Economics Past Questions

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Question 11
jamb 2022

The largest component of national income in developing countries consist of

Aprofit
Bprofit and rent
Crent
Dwages and salaries
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Question 12
jamb 2022

Local firms can help in reducing unemployment in a country when

Aland acquisition becomes centralized
Bimports of substitutes are reduced
Cwaste in the firm is eliminated
Dsubsidies to firms are decreased
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Question 13
jamb 2022

Which of the following factors is not a reason for farmers' unstable incomes?

Adependence on too many crops
Bpoor storage facilities
Cadverse weather conditions
Drecession in the world economy
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Question 14
jamb 2022

Positive check as envisaged by Thomas Malthus can be prevented if

Adeath rate is reduced
Bmoral restraint abolished
Cmore hospitals are built
Dthere is natural calamities
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Question 15
jamb 2022

If workers at the school canteen cannot sell during the holidays, this is example of

Astructural unemployment
Bfrictional unemployment
Cseasonal unemployment
Dresidual unemployment
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Question 16
jamb 2022

Wholesalers play an important in the distribution of goods and services because they

Aare located very close to consumers
Bfinance both producers and retailers
Cpass information on from retailers to consumers
Dsell in small units to consumers
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Question 17
jamb 2022

In the event of bankruptcy, owners of joint-stock companies lose

Atheir private properties
Bboth company and private assets
Conly the capital invested
Donly their dividends
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Question 18
jamb 2022

In the long-run, a firm must shut down if its average revenue is

Agreater than average cost
Bless than average variable cost
Cequal to the minimum average revenue is
Dequal to the average cost
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Question 19
jamb 2022

A firm's average cost decreases in the long-run because of

Aincreasing returns to scale
Bdiminishing average returns
Cdecreasing marginal returns
Ddecreasing average fixed cost
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Question 20
jamb 2022

A price floor is usually fixed

Aat the equilibrium and causes no shortage
Babove the equilibrium and causes shortage
Cbelow the equilibrium and causes surpluses
Dabove the equilibrium and causes surpluses
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Question 21
jamb 2022

If the marginal utility of commodity is equal to its price, then

Athe consumer is in equilibrium
Bmore of the commodity can be consumed
Ctotal utility is also equal to its price
Dthe market is not in equilibrium
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Question 22
jamb 2022

A supply curve parallel to the X-axis indicates

Afairly elastic supply
Binfinitely elastic supply
Cfairly inelastic supply
Dperfectly inelastic supply
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Question 23
jamb 2022

Palm oil and palm kernel are in

Ajoint supply
Bcompetitive demand
Ccompetitive supply
Dcomplementary demand
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Question 24
jamb 2022

An exceptional demand curve can result from

Aincrease in price of raw materials
Bincrease in the size of the population
Cexpectation of future price increase
Dchange in taste of consumer
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Question 25
jamb 2022

If the price of commodity X rises and consumers shift to commodity Y, then commodities X and Y are

Asubstitutes
Bcomplements
Cinferior goods
Dbought together
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Question 26
jamb 2022

A downward sloping demand curve means that

Atotal revenue declines as price is lowered
Bdemand falls as output increases
Cdemand falls as output falls
Dprice must be lowered to sell more
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Question 27
jamb 2022

In a pie chart, the population of a city is represented by 45. If the country has a population of 10 million people, then the city's population is?

A0.0045 million
B4.5 million
C1.25 million
D16 million
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Question 28
jamb 2022

Producers operating in a free market economy are more efficient as a result of

Athe existence of competition
Bthe very few number of participants
Cthe commitment of the shareholders
Dgovernment regulation of their activities
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Question 29
jamb 2022

Which of the following is not emphasized in a product possibility curve?

AScarcity of resources
BEconomic development
CInefficiency in the use of resources
DUnemployment of labour
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Question 30
jamb 2022

Economics problems arise in all societies because

Aresources are mismanaged by leaders
Bthere is no proper planning
Cresource are not in adequate supply
Dthe services of economists are not employed
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