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Question 31
jamb 1992
Monetization refers to the ratio of?
Atotal transactions to monetary transactions
Bmonetary assets to total assets
Cmonetary transactions to total transactions
Dmoney in circulation to total income
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Question 32
jamb 1992
Which of the following is NOT directly concerned with dealings in treasury bills?
AThe stock exchange
BThe Central bank
CCommercial banks
DDiscount houses
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Question 33
jamb 1992
Because most of her crude oil is exported, the foreign exchange earnings and the forward linkage effects Nigeria realize from her oil production are?
Aboth high
Brespectively high and low
Crespectively low and high
Dboth low
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Question 34
jamb 1992
A significant effect of the growth of the oil sector in Nigeria has been to?
Aincrease the rate of unemployment
Bdiminish the percentage contribution of the agricultural sector to GNP
Cslow down the pace of industrialization
Dretard the rate of economic growth
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Question 35
jamb 1992
The consumer-goods industry is predominant in the industrial sector of the Nigerian economy because of the?
Aavailability of market and most of the raw materials required
Bavailability of the necessary machinery required
Cexperience of Nigerian producers
Drelatively lower cost of production of such goods
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Question 36
jamb 1992
Firms are often set up close to each other in order to take advantage of?
Asupply or skilled labour
Bagglomeration economies
Cinternal economies of scale
Dexternal economies of scale
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Question 37
jamb 1992
The primary barrier to land reform in developing countries is the?
Afrequent opposition by the landlords
Brealization that output levels might fall
Cfear that peasants will be cut off from credit
Dgeneral contentment with the present arrangement
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Question 38
jamb 1992
Under the Nigerian Structural Adjustment Programme, the marketing of agricultural commodities in Nigeria has been placed under?
Athe marketing boards
Bthe commodity boards
Cthe river-basin authorities
Dprivate investors and individuals
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Question 39
jamb 1992
Farmers' income may fall if they produce more cash crops for export because?
Aforeign demand is inelastic
Bthe price of the crops will rise
Cof domestic currency depreciation
Dof export duties
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Question 40
jamb 1992
The type of business finance that entitles the holder to a fixed rate of dividend is?
Aperferred stock
Bcommon stock
Cdebenture
Dbank loan
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Question 41
jamb 1992
The main reason for the current programme of privatization and commercialization of public enterprises in Nigeria is to?
Areduce public expenditure
Bencourage efficiency in the performance of such enterprises
Creduce the number of public enterprises
Draise the prices of goods and services produced by the enterprises
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Question 42
jamb 1992
The main handicap of sole proprietorship is?
Alimited liability
Black of technical know-how
Clow profit margin
Dinadequate capital
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Question 43
jamb 1992
An important function of the retailer is to?
Agrant credit to the wholesaler
Bbreak bulk and sell products in small units
Creduce cost of distribution
Dgenerate demand for products through advertisement
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Question 44
jamb 1992
A firm with marginal cost equals to its marginal revenue will produce the equilibrium output if it is in?
Apure competition only
Bpure monopoly only
Cmonopolistic competition only
Dany type of market
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Question 45
jamb 1992
The demand curve for a normal good will shift to the left if?
Athe incomes of consumers rise
Bthe price of the goods rises
Cthe price of complementary goods rises
Dadvertising expenditure on complementary goods increase
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Question 46
jamb 1992
If demand is relatively inelastic and sellers are able to raise the price of their commodity, then there we be a?
Afall in both quantity of demand and total revenue
Bfall in the quantity demanded and rise in total revenue
Cfall in the quantity demanded and rise in marginal revenue
Drise in both the quantity demanded and the marginal revenue
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Question 47
jamb 1992
The price mechanism is more effective in achieving efficient performance of the economy than the planning mechanism because of the?
Arole of supply and demand
Brole of material incentive
Cexistence of buyers and sellers
Drole of money
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Question 48
jamb 1992
The U-shape of the long run average cost curve can be explained by the?
Alaw of increasing returns
Blaw of constant returns
Claw of diminishing returns
Dconcepts of economies and diseconomies of scale
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Question 49
jamb 1992
The higher the price of capital relative to the price of labour, the more production techniques should be?
Alabour-intensive
Bcapital-intensive
Cfixed
Dtechnology-intensive
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Question 50
jamb 1992
BY definition, variable cost (VC) is related to total costs (TC) and fixed costs (FC) by the equation?
AVC =TC + FC
BVC = TC - FC
CVC = TC/FC
DVC = (TC)(FC)
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