Economics Past Questions

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Question 21
jamb 2014

Price mechanism determines the prices of commodities through

Aauctioning
Bmarket forces
Cthe sales of treasury bills
Dgovernment legislation
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Question 22
jamb 2014

When price is set below equilibrium, this will lead to

Aan increase in the quantity supplied
Ba new equilibrium
Ca decrease in the quantity supplied
Da fall in price
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Question 23
jamb 2014

Given the supply function P = \(\frac{1}{4}\)(Qs+10) when P = N10, what is Qs?

A20
B1.5
C5.0
D30
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Question 24
jamb 2014

A rightward shift of the budget line is caused by a

Afall in consumer income
Bchange in consumer taste
Cfall in the commodity relative price
Drise in the consumer income
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Question 25
jamb 2014

If a 10% rise in price causes a 5% decrease in the quantity demanded of a commodity, the elasticity of demand is

Aunitary elastic
Bzero elastic
Celastic
Dinelastic
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Question 26
jamb 2014

A change in demand for a normal goods implies that, there is a

Achange in the quantity demanded as price changes
Bshift in the demand curve
Cmovement along a given demand curve
Dchange in the price elasticity of demand
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Question 27
jamb 2014

The best measure of dispersion to determine the tallest tree in a forest is

Arange
Bvariance
Cstandard deviation
Dmean deviation
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Question 28
jamb 2014

In capitalist economies, questions about what to produce are ultimately answered by

Aincome level of households
Bavailable technical skills in the economy
Coutput decisions of firms
Dholding decision of households
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Question 29
jamb 2014

The choice of how to produce in a command economy is determined by

Agovernment
Bconsumer
Cindustrialists
Dlabour unions
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