Economics Past Questions For JAMB/WAEC/NECO Students V1

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Economics Past Questions For JAMB/WAEC/NECO Students V1

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#1. If X represents the factors of production and Y represent the factor price, which of the following sets of association is correct?

A) (land, rent) (capital, wage), (labour, profit)

A) (land, rent) (capital, wage), (labour, profit)

B) (land, interest) (capital,profit), (labour, wage)

B) (land, interest) (capital,profit), (labour, wage)

C) (land, wage), (capital, interest), (labour, rent)

C) (land, wage), (capital, interest), (labour, rent)

D) (land,rent), (capital, interest), (labour, wage)

D) (land,rent), (capital, interest), (labour, wage)

#2. If the cost of production for a firm continues to increase as it output rises, the firm is said to be experiencing?

A) large-scale production

A) large-scale production

B) profit maximization

B) profit maximization

C) economies of scale

C) economies of scale

D) diseconomies of scale

D) diseconomies of scale

#3. Given perfect competition in the capital market, the opportunity cost of capital is adequately reflected by the?

A) interest rate

A) interest rate

B) returns on capital

B) returns on capital

C) alternative capital foregone

C) alternative capital foregone

D) shadow price of foreign exchange

D) shadow price of foreign exchange

#4. If a 10k per kg, 1000kg of yam were purchased and at 5k per kg, 1,500kg were purchased, the resultant point elasticity of demand is?

A) 0.33

A) 0.33

B) 0.0001

B) 0.0001

C) 1

C) 1

D) 10,000

D) 10,000

#5. If, as the price of a commodity rises, the quantity demanded of the commodity remains the same, then the demand for the commodity is?

A) static

A) static

B) infinitely elastic

B) infinitely elastic

C) externally determined

C) externally determined

D) perfectly inelastic

D) perfectly inelastic

#6. Which of the following factors is an important determinant of the magnitude of price elasticity of demand?

A) The production period

A) The production period

B) Cost of storage

B) Cost of storage

C) Durability of the product

C) Durability of the product

D) Availability of factors of production

D) Availability of factors of production

#7. The marginal theory of distribution makes an assertion that the price of any factor depends upon its marginal?

A) utility

A) utility

B) productivity

B) productivity

C) rate of substitution

C) rate of substitution

D) revenue

D) revenue

#8. In order to increase its profit margin, the monopolist can manipulate

A) both price and output

A) both price and output

B) either price or output

B) either price or output

C) only its price

C) only its price

D) only its output

D) only its output

#9. For purely competitive industry, a fundamental requirement of the demand curve faced by individual firms is that it should be?

A) downward sloping and price inelastic

A) downward sloping and price inelastic

B) perfectly price elastic

B) perfectly price elastic

C) downward sloping but price inelastic

C) downward sloping but price inelastic

D) perfectly price inelastic

D) perfectly price inelastic

#10. The merging of firms engage in different stages of production and marketing is called?

A) external economies of scale

A) external economies of scale

B) vertical intergration

B) vertical intergration

C) horizontal intergration

C) horizontal intergration

D) economic unoin

D) economic unoin

#11. which of the following is an important function of the retailer?

A) Grant credit to the wholesaler

A) Grant credit to the wholesaler

B) Breaks bulk and sales product in small units

B) Breaks bulk and sales product in small units

C) Reduces cost of distribution

C) Reduces cost of distribution

D) Generates demand for production through advertisement

D) Generates demand for production through advertisement

#12. One of the purposes of advertisement in marketing is to?

A) change the quality of the product

A) change the quality of the product

B) raise the quantity of the product demanded as its price falls

B) raise the quantity of the product demanded as its price falls

C) shift the demand curve for the product to the right

C) shift the demand curve for the product to the right

D) raise production cost

D) raise production cost

#13. The size of a business units tends to be small if the activity?

A) involves mass production of goods

A) involves mass production of goods

B) requires a large capital

B) requires a large capital

C) requires division of labour

C) requires division of labour

D) involves the provision of direct services

D) involves the provision of direct services

#14. Which type of business organization has the attribute of effectively combining management with control?

A) sole proprietorship

A) sole proprietorship

B) Partnership

B) Partnership

C) Limited liability company

C) Limited liability company

D) Co-operatives

D) Co-operatives

#15. The co-operative as a form of business organization differs from partnership by having?

A) serveral sources of capital for business financing

A) serveral sources of capital for business financing

B) ability to issue preferred stocks to members

B) ability to issue preferred stocks to members

C) entrenched democratic control in the conduct of business

C) entrenched democratic control in the conduct of business

D) established rules and regulations governing the activities of its members

D) established rules and regulations governing the activities of its members

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