Economics Past Questions

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Question 41
jamb 2014

A monopolist can boost up his revenue by

Aadjusting both price and output upward
Breducing total output to match price
Cincreasing price
Dreducing price
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Question 42
jamb 2014

One of the characteristics of a monopolist is that, he can influence

Aquantity produced by other producers
Bprices charged by other producers
Cboth price and quantity
Dprice or quantity
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Question 43
jamb 2014
A perfect competitor will continue to expand output up to the point where
ATC > TR
BMR = AR
CMC < MR
DMC > MR
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Question 44
jamb 2014

Rent and administrative expenses are examples of

Aaverage fixed costs
Baverage variable costs
Cfixed costs
Dvariable costs
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Question 45
jamb 2014

Given that FC = N500, VC = N1,500, and Q = 50 units. Find the average cost of the product.

AN30
BN40
CN10
DN20
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Question 46
jamb 2014

Division of labour requires that, the tasks in a production line be performed

Aby specialists
Bin stages
Cby all workers
Dby unskilled labourers
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Question 47
jamb 2014

If the production of a large firm is higher than that of a small firm, it is experiencing.

Aexternal economies of scale
Bexternal diseconomies of scale
Cinternal economies of scale
Dinternal diseconomies of scale
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Question 48
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 49
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 50
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 51
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 52
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 53
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 54
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 55
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 56
jamb 2014

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

Agovernment
Bconsumer
Cindustrialists
Dlabour unions
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