Economics Past Questions

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Question 11
jamb 2010

One of the functions of commercial banks is

Amaintaining stable price in the economy
Bregulating monetary policies
Cgranting loans to customers
Dissuing bank notes and coins
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Question 12
jamb 2010

By buying treasury bills, the Central Bank of Nigeria intends to

Aincrease money supply in the economy
Breduce the cash reserve ratio for banks
Creduce money supply in the economy
Dincrease the capital base of commercial banks
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Question 13
jamb 2010

The function of money which makes division of labour possible is its

Aunit of account
Bstore of value
Cmedium of exchange
Dstandard of deferred payment
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Question 14
jamb 2010

If MPC is 0.7 while government expenditure increased by N 150m, the equilibrium national income is

AN 214 million
BN 45 million
CN 105 million
DN 500 million
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Question 15
jamb 2010

A decrease in aggregate spending in an economy will ultimately lead to

Aboom
Binflation
Cdeflation
Drecession
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Question 16
jamb 2010

In national income accounting, tax is determined by the

Alevel of income
Blevel of consumption
Clevel of investment
Drate of savings
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Question 17
jamb 2010

An agreement among firms on price and segmentation is termed

Acartel
Bcollusion
Chaggling
Dspecialization
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Question 18
jamb 2010

The demand curve for factors of production

Ais perfect elastic
Bslopes upwards
Cslopes of downwards
Dis perfectly inelastic
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Question 19
jamb 2010

One of the characteristics of monopolistic competition is that

Athere is mobility of factors of production
Bno single seller dominates the market
Cthe firms are price-takers
Dconsumers have perfect knowledge of price
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Question 20
jamb 2010

An industry's supply curve is more likely to be elastic when firms are

Aenjoying free entry and exit
Boperating at full capacity
Coperating below capacity
Dmaximizing profits
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Question 21
jamb 2010

The rising portion of the long-run average cost curve of a firm is an indication that it is experiencing

Aincreasing efficiency
Beconomies of scale
Cdiseconomies of scale
Dincreasing marginal returns
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Question 22
jamb 2010

A firm enjoying economies of scale is said to be

Areducing average cost as production increases
Bbenefiting from the activities of other firms
Cmaximizing profits as production increases
Dhaving an upward-sloping average cost curve
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Question 23
jamb 2010
Average product is less than marginal product when
Athere is constant returns to scale
Bthere is increasing returns to scale
Cthere is decreasing returns to scale
Ddiminishing returns set in
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Question 24
jamb 2010

In order to reduce hardship faced by consumers due to high prices government can introduce

Amaximum prices
Bcommodity boards
Cminimum prices
Dprice control boards
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Question 25
jamb 2010

In perfect competition,price is determined by the

Agovernment
Bsellers
Cbuyers
Dmarket
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Question 26
jamb 2010

If commodity X is a by-product of commodity Y , this implies that both commodities are

Ain competitive supply
Bin composite supply
Cjointly supplied
Din excess supply
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Question 27
jamb 2010

If the coefficient of price elasticity of supply is greater than one, the supply is said to be

Aperfectly elastic
Bfairly inelastic
Cinfinitely inelastic
Dfairly elastic
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Question 28
jamb 2010

A set of factors that can shift the supply curve are changes in

Aweather, price and technology
Btechnology, weather and population
Ctechnology, price and taste
Dpopulation, price and taste
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Question 29
jamb 2010

If a consumer plans to spend 120k on four oranges but spent 80k, his consumer surplus is

AN1.50
BN0.40
CN1.00
DN2.00
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Question 30
jamb 2010

The law of diminishing marginal utility explains why

Athe slope of a normal demand curve is negative
Ban abnormal demand curve slopes upwards
Cthe slope of a normal demand curve is positive
Dthe consumption of inferior goods increases with income
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