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 901: When the import of a commodity is limited to a definite quantity by using a trade control method, this is known as Options:
  A) tariffs
  B) quotas
  C) exchnge control
  D) devaluation
  E) revaluation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 902:

  An example of a vertical combination is the merger of_________

  Options:
  A) a spinning firm and a wearing firm
  B) two meat retailing firms
  C) two very large wholesale textile distributors
  D) three secretarial employment agencies in one town
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 903: The difference between the Gross Domestic Product and the Gross National Product is? Options:
  A) allowance for total depreciation
  B) total interest payments
  C) total tax and interest payments
  D) net income from aboard
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 904: Money market differs from capital market in that it? Options:
  A) deals with short-term loans while capital market deals with long-term funds
  B) deals with money only while capital market deals with capital as well
  C) is limited in scope while capital market is not
  D) uses interest rate while capital does not
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 905: Price control cannot work in Nigeria because Options:
  A) the population is too large
  B) the policemen hate to arrest people
  C) while it is fairly easy to control producers and importing firms, smaller distributors are too many to be controlled
  D) control cannot work under military rule
  E) too many things are produced in the country
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 906: The economic policy of privatization came up as a result of the poor performance of Options:
  A) commercial banks
  B) small-scale businesses
  C) public enterprises
  D) private enterprises
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 907: A school girl who needs a book and mirror, each coasting five naira, decides to purchase the book instead of the mirror since she cannot pay for the two at the same time. Determined the real cost of her book. Options:
  A) The five naira she spent on the book
  B) Five naira real cash value
  C) the mirror
  D) The book
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 908: Under conditions of perfect competition, a firm's supply curve is determined by its? Options:
  A) total cost curve
  B) marginal cost curve
  C) variable cost curve
  D) fixed cost curve
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 909: The modal value of 3, 8, 4, 6, 3, 5, 2, 7, 3 and 5 is Options:
  A) 6
  B) 3
  C) 4
  D) 5
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 910: In a joint stock company, preference shareholders are those who receive? Options:
  A) high dividends when profits are high and little or nothing when profits are low
  B) a fixed rate of individend and have the first claim on the net profits of the company
  C) the remaining profits after all other shareholders have been paid
  D) dividends quarterly when others receive annually
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  The correct answer is B .