Economics Past Questions

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Question 21
jamb 1997
A good is said to be inferior if its demand?
Arises as it price rises
Bfalls as it price rises
Crises as it price falls
Dis perfectly inelastic
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Question 22
jamb 1997
The type of cost which has to be covered for a firm to continue production in the short-run is the?
Aoverhead cost
Bfixed cost
Cmarginal cost
Daverage variable cost
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Question 23
jamb 1997
Labour productivity is the ratio of?
Alabour to output
Bman-hours to output
Coutput to man-hours
Daverage product to man-hours
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Question 24
jamb 1997
One of the objectives of Nigeria's current population policy is to?
Areduce the birth rate
Breduce the emmigration rate
Cincrease the birth rate
Denhance longevity
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Question 25
jamb 1997
In a country, if the proportion of people who are below 15 years is 45% and those above 60 years is 30%, this implies that the?
Adependency is ratio high
Bpopulation is optimum
Cactive population is large
Dpopulation is growing according to Malthus theory
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Question 26
jamb 1997
When a country's population is experiencing increase returns, that country is said to be?
Aoverpopulated
Beconomically poor
Cover-producing goods and services
Dunderpopulated
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Question 27
jamb 1997
One of the fundamental differences between a capitalist and a socialist economy is that while?
Athe former is characterized by complete government ownership of resources, the latter characterized by complete private ownership
Bin the former, prices act as signals in the allocation of resources, it is central authority that performs this function in the letter
Ctaxes are levied in a capitalist economy, there is no taxation in a capitalist economy
Dincome and wealth are equally distributed in the socialist economy, this is not so in a capitalist economy
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Question 28
jamb 1997
One of the features of a free market economy is that?
Aresources are directed by the price mechanism
Bworkers do not earn equal wages
Cthe profit motive is serverly constrained
Ddescisions on the economy are taken by bureaucratic structures
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Question 29
jamb 1997
Ike's scale of preference reveals that he prefers bananas to pawpaw, pawpaw to oranges and oranges to bananas. Ike's preferences are therefore?
Ainconsistent
Bconsistent
Ctransitive
Drational
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Question 30
jamb 1997
With a given level of money income, a consumer maximizes satisfaction from the consumption of goods and services when the?
Atotal utility derived from each goods and services is increasing at an increasing rate
Bmarginal utility derived from each good or service is increasing at the same rate
Cmarginal utility derived per naira spent is the same for all the goods and services
Dtotal utility derived from all the goods and services is large
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