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 1221: The most important determinant for the location of a brick industry is the availability of Options:
  A) market
  B) power supply
  C) water
  D) raw materials
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1222: Fiscal policy is the government's plan to control aggregate demand by manipulating Options:
  A) the demand and supply of money
  B) revenue and expenditure
  C) tastes and preferences of consumers
  D) the structure of production and employment
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1223:

  $\begin{array}{ccc}& \text{Year 1}& \text{Year 2}\\ \text{GNP at current prices(NM)}& 20,000& 27,000\\ \text{Population(Million)}& 20& 24\end{array}$

  Calculate the GNP per head of the population in year 1 and year 2.

  Options:
  A) N2000.00, N1000.00
  B) N1125.00; N2000.00
  C) N1000.00, N2000.00
  D) N1000.00; N1125.00
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1224:

  The demand for money will fall if

  Options:
  A) People expect deflation soon
  B) Real GDP rises
  C) Real interest rates rise
  D) The GDP deflator rises
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1225: Which of the following can be considered as being outside the objectives of public finance? Options:
  A) The allocation of resources to various sectors of the economy
  B) The objective of even distribution of income and wealth
  C) The achievement of economic stability
  D) The deregulation of the economy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1226: A strategy for curbing unemployment is to Options:
  A) implement government stabilization policy
  B) increase taxes and decrease government expenditure
  C) increase government expenditure and decrease taxes
  D) ensure even distribution of job opportunities
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1227:

  

  If in the graph, it is assumed that the price is initially P₁, it can be deduced that price will

  Options:
  A) fall because there is a surplus
  B) remain constant because it is the equilibrium price
  C) rise because there is a shortage
  D) double
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1228:

  

  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 1229: When a union is composed of workers with the same skill,it is termed Options:
  A) a technical union
  B) a craft union
  C) an industrial union
  D) a workers' union
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1230:

  If the price elasticity of demand for a good is 0.43 an increase in the price of the good will result in____________

  Options:
  A) a decrease in profit by 43%
  B) an increase in profit by 43%
  C) a net loss
  D) a net gain
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  The correct answer is A .