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 1701: The chief sources of Federal Government revenue in Nigeria are? Options:
  A) import duties, petroleum, import tax, profit tax, royalties and government dividends
  B) personal income tax, excise tax and vehicle licenses
  C) export duties, personal income tax and royalties
  D) property income, sales tax and excise tax
  E) import duties, sales tax and poll tax
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1702: The World Trade Organization is responsible for Options:
  A) stabilizing and harmonization oil prices
  B) ensuring equal participation of countries in trade
  C) modernising world economies
  D) minimizing obstacles to international trade and investment
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1703: Disposable income is total income Options:
  A) less tax
  B) divided by tax
  C) plus tax
  D) multiplied by tax
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1704: The law of diminishing marginal utility explains why Options:
  A) the slope of a normal demand curve is negative
  B) an abnormal demand curve slopes upwards
  C) the slope of a normal demand curve is positive
  D) the consumption of inferior goods increases with income
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1705: Musa has a choice of buying a shirt, a book and a bag. What is the opportunity cost of buying a book? Options:
  A) A bag only
  B) A book and a bag
  C) A shirit and a bag
  D) A shirit only
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1706: A vertical supply curve indicates that? Options:
  A) the quantity supplied is responsive to price
  B) the same fixed quantity will be supplied no matter the price
  C) an increase in price will result in an increase in the quantity supplied
  D) there is a fixed price for the commodity below which no supply will be made
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1707: A distribution is said to be positively skewed if it Options:
  A) has a long tail to the left
  B) has a long tail to the right
  C) is bimodal
  D) is bell-shaped
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1708: In taxation, the benefit principle requires that? Options:
  A) everybody must draw benefit from taxation
  B) all those who earn more income must pay more taxes
  C) only those who derive benefit from services provided from public revenue should be taxed
  D) taxes paid by businesses should be shifted to those consumers benefiting from such consumer commodities
  E) everybody pays an equal amount
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1709:

  A contractionary monetary policy is used to control__________

  Options:
  A) Deflation
  B) Inflation
  C) Recession
  D) Balance of Payment deficit
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1710: Import duties will increase total expenditure on imports if the demand for imports is? Options:
  A) elastic
  B) inelastic
  C) infinitely elastic
  D) derived
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  The correct answer is B .