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Stock and shares as well as bonds are examples of instruments used in the?
Acommodity markets
Bmoney markets
Ccapital markets
Dsecurity markets
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Question 32
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Banks can create more money by?
Aincreasing its cash ratio with the Central Bank
Bissuing more banks cheques
Caccepting more deposits from customers
Dlending out money from customers deposits
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Question 33
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In commercial banking, an account from which the customer cannot withdraw money instantly is a?
Ademand deposit account
Btime deposit account
Cspecial deposit account
Dsavings deposit account
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Question 34
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Which of the following is inflationary?
AAn increase in taxation
BAn increase in savings
CA decrease in money supply
DAn increase in government expenditure
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Question 35
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The most important attribute of money is?
Ahomogeneity
Brelative scarcity
Cdivisibility
Dgeneral acceptability
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Question 36
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The main problem of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is how to?
Aprevent members from violating their quota
Benhance the quality of petroleum product
Ccompete with the North Sea producers
Densure viable crude reserves
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Question 37
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A glut in the world market for crude oil means?
Aa fall in crude oil production
Ban excess supply of crude petroleum
Ca higher crude oil price offered by the buyer
Da higher crude oil price demanded by the seller
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Question 38
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One of the dangers of the localization of industries is?
Aresidual employment
Bmass unemployment
Cstructural unemployment
Dcyclical unemployment
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Question 39
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A firm is said to have benefited from external economies in production if it has realized?
Aa more efficient management of resources
Ba better combination of factors of production
Creduced resources costs due to operation of other firms
Da higher profit level due to increased sales
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Question 40
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Plywood industries are often located near the source of?
Afinance
Blabour
Cpower supply
Draw materials
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Question 41
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What is the effect of inelastic demand for agricultural products on the income of a farmer?
AA price rise results in its fall
BA price fall results in its fall
CA price fall results in its rise
DA price rise leaves the income unchanged
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Question 42
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The most important requirement for increasing agriculture output in Nigeria is?
Afor the government to go into large scale farming
Bto employ relevant foreign technology and reform the land tenure system
Cto increase farmers'incomes and improve the farming techniques
Dto employ more extension workers
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Question 43
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The suggestion that peasants in Africa have backward-bending supply curves of output implies that their response to an increase in the price of their crops will be to?
Aincrease their output
Bdecrease their output
Ckeep their output constant
Dhoard their output
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Question 44
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The shares that must be redeemed first at liquidation of a company are?
Apreference shares
Bnon-voting ordinary shares
Cordinary shares
Ddebentures
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Question 45
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A form of business organization which is characterized by limited authority and liability of individual owners is the?
Asole proprietorship
Bpartnership
Cjoint stock company
Dco-operative society
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Question 46
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The best channel of distribution of baked bread is through?
Awholesalers to retailers then to consumers
Bdirect sales to consumers
Cwholesalers to consumers
Dretailers to consumers
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Question 47
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A market where there are many differentiated products is called?
Amonopoly
Bperfect competition
Cmonopolistic competition
Doligopoly
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Question 48
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If the percentage change in the income of the consumers of an industrial product is less than the resulting percentage change in the quantity demanded of the product, then the income elasticity of demand for the product is?
Aless than one
Bequal to one
Cgreater than one
Dequal to zero
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Question 49
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The elasticity of demand for a firm's product is 2.
If the firm reduces its price by 20 percent, its sales revenue will increase by?
A10 per cent
B20 per cent
C30 per cent
D40 per cent
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Question 50
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If a demand curve that intersects a perfectly inelastic supply curve shifts rightward, then?
