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Question 451
waec 2007
A certain amount of money is needed for everyday expenditure like buying of goods, transportation and others. This is
Atransaction demand for money
Bprecautionary demand for money
Cderived demand for money
Dspeculative demand for money
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Question 452
waec 2007
The most important quality of money is that it must be
Arelatively scarce
Bgenerally acceptable
Cportable
Ddurable
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Question 453
waec 2007
To promote the development of agricultural sector, government of West African countries should
Aencourage rural-urban drift
Bdiscourage foreign investment in agriculture
Csupport the marketing of farm produce
Dreduce tarrif of food imports
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Question 454
waec 2007
An example of a producer goods is a
Atin of milk
Bhammer
Cloaf of bread
Dshirt
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Question 455
waec 2007
A negative effect of the presence of a large number of middlemen in the distributive network is
Agreater variety of goods
Bgreater quality of goods
Clower price of goods
Dhigher price of goods
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Question 456
waec 2007
which of the following is a middleman in the chain of distribution?
AAn entrepreneur
Ba producer
Ca banker
Da retailer
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Question 457
waec 2007
the return of investment that is just sufficient to satisfy the owner of a business is called?
Aeconomic profit
Bbusiness profit
Cnormal profit
Dexcess profit
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Question 458
waec 2007
The main objective of privatizing a government business is to
Acreate additional employment
Bincrease expenditure
Csource for new funds
Dincrease the level of efficiency
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Question 459
waec 2007
The practice whereby a business is owned by two or more independent firms is termed
Aindigenization
Bjoint venture
Ccommercialization
Dforeign investment
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Question 460
waec 2007
when a firm is nationalized ,
Aformer owners are removed without compensation
Bit has the right o draw on state funds for capital investment
Cit must break even within a specific period
Dworkers take control of the firm
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Question 461
waec 2007
which of the following is a characteristics of monopoly
Amany sellers
BHomogenous commodity
Ca single seller
DPerfect knowledge
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Question 462
waec 2007
Patents are examples of
Anatural barriers to entry
Blegal barriers to entry
Cillegal barriers to entry
Dunnatural barriers to entry
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Question 463
waec 2007
in a situation where demand is perfectly elastic , imposition of tax on a commodity to raise its price will result in
Aconsumers increasing their demand for the product
Bconsumers' demand for the product remaining unchanged
Cconsumers shifting completely to substitute products
Dsuppliers increasing the supply of the product
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Question 464
waec 2007
If the price of goods X rises and the quantity demanded of goods Y increases then the two goods X and Y must be
Ainferior goods
Bsubstitutes
Ccomplements
Dfree goods
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Question 465
waec 2007

The demand for beans in bags is given by the function Q - 36 + 0.4P = 0.

Where P is price in naira and Q is quantity.

Find Q when P = 20 naira.

A12 bags
B24 bags
C28 bags
D30 bags
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Question 466
waec 2007
The lower the price of a commodity, the greater the quantity demanded. This is based on the assumption that the consumers’
Aincome is diminished
Bincome remains the same
Cutility is diminished
Dpopulation is high
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Question 467
waec 2007
Given that TR is total revenue, then TRn -TR (n-1) can be used to find the
Amarginal revenue
Bmarginal cost
Caverage cost
Daverage revenue
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Question 468
waec 2007
Revenue is the
Atotal profit made after sales
Bamount spent on purchase
Camount of goods produced
Dtotal money realized from sales
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Question 469
waec 2007
What must be added to variable cost to give total cost?
Aaverage total cost
Baverage variable cost
Cfixed cost
Dmarginal cost
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Question 470
waec 2007
When population is classified according to professions, it is called
Ageographical distribution of population
Bage distribution of population
Csex distribution of population
Doccupational distribution of population
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