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Question 611
waec 2015

The law of diminishing marginal returns relate to?

Atotal utility
Baverage utility
Ctotal product
Dmarginal utility
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Question 612
waec 2015

All the following are methods of determing prices except?

Amaximum pricing
Brationing
Cminimum pricing
Dauctioning
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Question 613
waec 2015

which of the following will not affect the market price of a commodity

Aincrease in demand
Bchange in taste
Cintersection of demand and supply
Dincrease in supply
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Question 614
waec 2015

In order to calculate total utility (TU) from given levels of marginal utility (MU), one has to?

Asubtract MU from TU
BAdd MU from the various levels
Cmultiply MU by the initial TU
DDivide current MU by previous MU
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Question 615
waec 2015

if the price of a commodity Z falls and a consumer buys less of it, then commodity Z is a

Anecessity
Bgood of ostentation
Cnormal good
Dgiffen good
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Question 616
waec 2015

Government revenue will increase if taxes are levied on goods with?

Aperfectly elastic demand
Bfairly elastic demand
Cperfectly inelastic demand
Dunitary elastic demand
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Question 617
waec 2015

if a given change in price brings a proportionately larger change in quantity demanded, the

Ademand is relatively price elastic
Bdemand is relatively price inelastic
Cprice elasticity of demand is unitary
Dprice elasticity of demand is constant
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Question 618
waec 2015

The market supply curve slopes upward from left to right indicating that?

Aproducers pay high taxes
Btwo commodities can be supplied at the same time
Cat a lower price, less is supplied
Dat a lower price, more is supplied and demanded
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Question 619
waec 2015

increase in production subsidies will shift 

Athe demand curve to the left
Bthe supply curve to the right
Cboth the supply demand curves to the left
Dsupply curve to the left and demand curve to the right
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Question 620
waec 2015

which of the following is not a reason for abnormal demand

Aprice of the commodity
Bgoods of ostentation
Cgiffen goods
Drare commodity
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Question 621
waec 2015

If the price of floor rises, then bread

Ademand curve will shift to the left while supply curve will shift to the right
Bsupply curve will shift to the left
Csupply curve will shift to the right
Ddemand curve will shift to the right while supply curve remains unchanged
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Question 622
waec 2015

which of the following is not an effect of many middlemen in the chain of production

Ashortage of commodities
Blow retail prices
Choarding of goods
Dhigh retail prices
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Question 623
waec 2015

A disadvantage of the mean as measure of central tendency is that?

Ais affected by extreme values
Bcan only be used for continuous data
Ccannot be used to measure the qualities of a population
Dcannot be determined in group data
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Question 624
waec 2015

The following constitute the criteria for identifying an economic system except?

Aownership of resources
Bscarcity of resources
Cmethod of decision making
Dmotivation for production
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Question 625
waec 2015

An outward shift of the production possibility curve shows that?

Aproduction is shifting to the left
Bresources are under-utilized
Ceconomic growth has taken place
Dfactors of production are moving outward
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Question 626
waec 2015

which of the following can be described as land

Aforest
Bdiamond
Croads
Dcrude oil
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Question 627
waec 2015

Economics is regarded as a science because it?

Astudies laws that govern human behaviour
Buses scientific method to explain human behaviour
Cmakes use of controlled experiments to explain human behaviour
Dmakes use of machines to study human behaviour
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Question 628
jamb 2015

Given that the prices and quantities supplied in litres of petrol is expressed as Qs = 25 + 0.25P. Qs is the quantity supplied and P is the price. Determine the quantity supplied when the price per liter is N30

A50litres
B32.5litres
C30litres
D35litres
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Question 629
jamb 2015

From the diagram, determine the profit-maximizing output

A600
B800
C900
D1000
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Question 630
jamb 2015
If the quantity supplied of a commodity increases from 20 to 30 units when there is an increase in price from N4 to N5, the elasticity of supply is
A4
B1
C2
D5
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