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 351: If a country operates a freely floating exchange rate system, and suffers a balance of payments deficit can be eliminated through? Options:
  A) a rise in the external value of its currency
  B) a fall in the external value of its currency
  C) an increase in the volume of imports
  D) the consumption of more foreign goods
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 352:

  

  The percentage of working population in 2002 is

  Options:
  A) 50%
  B) 25%
  C) 8%
  D) 80%
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 353: A tax on a commodity whose supply is perfectly inelastic is? Options:
  A) shifted completely on the consumer
  B) completely borne by the supplier
  C) dividend in the ratio 60;40 between the consumer and the supplier
  D) divided half-and-half between the producer and the consumer
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 354:

  

  In the diagram above, profit is maximized at the output level

  Options:
  A) ON
  B) OK
  C) OL
  D) OF
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 355: If the death rate of a country is 52% and the growth rate is 12%, what is the birth rate of the county Options:
  A) 48%
  B) 64%
  C) 40%
  D) 52%
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 356: The quickest way of achieving an economic union on regional basis is to remove all? Options:
  A) currency barriers
  B) language barriers
  C) politcal barriers
  D) customs barriers
  E) legal barriers
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 357: If the price of a ball point pen falls from N1.00 to N0.60 and the quantity demanded increases from 200 to 300, the point elasticity of demand is equal to? Options:
  A) 1.25
  B) 0.80
  C) 0.50
  D) 0.40
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 358:

  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 359:

  Which of the following shows why individual demand curve for a good usually slopes downward from left to right?

  Options:
  A) More of commodities are offered for sale at a lower than higher prices
  B) Marginal utility falls as consumption increases
  C) The higher the price, the higher the quantity offered for sale
  D) Prices are usually falling when demand is low
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 360: To which of the following sectors do services belong? Options:
  A) Primary
  B) Secondary
  C) Tertiary
  D) Construction
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  The correct answer is C .