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 3011:

  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 3012: Development plans fail in Nigeria mainly because of Options:
  A) Corruption and political instability
  B) Over-dependence on foreign aid
  C) High cost of plan implementation
  D) Shortage of personnel
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3013: In a firm, three employees earns N5,500 each, four earn N3,300 each, two earns N5,000 each and one earn N7,000. The mean income of the employees is? Options:
  A) N5,200
  B) N 4,760
  C) N4,670
  D) N2,080
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3014: The Industrial strategy of producing locally those goods that could have been imported is known as Options:
  A) balance growth
  B) export promotion
  C) import substitution
  D) Industrialization
  E) urbanization
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3015: If a commodity has many substitutes, it is most likely that? Options:
  A) the demand curve is fairly inelastic
  B) the demand curve is fairly elastic
  C) the demand curve is paraell to the quantity axis
  D) the demand curve is positively sloped
  E) the price of the commodity is too high
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3016: The main reason for charging interest is to? Options:
  A) reward enterpreneurial effort
  B) redistribute profits
  C) reward investors for present use of profits
  D) mobilize more funds for development
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3017:

  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 3018:

  

  To move from point M to K, the consumer has to increase the

  Options:
  A) consumption of X and reduce the consumption of Y
  B) expenditure on Y
  C) expenditure on X
  D) consumption of Y and reduce the consumption of X
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3019: In modern economies, the Malthusian theory of population is ineffective because of Options:
  A) birth control measures
  B) technical progress
  C) government policies
  D) natural disasters
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3020: The distinction between onshore and offshore operations in oil exploration lies in the Options:
  A) location of sites
  B) output generated
  C) size of production
  D) techniques of production
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  The correct answer is A .