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 551:

  

  In the diagram above, the consumer attains equilibrium at point

  Options:
  A) G
  B) H
  C) J
  D) K
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 552:

  The sufficient condition for a firm to be in equilibrium is that the

  Options:
  A) firm must show that it is profitable
  B) marginal cost must be equal to average revenue
  C) marginal revenue curve is above the average revenue curve
  D) marginal cost curve cuts the marginal revenue curve from below
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 553:

  When a member's currency is declared "scarce", it is the duty of the IMF to______

  Options:
  A) suspend the member state indefinitely
  B) ban all exports from that state
  C) suspend dealings in that currency for one year
  D) ration it among the countries demanding it
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 554: A firm faces diminishing returns when its? Options:
  A) total output diminishes
  B) average output diminishes
  C) marginal output diminishes
  D) marginal revenue diminishes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 555:

  John an apprentice, engineer and amateur trumpet player, was earning ₦30 per week before accepting Full-time employment in a top orchestra, for which he now receives ₦150 per week. ₦120 of his current weekly earnings can be described as________

  Options:
  A) marginal physical productivity
  B) marginal income productivity
  C) consumer's surplus
  D) economic rent
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 556:

  A major disadvantage of a capitalist economy is that it

  Options:
  A) leads to low production of goods and services
  B) requires large number of officials to operate
  C) considers individual consumers' satisfaction
  D) worsens income inequality among the citizens
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 557:

  All of the following describes conditions necessary for existence of a perfect market EXCEPT

  Options:
  A) lack of homogeneity of goods
  B) perfect knowledge
  C) large buyers and sellers
  D) portability of goods
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 558: Which of the following best describes the concept of opportunity cost? Options:
  A) a special bargain or scale at below market price
  B) Cost of input tends to go up as we use more of them
  C) Goods that are not produced in order to produce more of another good
  D) A cost that constantly decreases
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 559: How can a firm benefit from external economies? Options:
  A) Increasing its expenditure on advertising
  B) Increasing the workforce
  C) Locating in an area in which the industry is already established
  D) Merging with another domestic firm engaged in the same industry
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 560: If a good is an inferior good, then? Options:
  A) it is also necessarily a Giffen good
  B) the quality of the goods demanded varies inversely with its price
  C) its income elasticity of demand is negative
  D) the poor buy the good only out of habit
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  The correct answer is C .