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Question 491
jamb 2010

In order to reduce hardship faced by consumers due to high prices government can introduce

Amaximum prices
Bcommodity boards
Cminimum prices
Dprice control boards
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Question 492
jamb 2010

In perfect competition,price is determined by the

Agovernment
Bsellers
Cbuyers
Dmarket
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Question 493
jamb 2010

If commodity X is a by-product of commodity Y , this implies that both commodities are

Ain competitive supply
Bin composite supply
Cjointly supplied
Din excess supply
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Question 494
jamb 2010

If the coefficient of price elasticity of supply is greater than one, the supply is said to be

Aperfectly elastic
Bfairly inelastic
Cinfinitely inelastic
Dfairly elastic
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Question 495
jamb 2010

A set of factors that can shift the supply curve are changes in

Aweather, price and technology
Btechnology, weather and population
Ctechnology, price and taste
Dpopulation, price and taste
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Question 496
jamb 2010

If a consumer plans to spend 120k on four oranges but spent 80k, his consumer surplus is

AN1.50
BN0.40
CN1.00
DN2.00
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Question 497
jamb 2010

The law of diminishing marginal utility explains why

Athe slope of a normal demand curve is negative
Ban abnormal demand curve slopes upwards
Cthe slope of a normal demand curve is positive
Dthe consumption of inferior goods increases with income
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Question 498
jamb 2010

One of the assumptions of ordinal utility theory is that

Achoice is not consistent
Butility can be ranked
Ctotal utility is a function of price
Dsatisfaction is measurable
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Question 499
jamb 2010
Consumer surplus tends to be higher when demand is
Ainelastic
Bperfectly elastic
Celastic
Dunitarily elastic
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Question 500
jamb 2010

If the price of a commodity with elastic demand increases, the revenue accruing to the producer will

Adouble
Bincrease
Cbe constant
Ddecrease
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Question 501
jamb 2010

If the demand for a good is more elastic than its supply, the tax burden is borne

Aequally by consumers and producers
Bmore by producers
Cmore by consumers
Dmore by retailers and producers
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Question 502
jamb 2010

The most popular sizes of dresses and shoes are determined by the

Arange
Bmean
Cmode
Dmedian
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Question 503
jamb 2010

The mean is the best measure of central tendency because it

Ais not affected by extreme values in a data
Bis a midpoint value in an array of data
Cis a balancing point in an observation
Dcan be calculated from incomplete data
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Question 504
jamb 2010

The standard deviation of a set of data is

Aalways measured from the mode
Bthe most representative of averages
Calways measured from the median
Da measure of dispersion
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Question 505
jamb 2010

The downturn in the prices of shares on stock markets is a highlight of

Aefficient allocation of resources
Bthe invisible hand
Cthe regulatory nature of the market
Dconsumer rationality
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Question 506
jamb 2010

Economics is the study of human behaviour as it relates to the

Aefficient allocation of resources
Bproduction of goods
Coperation of companies
Dgeneration of income
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Question 507
jamb 2009

Determine the average product of the 4th unit of capital

A53
B86
C212
D213
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Question 508
jamb 2009

The marginal product of the 5th unit of capital is

A42
B85
C144
D213
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Question 509
jamb 2009

If the contribution of the oil sector is N3.6 million, what is the contribution of the other sectors?

AN10.8 million
BN7.2 million
CN3.6 million
DN2.4 million
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Question 510
jamb 2009

The percentage contribution of the transport sector is:

A600.0
B166.7
C60.0
D16.7
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