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 2931:

  Which of the following is an advantage of localization of industry?

  Options:
  A) Development of subsidiary firms
  B) creation of parallel market
  C) development of slums
  D) attraction of foreign capital
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2932:

  Which of the following rewards is associated with entrepreneurship

  Options:
  A) salaries
  B) profits
  C) interest
  D) rent
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2933: A continuous increase in national income accompanied by the structural transformation of all indices is called Options:
  A) economic planning
  B) economic growth
  C) economic reforms
  D) economic development
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2934: Of what importance is a wholesaler in the chain of distribution? Options:
  A) creation of artificial scarcity
  B) bulk breaking
  C) formation of trade unionism
  D) hoarding of goods
  E) making prompt payment to producers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2935:

  

  From this diagram, the minimum wage OW will lead to

  Options:
  A) full employment of resources
  B) unemployment
  C) inflation
  D) full employment of factors of production
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2936: The effect of an increase in demand for a commodity accompanied by a decrease in supply will be to? Options:
  A) raise the price of the commodity and affect the quantity in an indeterminate way
  B) decrease the equilibrium quantity and affect the price in an intermediate way
  C) raise its price as well as the equilibrium quantity
  D) lower it price while affecting the equilibrium quantity in an interminate way
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2937: Which of the following is NOT a major function of a Central Bank? Options:
  A) Serving as Goverment''s bank
  B) Serving as bankers bank
  C) Acceptance of deposit from the public
  D) Responsibility for monetary policy
  E) Serving as lender of last resort
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2938: International trade arise because? Options:
  A) one country has more abundant resource
  B) one country has the technology to produce the commodity whilst the other has not
  C) one country has the maximum comparative advantage or minimum comparative disadvantage in the production
  D) one country has manpower to produce the commodity than the country
  E) All of the above
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2939:

  The use of legally permissible means to reduce tax liabilities is known as tax?

  Options:
  A) evasion
  B) avoidance
  C) relief
  D) exemption
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2940: If the cost of production for a firm continues to increase as it output rises, the firm is said to be experiencing? Options:
  A) large-scale production
  B) profit maximization
  C) economies of scale
  D) diseconomies of scale
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  The correct answer is D .