Economics Past Questions

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Question 11
waec 2014

Cyclical unemployment is one associated with

Ainadequate information
Btrade fluctuations
Cstructural changes
Dseasonal changes
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Question 12
waec 2014

Which of the following will increase the nominal value of national income?

AHigh rate of inflation
Bincrease in the value of money
CIncrease in import
DHigh rate of subsistence production
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Question 13
waec 2014

Due to an increase in price, a seller increases the quantity offered for sale from 400 units to 450units. What is the percentage change in quantity supplied?

A1 %
B7.5%
C12.5%
D20%
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Question 14
waec 2014

Money will serve as a standard of deferred payment if it is

Ahomogeneous
Bdurable
Ceasily recognized
Dstable in value
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Question 15
waec 2014

Co-operative societies formed to market the output of their members are called

AConsumers' co-operative societies
Bmarketing co-operative societies
CCredit and thrift co-operative societies
DProducers' co-operative societies
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Question 16
waec 2014

The long - run average cost curve is made up of several short-run

Amarginal and average cost curves
Baverage cost curves
Caverage variable cost curves
Daverage variable and total cost curves
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Question 17
waec 2014

Increase in supply due to changes in plant size will take place only in the

Anormal time
Blong run
Cmarket period
Dshort run
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Question 18
waec 2014

The supply of tea is linearly presented as p = 0 . 2Q, where P is the price and Q is the quantity. What is P when Q = 25?

A$ 0.08
B$ 5.00
C$ 25.02
D$ 125
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Question 19
waec 2014

The rate of increase in utility is

Aaverage utility
Bincreasing utility
Ctotal utility
Dmarginal utility
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Question 20
waec 2014

The profit of a producer is the difference between

Atotal cost and marginal cost
Btotal revenue and total cost
Caverage cost and total cost
Dprice and total cost
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Question 21
waec 2014

If the coefficient of price elasticity of demand is 0.1, demand is

Aelastic
Binelastic
Czero elastic
Dunitary elastic
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Question 22
waec 2014

Goods consumed out of habit have

Aelastic demand
Bperfectly elastic demand
Cinelastic demand
Dunitary elastic demand
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Question 23
waec 2014

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a developing country? High

Areal per capita income
Blevel of primary production
Cpopulation growth rate
Dlevel of illiteracy
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Question 24
waec 2014

Examples of joint stock banks are

Acommercial banks
Bco-operative credit societies
Ccentral banks
Ddevelopment banks
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Question 25
waec 2014

Other things being equal, an increase in supply will lead to

Aa fall in price and an increase in quantity bought and sold
Ban increase in price and increase in quantity bought and sold
Ca fall in price and a fall in quantity bought and sold
Dan increase in quantity supplied and demanded only
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Question 26
waec 2014

Which of the following agencies help to stabilize farmers' income?

ALocal government authorities
BTrade unions
CMarketing boards
DCo-operative organizations
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Question 27
waec 2014

A declining population is one in which the population is

Aexperiencing a high rate of emigration
Bmade up of large number of old people
Cnot producing enough goods
Dnot contributing enough to the national income
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Question 28
waec 2014

The components of a three-sector economy are

Abanks, schools and hospitals
Bworkers, producers and marketers
Chouseholds, firms and the government
Dproducers, retailers and wholesalers
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Question 29
waec 2014

Livestock production in West Africa is hindered mainly by

Ainadequate demand
Buse of traditional implements
Cland tenure system
Dpests and diseases
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Question 30
waec 2014

Disposable income is the income earned

Aby the nationals of a country resident within the country
Bfrom prouctive activities of nationals of a country both at home and abroad
Cwhen personal income tax is deducted from personal income
Dwhen the gross income of an individual is added to person income tax
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