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

Economics is the study of how societies allocate limited resources to meet the unlimited needs and wants of individuals. It focuses on the production of goods and services, economic growth, and various complex issues that are important to society.

• Question 1: If the production of a large firm is higher than that of a small firm, it is experiencing. Options:
  A) external economies of scale
  B) external diseconomies of scale
  C) internal economies of scale
  D) internal diseconomies of scale
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: A major problem facing all economies is how to? Options:
  A) increase consumption of imported goods
  B) improve trade among nations
  C) transform from a developing to a developed economy
  D) allocate scarce resources
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3: Under normal circumstances the concept of consumers sovereignty implies that Options:
  A) the consumer and not the producer owns the means of production
  B) the producer and not the consumer determines what is to be produced
  C) the consumer and not the producer determines what is to be produced
  D) both the consumer and the producer determines what should be produced
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4:

  Given 0.25, 1.25, 1.80, 1.110, 10.20, 10.15 and 1.55.

  Determine the range?

  Options:
  A) 0.25
  B) 10.00
  C) 1.55
  D) 9.95
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 5: When a firm's average revenue curve is downward-slopping , it's price elasticity of demand will be Options:
  A) Zero
  B) Greater than one
  C) One
  D) Between zero and infinity
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 6:

  If the price of a commodity falls and the quantity purchased does not rise, the commodity can be described as________

  Options:
  A) Scarce
  B) Normal
  C) Superior.
  D) Inferior
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7:

  A minimum price legislation is also called

  Options:
  A) price ceiling
  B) price floor
  C) price control
  D) price mechanism
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8: Which of the following is NOT an instrument in the money market? Options:
  A) Treasury bill
  B) Bill of exchange
  C) Stocks and shares
  D) Call money fund
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9:

  

  In the diagram, (III) refers to the calculation of national income through the

  Options:
  A) Income approach
  B) Government earnings approach
  C) Expenditure approach
  D) Output approach
  E) Flow of funds approach
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10:

  Use the table below to answer the question below:

  Market Demand Schedule for Commodity X:

  $\begin{array}{cc}\text{ Price N}& \text{Quantity(Million units)}\\ 60& 100\\ 50& 140\\ 40& 220\\ 30& 260\\ 20& 300\\ 10& 340\end{array}$

  If the price of commodity X falls from N40.00 to N30.00 what is the price elasticity of demand?

  Options:
  A) 0.62
  B) 0.73
  C) 1.00
  D) 1,50
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  The correct answer is B .