Commerce JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

1

What is the capital employed?

  • A. N 200 000
  • B. N 340 000
  • C. N 170 000
  • D. N 300 000
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2

In the communication process. Y represents

  • A. the encoder
  • B. the medium
  • C. the initator
  • D. noise
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3

X represents

  • A. action
  • B. transmission
  • C. ideation
  • D. receiver
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4

Foreign trade also involves?

  • A. providing services for other countries
  • B. specialization and the exchange of goods in a country
  • C. buying and selling within a country
  • D. the exchange of goods and services between firms
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5

The role of a wholesaler in the channel of distribution is to?

  • A. produce goods in large quantities and sell in small quantities
  • B. buy goods directly from the manufacturers
  • C. buy goods in large quantities and sell in small quantities
  • D. sell goods directly to the consumers
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6

In international trade, exchanging goods for other goods and services purchased instead of paying in foreign currency is known as?

  • A. counter trade
  • B. balance of trade
  • C. balance of payments
  • D. terms of trade
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7

The documents used in the purchase and sale of goods which contain other terms of trade are?

  • A. debit note and credit note
  • B. delivery note and advice nopt
  • C. invoice and order
  • D. quotation and invoice
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8

An objective of the farmers’ association is to?

  • A. ensure that the prices of goods are fair and reasonable
  • B. correct the imbalance between consumers and producers
  • C. improve the methods of selling and advertising
  • D. provide a stable market outlet for farm inputs
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9

A shop which consist of many stores trading under a single roof and which stocks varieties of goods with each unit having its own head is a?

  • A. mulitple shop
  • B. supermarket
  • C. superstore
  • D. departmental store
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10

The Customs and Excise Department is responsible for the the collection of?

  • A. royalties
  • B. tariffs
  • C. taxes
  • D. charges
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11

The major types of warehouse are?

  • A. manufacturer, bonded, departemental and private
  • B. bonded, public, coldroom and private
  • C. manufacturer, bonded, public and departmental
  • D. wholesaler, manufacturer, public and bonded
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12

Consumerism aims at protecting the consumer from?

  • A. harmful products
  • B. drug addiction
  • C. smoking cigarettes
  • D. alcohol consumption
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13

Hire purchase is beneficial to the seller because?

  • A. it enhances his living standard
  • B. it increases his turnover
  • C. people pay instalmentally
  • D. of the patronage he enjoys
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14

A trade association consists of members engaged in the same trade while a chamber of commerce is?

  • A. highly regulated by a governent agency
  • B. not restricted on a particular industry
  • C. made up of members that are registered
  • D. made up of firms in the banking industry
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15

The members of ECOWAS include?

  • A. Nigeria, Chad, Gabon and Cape Verde
  • B. Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Ghana, Algeria
  • C. Guinea, Mali, Cameroun and Nigeria
  • D. Togo, Niger, Nigeria and Ghana
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16

The most important advantage of privatization is the enhancement of?

  • A. liquidity
  • B. accountantability
  • C. profitability
  • D. efficiency
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17

When one person approves an act previously done by another in the former’s name without authority, this is known as?

  • A. ratification
  • B. estoppel
  • C. illegality
  • D. misrepresentation
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18

Safeguarding the health of the nation’ is the slogan used by?

  • A. NDLEA
  • B. NHIS
  • C. NAFDAC
  • D. EPL
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19

In Nigeria, the main source of pollution is?

  • A. domestic waste
  • B. oganic waste
  • C. gas flaring
  • D. industral waste
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20

The headquarters of the lake Chad Basin Commission is in?

  • A. Niamey
  • B. N'Djamena
  • C. Abuja
  • D. Lagos
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21

A protection right which can be reviewed or renewed after seven years is known as?

  • A. patent
  • B. design
  • C. registration name
  • D. trade mark
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