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 571:

  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 572:

  

   

  The diagram above explains the effect of government's imposition of an indirect tax on a good characterized by zero price elasticity of demand. The total tax revenue is represented by

  Options:
  A) P₁EHP_o
  B) P_oHQ_oO
  C) P₁EQ_oO
  D) P₁ED₁P_o
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 573: ECOWAS secretariat is located in Options:
  A) Abuja, Nigeria
  B) Accra, Ghana
  C) Conakry, Guinea
  D) Freetown, Sierra Leone
  E) Monrovia, Liberia V
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 574: The exports-promotion strategy is aimed at producing Options:
  A) consumer goods originally imported
  B) machinery for industries
  C) more goods for exports
  D) more goods domestic consumption
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 575: Agricultural backward-linkage effect means the establishment of Options:
  A) subsidiary industries to increase the number of industries
  B) main industries to increase output
  C) industries to reduce imports
  D) subsidiary industries to feed the main industry
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 576: The major contribution of OPEC to the Nigerian economy is the Options:
  A) provision of social infrastructures
  B) granting of subsidies on petroleum products
  C) stabilization of oil prices
  D) building of refineries
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 577: The primary motive for an individual engaging in production is to Options:
  A) make profit
  B) satisfy basic human wants
  C) redistribute wealth
  D) put inputs into use
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 578:

  In a country with large population of full-time house wives, national income

  Options:
  A) will be composed of goods produced by women
  B) figures will be grossly over-stated
  C) statistics will be difficult to calculate
  D) figures will be grossly under-estimated
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 579:

  The sector which contribute highly to the economy is___________

  Options:
  A) Primary sector
  B) Secondary sector
  C) Tertiary sector
  D) Education sector
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 580:

  Multiplier can be described as

  Options:
  A) the ratio of change in an endogenous variable to the change spending
  B) the ratio of variables that multiplies autonomous spending plus tax
  C) the ratio of change in output to a change in autonomous spending
  D) the ratio of variables that multiplies autonomous spending
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  The correct answer is A .