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: The role of the Central Bank in the economic development of Nigeria is to Options:
  A) give short-and medium-term loans to the public
  B) give financial and technical advice to customers
  C) use cheques and bankdrafts to faciliate business transactions
  D) maintain a stable price system
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 572: A major function of middlemen in Nigeria is the distribution of? Options:
  A) commodities to all consumers regardless of income
  B) commodities to consuming centres and the collection of money income to producing centres
  C) economic welfare to all
  D) wealth to all
  E) poverty within the society
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 573: When a consumer is at equilibrium, the MRS_xy is equal to the Options:
  A) sum of the prices
  B) product of the two prices
  C) ratio of the two prices
  D) difference of the two prices
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 574:
  

  The diagram above represent

  Options:
  A) structural unemployment
  B) cyclical unemployment
  C) volunatary unempployment
  D) frictional unemployment
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 575:

  A market is in disequilibrium if

  Options:
  A) the quantity purchased is greater than quantity sold
  B) the quantity sold differs from the quantity purchased
  C) at a lower price, a large quantity is sold
  D) the quantity demanded differs from the quantity supplied
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 576: In which of the following economic systems do we have the means of production and exchange controlled by private individuals Options:
  A) socialist system
  B) mixed system
  C) capitalist system
  D) traditional system
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 577: The Lagos clearing house is Options:
  A) a commodity market
  B) an import licensing centre
  C) another name for the Lagos stock exchange
  D) an insurance and underwriting centre
  E) a cheque sorting centre
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 578: An account from which allocations are made to the three tier of government in Nigeria is called the? Options:
  A) National Income Account
  B) Public Sector
  C) Federation account
  D) National Revenue Mobilization Account
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 579: The major source of Nigeria's foreign exchange is the export of? Options:
  A) skilled manpower
  B) palm kernel and cocoa
  C) crude oil
  D) groundnuts and cotton
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 580: Under the Nigerian Structural Adjustment Programme, the marketing of agricultural commodities in Nigeria has been placed under? Options:
  A) the marketing boards
  B) the commodity boards
  C) the river-basin authorities
  D) private investors and individuals
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  The correct answer is D .