. At the point M, marginal utility

  Options:
  A) increases
  B) is unity
  C) diminishes
  D) is zero
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2412:

  Identify one of the following which can NOT be used to close deflationary gap

  Options:
  A) Increased interest rate
  B) Increased money supply
  C) Increase government expenditure
  D) Reduction in taxes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2413: A public liability company is different from a private limited company because i? Options:
  A) is registered with the registrar of companies
  B) is a legal entity
  C) can raise capital of size by way of loans
  D) can sell shares in the stock exchange
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2414:

  When a country's population is experiencing increasing returns, that country is said to be?

  Options:
  A) overpopulated
  B) economically poor
  C) over-producing goods and services
  D) under-populated
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2415: A business formation with a minimum of two and maximum of twenty persons is called Options:
  A) cooperative society
  B) joint stock company
  C) one man business
  D) partnership
  E) public corporation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2416:

  The contribution of petroleum to the economy of nigerian is most prominent in the area of

  Options:
  A) employment generation
  B) fuel provision
  C) infrastructural development
  D) revenue generation
  E) technical know-how
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2417: Which of the following is NOT a type of business ownership? Options:
  A) Debenture holding
  B) private company
  C) Parnership
  D) Joint Stock venture
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2418:

  The contribution of petroleum to the economy of nigerian is most prominent in the area of

  Options:
  A) employment generation
  B) fuel provision
  C) infrastructural development
  D) revenue generation
  E) technical know-how
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2419: The long-run average cost curve touches to the short-run average cost curves at the Options:
  A) minimum points of all short run average cost curves
  B) declining points of all short-run average cost curves
  C) minimum point of only one of the short-run cost curves
  D) rising points of all short-run average cost curves
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2420: Which of the following business units can issue shares? Options:
  A) Partnership
  B) Public limited liability company
  C) Sole proprietorship
  D) Central bank
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  The correct answer is B .