Economics Past Questions

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Question 31
jamb 2008

The OPEC marketing policy of fixing minimum price allows members to

Asell above minimum price
Bsell below minimum price
Cdetermine the price and quantity to sell
Dnegotiate price with customers
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Question 32
jamb 2008

The population of a country will decrease if

Athe death rate exceeds the birth rate
Bimmigration is equal to emigration
Cthe birth rate exceeds the death rate
Dthere is rapid economic growth
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Question 33
jamb 2008

The active population of a country determines the size of its

Aeconomic resources
Bnational income
Clabour force
Dgross domestic product
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Question 34
jamb 2008

Joint-stock companies can raise funds from

Athe money market
Bthe capital market
Cvarious sources
Dgovernment
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Question 35
jamb 2008

The economic policy of privatization came up as a result of the poor performance of

Acommercial banks
Bsmall-scale businesses
Cpublic enterprises
Dprivate enterprises
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Question 36
jamb 2008

The activities in the oil and gas industry are classified into

Aexploration and transportation
Bupstream and downstream
Cdiscovery and extraction
Donshore and offshore
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Question 37
jamb 2008

The exports-promotion strategy is aimed at producing

Aconsumer goods originally imported
Bmachinery for industries
Cmore goods for exports
Dmore goods domestic consumption
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Question 38
jamb 2008

A major consideration in locating a cement factory is the availability of

Askilled labour
Bpower
Cinfrastructural facilities
Dlimestone
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Question 39
jamb 2008

A major impediment to the development of agriculture in Nigeria is

Aland use system
Binadequate supply of farm inputs
Clow income of farmers
Dlimited research on seedlings
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Question 40
jamb 2008

One of the effects of instability in farmer's income in Nigeria is

Alack of infrastructural facilities
Brural-urban migration
Cinadequate supply of fertilizer
Dlow level of technology
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Question 41
jamb 2008

Economic growth takes place when there is an increase in

Asavings over time
Binvestment over time
Cpopulation over time
Doutput over time
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Question 42
jamb 2008

A good indicator of economic development is an increase in

Agross national product
Bper capital income
Creal national income
Dreal per capital income
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Question 43
jamb 2008

An example of an indirect tax is

Aprofit tax
Bsales tax
Ccapital gain tax
Dpoll tax
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Question 44
jamb 2008

The use of government revenue and expenditure to achieve set objectives is known as

Abudget
Bfiscal policy
Crevenue allocation
Dmonetary policy
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Question 45
jamb 2008

Contractionary monetary policy is used to

Acontrol inflation
Bbridge the deflationary gap
Cexpand the output level
Dderegulate the economy
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Question 46
jamb 2008

If the required reserves of a bank is 20% and N10 000 is paid into its demand deposit account, what is the excess reserves?

AN2000
BN18 000
CN12 000
DN8 000
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Question 47
jamb 2008

The high rate of inflation in Nigeria can be attributed to

Aincreasing cost of production
Bthe appreciation of the naira
Cdecreasing cost of production
Dhigh capacity utilization
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Question 48
jamb 2008
The theoretical relationship between money supply and prices is weakened by changes in the
Amoney supply
Bgeneral price level
Cvelocity of money
Dinterest rate
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Question 49
jamb 2008

An example of injection into the circular flow of income is

Ataxes
Bpensions
Cimports
Dexports
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Question 50
jamb 2008

The output approach to measuring national income is based on the computation of

Afinal output
Bfactor cost
Cvalue added
Dprofits earned
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