Economics Past Questions

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Question 11
jamb 2020

The relationship between tax rate and income which is relevant to a proportional tax is depicted by?

Acurve Z and Y
Bcurve X
Ccurve Z
Dcurve Y
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Question 12
jamb 2020

The relationship between the tax rate and income which is relevant to progressive tax is shown by?

Acurve X
Bcurve Y
Ccurve Z
Dcurve X and Z
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Question 13
jamb 2020

Which of the following is likely to be inflationary

Ataxes increase
Bincrease in unemployment
Cbudget surplus
Dwages increase
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Question 14
jamb 2020

Which of the following rewards is associated with entrepreneurship

Asalaries
Bprofits
Cinterest
Drent
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Question 15
jamb 2020

The law of diminishing marginal utility indicates that if a consumer increases his consumption of a commodity continously

Atotal utility must fall
Bmarginal utility must fall
Cmarginal utility may rise
Dmarginal utility may fall even though his total utility may be rising
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Question 16
jamb 2020

In economic life, the choice among alternatives depends on the?

Aincome of the decision maker
Bscarcity of resources
Cthe scale of preference of the decision-maker
Dstatus of the decison maker
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Question 17
jamb 2020

Efficiency in production means?

Areducing the size of the work force
Bproducing a given output with the lowest cost of combination of factors of production
Cadoption of capital intensive technology
Dincreasing the quantity of the fixed factors of production
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Question 18
jamb 2020

Collectivism refers to the management of state enterprises in a?

Amixed economy
Bco-operative organizations
Ccapitalist economic system
Dsocialist economy
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Question 19
jamb 2020

The group of unemployed members of a community who are physically handicapped or disable, is generally classified under unemployment as?

Africtional
Bcyclical
Cresidual
Dhidden
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Question 20
jamb 2020

If aggregate income is N500.00 and aggregate consumption is N400.00, this means that the average propensity to consume is?

A0.20
B0.80
C1.25
D2.00
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Question 21
jamb 2020

In order to raise more revenue for a certain period, the government should impose higher taxes on goods whose demand

Aelastic
Binelastic
Cperfectly elastic
Dunitary elastic
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Question 22
jamb 2020

A budget with a projected revenue in excess of its expenditure is said to be?

Abalanced
Bsurplus
Cdeficit
Dinflationary
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Question 23
jamb 2020

What form of market is found in an imperfect competition where there are few buyers and many sellers

Amonopoly
Boligopoly
Cduopoly
Doligopsony
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Question 24
jamb 2020

Which of the following is used by the central bank to control the rate of interest

Abill of exchange
Bbanker's order
Cfixed deposit account
Dopen market operation
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Question 25
jamb 2020

To control inflation, the monetary authorities of a country can

Areduce taxes
Badvise the government to increase its expenditure
Cengage in expansive monetary policies
Dengage in restrictive monetary policies
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Question 26
jamb 2020

The Nigerian bank for commerce and industry is?

Aa commercial bank
Ba development bank
Can industrial bank
Da merchant bank
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Question 27
jamb 2020

A major factor affecting the value of money is the?

Aprice level
Bbanking habits
Ctransaction motive
Ddivisible nature of money
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Question 28
jamb 2020

Which of the following is an example of an invisible item on the balance of payments account

Ashipping and aviation
Bexports and imports
Cmerchandise
DBullion
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Question 29
jamb 2020

Economics is often described as a social science because?

Alaboratory experiments are performed
BIt makes use of controlled experiments
CIt uses scientific methods to explain an observed phenomenon and predict future events
DIt makes use of fieldwork
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Question 30
jamb 2020

Scarcity in economics means?

Ahuman wants are limitless
Bthe economy has very few resources
Cthe economy can scarcely produce anything
Dresources are limited in relation to wants
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