Economics Past Questions

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Question 1
neco 2003
What is meant by utility?
Aamount of money derived by a manufacture
BA number of things a consumer will enjoy at a time
Camount of satisfaction derive from the consumption of a commodity at a particular time
Damount of satisfaction giving to a producer
Etotal profit producers will get at a particular time
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Question 2
neco 2003
Minimum price control is aimed at
Aincreasing the size of the market
Bminimizing the profit level
Cpunishing the consumers
Dprotecting the consumer
Ereducing the size of the market
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Question 3
neco 2003
Central bank of Nigerian started operation
A1958
B1959
C1960
D1963
E1973
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Question 4
neco 2003

Which of the following is NOT a factor determining supply?

Acost of production
Bclimatic condition or weather
Cincome of the producers
Dnumber of producers
Etechnological development
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Question 5
neco 2003
The central point of the Malthusian theory is that
Aeverybody should become a farmer
Bgovernment should provide enough accommodation and food
Cincreasing population will get enough food
Dpopulation increase in geometric progression while food arithmetic progression
Ewages has nothing to do with cost of living
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Question 6
neco 2003
In the demographic transition theory, stage II represents a stage where
Adeclining birth rates with low death rates lead to little or no population growth
Bhigh birth rate with low death rates lead to no population growth
Cthere is population growth due to high birth rates and low death rates at that stages
Dthere is a slow rate of population growth as a result of high birth rate accompanied by high but slightly fluctuating death rate
Ethere is a very high growth as population as a result of high birth rates accompanied by high but slightly fluctuating death rates
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Question 7
neco 2003
Economic growth is the
Agrowth in a nation’s life expectancy
Bincrease in a nation’s population
Crate of increase in aggregate demand in a country
Drate of increase in a country’s full employment and real output
Erate of increase
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Question 8
neco 2003

Which of these is NOT a basic economic problem of society?

Aefficiency of resource use
Bfor whom to produces
Chow to produce
Dscale of production
Ewhat to produce
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Question 9
neco 2003
Total revenue can be obtained by multiplying
Aprice by quantity sold
Baverages revenue by the demand
Cmarginal revenue by marginal cost
Daverage revenue plus marginal revenue
Eaverage cost by variable cost
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Question 10
neco 2003
For a monopolist, the demand curve is
Ainelastic
Bperfectly elastic
Cperfectly inelastic
Delastic
Eunitary elastic
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Question 11
neco 2003
Of what importance is a wholesaler in the chain of distribution?
Acreation of artificial scarcity
Bbulk breaking
Cformation of trade unionism
Dhoarding of goods
Emaking prompt payment to producers
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Question 12
neco 2003
In a free market economy, wages are determined by
Athe employees
Bthe employers
Ctrade unions
Dinteraction of demand and supply forces
Ethe government
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Question 13
neco 2003

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the absence of an industry in the rural areas?

AAbsence of financial institution
Brestricted market
Cinadequate power and water supply
Dinadequate transportation
Epresence of external economies
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Question 14
neco 2003
The law of variable proportion state that if the quantities of variable factor of production are used with fixed factor, after a certain point,
Aeach successive unit of the variable factor brings about a decreasing marginal product
Beach successive unit of the variable factor bring about equal increase in marginal product
Ceach successive unit of the variable factor bring about an increasing marginal product
Deach successive unit of the variable factor bring about four time increase in marginal product
Eeach successive unit of the variable factor bring about more than equal increase in marginal product
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Question 15
neco 2003
An economic system where both the public and individuals own and control means of production is known as ……… system
Acapitalism
Bcommunist
Cmixed
Dsocialist
Ewelfarist
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Question 16
neco 2003
The first commercial oil well in Nigeria was discovered in
A1938
B1951
C1956
D1958
E1961
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Question 17
neco 2003
The demand for a commodity for the sake of what it will yield is
Acompetitive demand
Bcomposite demand
Ceffective demand
Djoint demand
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Question 18
neco 2003
The most generally accepted definition of economics is
Aan inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
Bthe science of material welfare
Cthe science which studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative use
Dthe science that treats phenomena from the stand point of price
Ethe practical science of production and distribution of wealth
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Question 19
neco 2003
A problem of price control is
Adevelopment of black-market
Bincreased earning and higher profit
Cincrease in employment
Dincrease investment
Eredistribution of income
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Question 20
neco 2003
To finance a deficit balance of payment, a country may decide to
Aborrow from abroad
Bincrease its foreign investment
Cprivatizes its economy
Dreduce domestic consumption
Esecure more factor of production
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