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 11:

  Money could be defined as

  Options:
  A) Options A, B and C
  B) Medium of exchange
  C) Settlement of debt
  D) Medium of payment
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 12: Which of the following factors enhances the ability of commercial banks to create money? Options:
  A) Reduction in the reserve ratio
  B) Leakage of cash out of banking system
  C) excess of reserves
  D) Insistence on collateral security
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 13: The slow pace of industrial growth in Nigeria can be attributed to__________? Options:
  A) lack of raw materials
  B) lack of market for produce
  C) inadequate skilled labour
  D) over-dependence on the oil sector
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 14: The slow pace of industrial growth in Nigeria can be attributed to? Options:
  A) overdependence on the oil sector
  B) inadequate number of unskilled labour
  C) lack of raw materials
  D) inadequate infrastructural facilities
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 15: If children and the aged dominate the population of a country, this results in Options:
  A) a reduction in the importation of capital goods
  B) a fall in the standard of living
  C) an increase in the national income
  D) an improvement in the standard of living
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 16: One of the characteristics of an imperfect market is? Options:
  A) a large number of buyers and sellers
  B) a lack of homogeneity of products
  C) an adequate awareness of market conditions by buyers and sellers
  D) the availability of substitutes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 17: A limited liability company is owned by? Options:
  A) an individual
  B) two or more partners
  C) shareholders
  D) government
  E) a bank
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 18:

  

  From the table above, Calculate the price elasticity of supply

  Options:
  A) 0.50
  B) 0.80
  C) 2.00
  D) 1.25
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 19:

  Among the disadvantages of the one-man business is the fact that______

  Options:
  A) its capital may not be increased without government permission
  B) the proprietor is personally liable for the firm's debts
  C) the proprietor is not able to obtain credit
  D) the proprietor may not sue for bad debts
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 20: National Income estimates can be used to? Options:
  A) differentiate between the rich and the poor in a country
  B) prepare a country's annual budget
  C) protect the level of a country's economic develompent
  D) compare a country's growth rate with that of another over a period of time
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  The correct answer is D .