Commerce JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

22

Authorized share capital is also known as?

  • A. called-up share capital
  • B. paid-up share
  • C. registered share capital
  • D. issued share capital
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23

A group of assets which a business acquires with the intention of reselling them are referred to as?

  • A. current assets
  • B. investment assets
  • C. fixed assets
  • D. intangible assets
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24

A specialized institution in Nigeria that deals in capital investments in the form of stocks, share, bond and debentures is the?

  • A. Securities and Exchanfge commission
  • B. commodity market
  • C. Nigerian Stock Exchange
  • D. Central Bank of Nigeria
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25

In international trade, documentary credit is also known as?

  • A. credit note
  • B. letters of credit
  • C. bankers' note
  • D. letter of hypothecation
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26

What is the role of the capita; market in the privatization exercise in Nigeria?

  • A. Selling the shares and stocks of the companies to be privtized
  • B. Encouraging private companies to participate inthe exercise
  • C. Negotiating with individuals who want to buy public companies
  • D. Advertising for governement
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27

The shares of a company listed on the stock exchange for sale are referred to as?

  • A. registered shares
  • B. deferred shares
  • C. issued shares
  • D. quoted shares
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28

The instruments of credit includes?

  • A. billboards and postal stamps
  • B. payment vouchers and statement of account
  • C. bills of exchange and promissory notes
  • D. bills of exchange and salary salary vouchers
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29

In a primary market, new shares are issued through?

  • A. personal selling, publicity and advertising
  • B. a prospectus, an offer for sale and bill of exchange
  • C. advertising a prospectus, and bill of exchange
  • D. a prospectus, an offer for sale and placing
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30

Charges for loans paid by commercial banks to the Central Bank of Nigeria are called?

  • A. bank rates
  • B. credits charges
  • C. interest rates
  • D. bank charges
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31

Sources of finance to a business include personal savings, share, debentures and?

  • A. loans from IMF
  • B. bank overdraft
  • C. central bank loans
  • D. money from political parties
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32

A common element in all contracts is?

  • A. offer
  • B. consideration
  • C. acceptance
  • D. agreement
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33

One of the advantages of commercialization is that it?

  • A. encourages entrepreneuership
  • B. increases the salaries of workers
  • C. motivates governement to establish more business
  • D. gives wortkers on-the-job training
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34

Poor sewage disposal, oil spill and indiscriminate refuse dumping all lead to?

  • A. land pollution
  • B. water pollution
  • C. land and water pollution
  • D. air and water pollution
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35

A transporter who had to sell some perishable goods without the prior authority of the owner becomes an agent by?

  • A. conduct
  • B. necessity
  • C. ratification
  • D. estoppel
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36

In Nigeria, the body ensures that its members operate according to their professional ethics is the?

  • A. SON
  • B. NPF
  • C. MAN
  • D. NAFDAC
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37

One important requirement for the membership of the ECOWAS is?

  • A. intergrity
  • B. independence
  • C. landmass
  • D. population
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38

Consumer rights include the right to?

  • A. credit
  • B. free samples of a product
  • C. redress
  • D. a shre of profits
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39

Business environment refers to all elements that are?

  • A. outside an organization but relevant to its operations
  • B. inside an organization but irrelevant to its operations
  • C. internal to an organization and relevant to its operations
  • D. external to an organization but indirectly related to its operations
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40

The members of the Niger Basin Commission include?

  • A. Guinea, Ghana and Niger Republic
  • B. Burkina Faso, Guinea and Nigeria
  • C. The Gambia, Benin Republic and Chad
  • D. Nigeria, Benin Republic and Chad Republic
  • E. Nigeria, the Gambia and Cameroun
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41

The current highest decision-making body on privatization and commercialization of public enterprises in Nigeria is the?

  • A. National Council on Privatization
  • B. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • C. Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission
  • D. Bureau of Public ENterprises
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42

What is the most important use of promotion in marketing?

  • A. Persuasion
  • B. Conviction
  • C. Information
  • D. Education
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