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Question 1491
waec 2000
Which of the following is a measure of central tendency
APercentage
Bgraph
Cvariance
DMedian
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Question 1492
waec 2000
A collective data which has not been processed is referred to as
Adisjointed data
Braw data
Cclass intervals
Dfrequency
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Question 1493
waec 2000
The entire satisfaction that a consumer derived from a successive consumption of a particular commodity is known as
Amarginal utility
Btotal utility
Caverage utility
Ddiminishing utility
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Question 1494
waec 2000
Basic extractive activities are classified as
Amanufacturing production
Btertiary production
Csecondary production
Dprimary production
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Question 1495
waec 2000
economy problems arises mainly as a result of
Ainaccurate statistical data in West Africa
Bexcessive wastage of available resources
Clack of foresight on the part of resource users
Dlimitation in the availability of resouces
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Question 1496
waec 2000
Scarcity implies that
Agoods cannot be produced efficiently
Bhuman wants are unlimited
Cgoods and services are limited in supply
Dcommodities are evenly distributed within the economy
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Question 1497
jamb 2000
The firm whose sales and total revenue of the commodity as given in the table is
Aa monopolist
Ba monopolistic competitor
Can oligopolist
Da perfect competitor
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Question 1498
jamb 2000
How many student took the examination?
A280
B240
C200
D80
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Question 1499
jamb 2000
If the pass mark was 40. how many students passed the examination?
A100
B120
C160
D200
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Question 1500
jamb 2000
In a price-taking firm, the portion UT above is the firm's
Aaverage revenue curve
BLong-run average cost curve
Cdemand curve
Dsupply curve
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Question 1501
jamb 2000
The marginal product X is
A18
B20
C24
D25
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Question 1502
jamb 2000
The average product Y is
A15.5
B14.6
C12.0
D8.0
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Question 1503
jamb 2000
In the diagram L1L1 and L2L2 are budget lines. 1112 and 1 3 are indifference curves. which points are optimal?
AU and W
BV and W
CU and Z
DY and Z
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Question 1504
jamb 2000
Commodities I and II are
Acompetitive supply
BSubstitute supply
CJoint supply
DDerived supply
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Question 1505
jamb 2000
The supply of commodity II increasing from S 1 S 1 to S 2 S 2
AMoves the price below OP 2
BLeads to a fall in price from OP 1 to OP 2
CIncreases the price from OP 2 to OP 1
DMoves the price to OP 1
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Question 1506
jamb 2000
Being a member of the OPEC, Nigeria is in a favorable position to?
Aexport her crude oil
Bcontrol world crude oil prices
Creap the benefit of a cartel
Dborrow money from members
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Question 1507
jamb 2000
If the United Kingdom buys gold for $60 an ounce and Nigeria buys the same ounce for N500, what will be United Kingdom's exchange rate with Nigeria?
A$0.05 = N1.00
B$0.06 =N1.00
C$0.11 =N1.00
D$0.12 =N1.00
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Question 1508
jamb 2000
A country's import price index by 1995 was 50 and her index of export price was 70. Calculate the terms of trade?
A20%
B71%
C120%
D140%
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Question 1509
jamb 2000
A country exporting mainly primary products and with a high percentage of her labour force in agriculture is said to be?
Adeveloping
Bdeveloped
Cpoor
Dunderdeveloped
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Question 1510
jamb 2000
Public debt is composed of?
Ainternal debts and World Bank loans
Bmoney owed to local and foreign contractors
Cinternal and external debts
Dloans granted by IMF and ADB
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