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 2711:

  The act of cultivating land and rearing of animal for man's use is

  Options:
  A) agriculture
  B) mono culture
  C) forestry
  D) aqua-science
  E) horticulture
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2712: A greater burden of the taxes on essential goods is borne by the Options:
  A) lower income group
  B) higher income group
  C) contract workers
  D) newly recruited workers
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2713:

  The most reliable and acceptable index of economic growth is the__________

  Options:
  A) Wholesale Price Index
  B) Consumer Price Index
  C) National Income
  D) Retailer's Price Index
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2714: Which of the following is inflationary? Options:
  A) An increase in taxation
  B) An increase in savings
  C) A decrease in money supply
  D) An increase in government expenditure
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2715: The situation whereby in a fiscal year a government’s revenue receipt are less than its expenditures is referred to as? Options:
  A) budget deficit
  B) balance budget
  C) budget surplus ‘
  D) budget statement
  E) unfavourable budget.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2716: If goods were free, a rational consumer would consume? Options:
  A) an infinite amount of each good
  B) the amount where marginal utility became zero
  C) the same amount as when each good had a price
  D) the amount where marginal utility was the highest
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2717: The mobility of labour is mainly determined by Options:
  A) the age of workers
  B) government policy
  C) trade unions
  D) wage rate differentials
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2718:

  Which of these is NOT associated with the problem of internal trade?

  Options:
  A) bargaining
  B) lack of specialization
  C) market trade unions
  D) natural barriers
  E) large number of middlemen
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2719: Monetization refers to the ratio of? Options:
  A) total transactions to monetary transactions
  B) monetary assets to total assets
  C) monetary transactions to total transactions
  D) money in circulation to total income
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2720: The study of economic behavior of individual decision-making units (consumers, resources owners and business firms) in a free-enterprise economy is known as? Options:
  A) microeconomics
  B) macroeconomics
  C) production
  D) indifference curve
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  The correct answer is A .