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 281: The excess of aggregate expenditure over full employment level of output is referred to as Options:
  A) GNP gap
  B) deflationary gap
  C) inflation gap
  D) recessionary gap
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 282:

  Cooperative societies are formed mainly to

  Options:
  A) assist producers to maximize their profits
  B) encourage thrift and credit among members
  C) promote and maintain the welfare of members
  D) break the monopolies of private companies
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 283:

  No of Men	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
  Total Product(unit)	200	440	540	600	640	660	660	640

  If the price per unit  is N2, what is the average revenue when 6 men are employed?

  Options:
  A) N110
  B) N120
  C) N220
  D) N330
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 284: Given that at the beginning of 1973, Nigeria with a birth rate of 3% per annum had a population of 75million. This implied that in that year Options:
  A) The population increased by 2.25million
  B) There were 2.25 million live births
  C) The government have to make provisions for 2.25 million children
  D) 2.25 million - children were born
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 285: Ike's scale of preference reveals that he prefers bananas to pawpaw, pawpaw to oranges and oranges to bananas. Ike's preferences are therefore? Options:
  A) inconsistent
  B) consistent
  C) transitive
  D) rational
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 286:

  If the United Kingdom buys gold for $60 an ounce and Nigeria buys the same ounce for ₦500, what will be United Kingdom's exchange rate with Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) $0.05 = ₦1.00
  B) $0.06 = ₦1.00
  C) $0.11 = ₦1.00
  D) $0.12 = ₦1.00
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 287:

  

  The diagram above shows a firm operating under conditions of monopolistic competition. The curve W represents its

  Options:
  A) marginal cost
  B) average cost
  C) average revenue
  D) marginal revenue
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 288: According to the income approach to national income measurement, the national income of a country is equal to? Options:
  A) the value of all output produced in the country over the relevant period of time at market prices
  B) the value of output at factors cost
  C) the value added to production
  D) C +I + G
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 289: Economic growth can be accelerated through Options:
  A) excess current consumption
  B) excess consumption over investment
  C) increased current consumption
  D) increased current investment
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 290:

  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 .