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 51: Which of the following countries is NOT a member of the economic Community of West African States? Options:
  A) Sierra Leone
  B) Sudan
  C) Gambia
  D) Nigeria
  E) Guinea
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 52: If the price of a commodity is fixed below equilibrium, this will lead to Options:
  A) excess demand
  B) a decrease in price
  C) an increase in price
  D) excess supply
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 53: If the income of a consumer rises and his demand for good X falls, good X can be described as Options:
  A) a normal good
  B) an adnoral good
  C) a good with inelastic demand
  D) a good with unitary elastic demand
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 54: Which of the following is true about the value of money? Options:
  A) it varies inversely with the price level
  B) it varies directly with the price level
  C) it depreciates in the period of deflation
  D) it is not affected by the price level
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 55: Gains from trade depends on? Options:
  A) comparative advantage
  B) absolute advantage
  C) distributive cost advantage
  D) absolute cost advantage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 56: To perform its function as a store of wealth and standard for deferred payment, money must be Options:
  A) portable
  B) in attractive form
  C) stable in value
  D) spent more on capital goods than on consumer goods
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 57: Infant industries are Options:
  A) a baby food and a baby clothing factories
  B) those which are introducing new products
  C) cases of arrested development
  D) industries temporarily protected by tariff barriers until mature enough to compete on world markets
  E) industries that are allowed to remain permanent cases of adolescence
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 58: A disadvantage of Nigeria's dependence on imported petroleum products is the Options:
  A) instability in the demand for the products
  B) dominance of multinational firms
  C) instability in the supply of the product
  D) poor maintenance of the refineries
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 59: Efficiency of labour is enhanced by? Options:
  A) Average Total Cost less the sum of Varriable Cost
  B) half the sum of all costs
  C) Total Fixed Cost divided by the the level of output
  D) Total Fixed Cost plus Marginal Cost
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 60: The Gross Domestic Product is defined as the total value of? Options:
  A) all final goods and services produced in a country during the year
  B) all assets of a country in a particular year
  C) exports net of total value of imports
  D) all receipts
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  The correct answer is A .