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 31:

  The quantity of commodity a consumer is willing and able to buy at a particular time is called

  Options:
  A) supply
  B) wish
  C) demand
  D) desire
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 32:

  A market situation with few sellers and many buyers is called

  Options:
  A) monopoly
  B) duopoly
  C) oligopoly
  D) perfect competition
  E) monopsony
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 33: The variance of a given set of numbers is defined as the Options:
  A) absolute value of the standard deviation
  B) square of the standard deviation
  C) square root of the standard deviation
  D) square of the mean deviation
  E) square root of the mean deviation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 34: Comparative cost doctrine of international trade means specialization in production Options:
  A) according to absolute cost advantage
  B) according to absolute cost disadvantage
  C) according to comparative cost disadvantage
  D) according to comparative cost advantage
  E) on the basis of the availability of labour
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 35: If the price of an item changes by 8% and quantity supplied changes from 600 units to 660 units, the price elasticity of supply is Options:
  A) 0.80
  B) 1.25
  C) 2.00
  D) 10.00
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 36: An inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded implies that Options:
  A) the two variables change in opposite directions
  B) the two variables change in the same direction
  C) only one variable changes
  D) the two variables remain unchanged
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 37: What form of market is found in an imperfect competition where there are few buyers and many sellers? Options:
  A) Oligopoly
  B) Monopoly
  C) Duopoly
  D) Oligopsony
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 38: Price discrimination can be described profitably by a monopolist when the elasticity of demand for his product is Options:
  A) elastic in both markets
  B) uniltary elastic in both market
  C) inelastic in both markets
  D) elastic in one market and inelastic in the other
  E) unitary elastic in none of the markets
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 39:

  The main objective of marketing boards is to

  Options:
  A) accumulate revenue for government
  B) educate farmers on pricing of cash crops
  C) stabilize the incomes of cash crop farmers
  D) provide warehousing facilities
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 40: A shift of the demand curve leftward from its original position indicate Options:
  A) an increase in quantity demanded
  B) a decrease in quantity demanded
  C) an expansion of demand
  D) a fall in demand
  E) price effect on demand
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  The correct answer is A .