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Question 231
jamb 2022

The curve labelled x is the

Atotal revenue curve
Btotal product curve
Cmarginal product curve
Dmarginal revenue curve
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Question 232
jamb 2022

What type of price elasticity of demand is the diagram above representing?

 

Aperfectly inelastic demand
Bperfectly elastic demand
Cfairly elastic demand
Dcomposite demand
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Question 233
jamb 2022

The pie chart above represents the total population of a school of 1,200. The shaded area of 60º shows the population of the underaged pupils.

What is the population of the matured students?
 

A600
B800
C1000
D1200
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Question 234
jamb 2022

Which of the following forms of economic integration is a member nation free to impose duty against non-members

ACustoms union
Bfree trade area
CCommon market
DEconomic community
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Question 235
jamb 2022

Nation engage in external trade because of difference in

Acomparative cost
Babsolute cost
Cfixed cost
Dvariable cost
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Question 236
jamb 2022

Which of the following activities will not lead to economic growth?

AMassive importation of capital goods
BIntensive capital formation
CUse of modern technology
DMassive importation of consumer goods
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Question 237
jamb 2022

The figure above shows change in demand for commodity x which is a normal good. Use it to answer the questions that follows

Which of the following caused the change in demand from D0 D0 to D2 D2?

AFall in income of consumer
BRise in the price of a substitute
CRise in the price of a complement
DFall in the supply of commodity x
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Question 238
jamb 2022

In order to increase revenue, government should tax commodities for which demand is

Aperfectly price inelastic
Bprice inelastic
Cprice elastic
Dunitary elastic
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Question 239
jamb 2022

What happens when the central bank increases the bank rate in an economy

Aborrowing is discouraged
Bcustomers increase their borrowing
Cbanks can increase their lending
Dmoney supply increases
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Question 240
jamb 2022

The stock exchange is an example of the

Alabour market
Bmoney market
Ccommodity market
Dcapital market
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Question 241
jamb 2022

If a housewife has meat and wants tomatoes, she must find someone who has tomatoes to give and wants meat. This concept is described as

Ascale of preference
Bopportunity cost
Ccomplementary demand
Ddouble coincidence of wants
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Question 242
jamb 2022

Holding money to take care of contingencies is

Aa speculative motive
Ba transactions motive
Ca precautionary motive
Dan expansionary motive
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Question 243
jamb 2022

Demand-pull inflation is likely to be caused by

Aan increase in the cost of factor inputs
Bincrease in the income tax rate
Cincrease in bank lending rate
Dincreasingly large budget deficit
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Question 244
jamb 2022

In a country with large population of full-time house wives, national income

Awill be composed of goods produced by women
Bfigures will be grossly over-stated
Cstatistics will be difficult to calculate
Dfigures will be grossly under-estimated
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Question 245
jamb 2022

A baker bought flour and other ingredients for S250.00, spent S52.00 on distribution, sold the bread for S320.00. The value added by the baker.

A$302.00
B$52.00
C$18.00
D$622.00
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Question 246
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 247
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 248
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 249
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 250
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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