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 81: If national income rises by 6% and population rises by 3%, per capita income will? Options:
  A) rise by 6 percent
  B) fall by 3 percent
  C) fall by 6 percent
  D) rise by 3 percent
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 82:

  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 83: Mr.A earns N300 and pays N15 in tax. Mr. B earns N100 and pays N6 in tax. This tax system can be described as? Options:
  A) proportional tax
  B) progressive tax
  C) competitive tax
  D) excise tax
  E) regressive tax
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 84: The problems of conducting census include? Options:
  A) high rate of rural-urban migration
  B) poor geographical distribution of population
  C) high birth rate in tthe coutry
  D) poor town planning in urban areas
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 85: The central bank controls the activities of other banks by all but one of the following Options:
  A) The use of bank rate
  B) The purchase or sale of government bonds on the open market
  C) special deposite
  D) the use of directives
  E) taxation
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 86: The natural growth rate of a population is the Options:
  A) sum of the birth rate and the death rate
  B) sum of the birth rate and the net migrate rate
  C) birth rate minus death rate
  D) birth rate divided by the net migration
  E) death rate minus the net imgration
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 87:

  As a factor of production, the reward for land is?

  Options:
  A) Profit
  B) Interest
  C) Rent
  D) Wage
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 88:

  The demand for a good is price inelastic if

  Options:
  A) The price elasticity is less than one
  B) The price elasticity is one
  C) The price elasticity is negative
  D) The price elasticity is greater than one
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 89:

  

  If the economy of the country is operating at X, the implication is that

  Options:
  A) the productive capacity is being fully utilized
  B) the productive capacity is not being fully utilized
  C) too little of consumer goods is being produced
  D) there is a disequilibrium between the production of capital and consumer goods
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 90: The liability of the sole trader is? Options:
  A) indeterminable
  B) unlimited
  C) transferable
  D) limited
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  The correct answer is B .