Commerce Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Commerce is a structured system for exchanging goods between buyers and sellers. It involves studying the processes and activities related to buying and selling goods and services, particularly on a large scale.

• Question 101:

  EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT → INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT → EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

  Which of the following sequences can best fit into the structure above?

  Options:
  A) People → control → ideals
  B) Material → production → ideas
  C) Finance → marketing → production
  D) Material → production → product
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 102: The assembling of products into usable forms is known as? Options:
  A) construction
  B) manufacturing
  C) formation
  D) creation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 103: Emeka ordered goods for his retail shop. The manufacturer sells the goods at retail price of N 500 but would give it to Emeka at N 400. What kind of discount did he get? Options:
  A) Cash discount
  B) Trade discount
  C) Quantity discount
  D) Seasonal discount.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 104: When one person approves an act previously done by another in the former's name without authority, this is known as? Options:
  A) ratification
  B) estoppel
  C) illegality
  D) misrepresentation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 105: A type of credit offered by both commercial and merchant banks in Nigeria is? Options:
  A) trade credit
  B) line of credit
  C) discounting facility
  D) overdraft
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 106:

  

  Use the diagram above to answer this question

  X represents

  Options:
  A) action
  B) receiver
  C) transmission
  D) ideation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 107: Payment made to the insured by the insurer outside its legal obligation is? Options:
  A) premium paid
  B) ex gratia payment
  C) surrender value
  D) sum assured
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 108:

  $\begin{array}{cc}N& N\\ \text{Capital 8000}& \text{Plant and machinery5000}\\ \text{Net profit 4000}& \text{Motor Van 4500}\\ \text{Drawings 200}& \text{Stock 2000}\\ \text{Creditors 2000}& \text{Debtors 1000}\\ \text{Accurals 300}& \text{Banks 100}\\ & \text{Cash 600}\\ 14100& 14100\end{array}$

  What is the current ration?

  Options:
  A) 4 : 1
  B) 5 : 1
  C) 3 : 1
  D) 2 : 1
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 109: One disadvantages of advertising is that it — Options:
  A) could be misleading
  B) decreases sales
  C) reduces profit
  D) causes over stocking
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 110: The amount of authorized capital that shareholders have subscribed to is Options:
  A) issued share capital
  B) authorized share capital
  C) owner's equity
  D) working capital
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  The correct answer is B .