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Question 1551
jamb 1999
One of the functions money is that, it helps?
Adetect frauds in matters of exchange
Bpostponed payments without loss of count
Cstore information about the valuation of an item
Drecord information about the valuation of an item
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Question 1552
jamb 1999

If high unemployment goes hand in hand with rising prices, the situation created is?

Ahyperinflation
Bstagflation
Cmoderate inflation
Dgalloping inflation
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Question 1553
jamb 1999
Bills of exchange originates from a?
Acentral bank
Bcommercial bank
Ccommunity bank
Ddevelopment bank
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Question 1554
jamb 1999
People hold money for?
Acharity
Bsafe keeping
Cprofit making
Dspeculative purposes
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Question 1555
jamb 1999
The relationship between the value of money and the price level is?
Adirect
Bunpredictable
Cdiverse
Dinverse
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Question 1556
jamb 1999
Inflation which is caused mainly increases in the prices of factors of production is described as?
Acost-push inflation
Bdemand-pull inflation
Ccrawling inflation
Dspiral inflation
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Question 1557
jamb 1999
Non-bank financial intermediaries do not?
Aprovide credit facilities
Baccept deposits
Caccept demand deposits
Dsell shares
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Question 1558
jamb 1999
One of the major problems of product distribution in most developing countries is?
Alack of storage facilities
Blarge number of middlemen
Cinadequate manpower
Dinadequate means of transportation
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Question 1559
jamb 1999
The value of the multiplier depends on?
AMPC and level of income
Blevel of personal income
Clevel of personal savings
Dgovernment policy and MPC
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Question 1560
jamb 1999
National income at factor cost means national income at?
Acurrent prices
Bnominal prices
Clast year prices
Dbase year prices
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Question 1561
jamb 1999
When a worker earns more than the wage just sufficient to keep him in his job, the excess income is called?
Aan opportunity cost
Ban economic rent
Ctransfer earnings
Dsurplus value
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Question 1562
jamb 1999
Optimum population is defined as the level of population at which?
Aper capital output is maximized
Bpopulation is neither increasing nor decreasing
Ctotal national income is maximized
Dmarginal efficiency of population is maximized
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Question 1563
jamb 1999

An entrepreneur will continue to employ labour up to a point where?

Acosts are minimized
Bmaximized efficiency is attained
Cwages are equal to marginal product of labour
Dmarginal product of labour is equal to zero
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Question 1564
jamb 1999
Import substitution industrialization refers to?
Athe concentration of industries for even regional development
Bsetting up of industries for even development
Ca situation in which local industries are set up to produce goods formerly imported
Dthe banning of imports which are subtitutes for domestically produce goods
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Question 1565
jamb 1999
Concentrating industries in one place is advantageous because there are gains in terms of?
Aexternal economies
Binternal economies
Ceconomies of scale
Dcost economies
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Question 1566
jamb 1999
The first petroleum exploring company to discover crude petroleum in Nigeria was?
AMobil
BTexaco
CAgip
DShell-BP
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Question 1567
jamb 1999
The primary objective of establishing the Export Process Zone is to?
Afacilitate agricultural production
Bencourage the production and processing of export commodities
Cerect imported raw materials
Derect economic structures near the port
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Question 1568
jamb 1999
The major problem of cooperative societies in Nigeria is that?
Athey often lack cohersion and continuity
Btheir liability is unlimited to members
Cvoting is by proxy
Dtheir management style is poor
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Question 1569
jamb 1999
The land tenure system in Nigeria impedes agricultural production because?
Aland fragmentation makes possible easy access to land ownership
Bit discourages specialization of factors of production
Cit limits opportunity for mass production of agricultral goods
Dsmall land holders generally do not get enough fertilizer to use
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Question 1570
jamb 1999
A major obstacle to rapid agricultural development in Nigeria is the?
Aineffective use of crude implements
Binability of farmers to adopt modern technology
Cintroduction of the Green Revolution programme
Ddeclining population growth rate
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