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 2621: Cross elasticity of demand can be mathematically expressed as the Options:
  A) $\frac{\text{\% change in quantity of commodity X}}{\text{\% change in quantity of commodity Y}}$
  B) $\frac{\text{\% change in quantity demanded}}{\text{\% change in price}}$
  C) $\frac{\text{\% change in quantity demanded of commodity X}}{\text{\% change in price of commodity Y}}$
  D) $\frac{\text{\% change in quantity demanded}}{\text{\% change in income}}$
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2622: The following are the objectives of economic planning EXCEPT Options:
  A) achieving balanced growth
  B) diversification of the economy
  C) creation of more employment opportunities
  D) equitable allocation of resources
  E) rapid population growth
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2623: Which of the following is NOT a goal of modern budgets? Options:
  A) The control of inflation
  B) The reduction in income inequality
  C) The shift of all resources from the private to the public sector
  D) Economic development
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2624: Since the mid-1980s, the most disturbing development in the industrial sector in Nigeria is? Options:
  A) labour intensity
  B) capital intensity
  C) poor technology
  D) capacity under-utilization
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2625:

  An economic system in which individual control the productive resources is known as

  Options:
  A) capitalism
  B) communism
  C) freedomism
  D) socialism
  E) welfarism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2626: Diminishing marginal utility implies that Options:
  A) total utility decreases as consumption increases
  B) marginal utility increases as consumption increases
  C) marginal utility deceases as consumption increase
  D) marginal utility decreases as consumption decreases
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2627: In the theory of the consumer behavior, a consumer is said to maximize utility when Options:
  A) Marginal utility of a commodity is equal to the price paid for it
  B) Marginal utility of a commodity X is equal to the price of commodity Y
  C) Average utility of a commodity is equal to the price paid for it
  D) Total utility of a commodity is equal to the price paid for it
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2628: Which of the following is NOT a source of government revenue? Options:
  A) Grants, aids and borrowing
  B) Taxes, fees, licenses and fines
  C) Interest, dividends, profits and earnings
  D) personal income, disposable income and transfer earnings
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2629:

  Oligopoly means _________

  Options:
  A) single buyer in the market.
  B) few buyers in the market.
  C) few sellers in the market
  D) many sellers in the market
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2630: A constraint on the expansion of a firm is the Options:
  A) Rate of advertisement
  B) Level of producers income
  C) Tastes of the consumers
  D) Size of the market
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  The correct answer is D .