Home ยป Past Questions ยป Economics ยป Jamb ยป 2011
1

Optimum population enables an economy to attain the highest level of

  • A. Industrial development
  • B. Income per head
  • C. Revenue generation
  • D. Economic development
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2

The profit of a monopolist can be eliminated where price equals

  • A. AFC
  • B. MC
  • C. AC
  • D. AVC
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3

If real income increases while nominal income remains the same, it can be inferred that

  • A. Unemployment rate has decreased
  • B. General prices has fallen
  • C. Employment rate has risen
  • D. General prices have risen
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4

The optimal range of output for a perfectly competitive firm is

  • A. AC is lowest
  • B. AVC is lowest
  • C. MC is rising
  • D. MC is falling
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5

The median of an odd-numbered set of scores is the

  • A. Middle value in the set
  • B. Highest value in the set
  • C. Arithmetic means of the set
  • D. Most frequent occuring score
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6

What does X represent?

  • A. recessionary gap
  • B. GNP gap
  • C. inflationary gap
  • D. deflationary gap
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7

The deflationary gap is defined by

  • A. X
  • B. K
  • C. X + K
  • D. X - K
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8

When 20 units of output is produced, TC will be

  • A. N360
  • B. N300
  • C. N460
  • D. N400
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9

The average total cost when 20 units are produced is

  • A. N20.00
  • B. N23.00
  • C. N13.00
  • D. N15.00
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10

From the Diagram above, the optimal point of production is

  • A. R
  • B. T
  • C. U
  • D. S
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11

From that table above, the price elasticity of supply is

  • A. 4
  • B. 25
  • C. 1
  • D. 2
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12

The graph of the schedule above will depict

  • A. a kinked demand curve
  • B. a normal demand curve
  • C. an abnormal demand curve
  • D. a diminishing marginal utility curve
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13

The World Trade Organization is responsible for

  • A. stabilizing and harmonization oil prices
  • B. ensuring equal participation of countries in trade
  • C. modernising world economies
  • D. minimizing obstacles to international trade and investment
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14

The money paid per hour for work done is

  • A. salary
  • B. wage rate
  • C. cost
  • D. bonus
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15

Trade takes place because of

  • A. marginal utility
  • B. inefficiency in production
  • C. opportunity cost
  • D. comparative advantage
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16

A change from one industry to another by a worker is an example of

  • A. geographical mobility
  • B. horizonatal mobility
  • C. professional advancement
  • D. veritcal mobility
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17

In modern economies, the Malthusian theory of population is ineffective because of

  • A. birth control measures
  • B. technical progress
  • C. government policies
  • D. natural disasters
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18

A condition in which official and autonomous exchange rate coexist is

  • A. dual exchange rate system
  • B. managed floating rate system
  • C. market determined exchange rate system
  • D. multiple exchange rate system
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19

The transfer to public shareholding corporations to private enterprises is

  • A. concession
  • B. incorporation
  • C. commercialization
  • D. privatization
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20

The record of a country’s transactions in international trade is her

  • A. capital account
  • B. balance of payments
  • C. current account
  • D. balance of trade
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21

Industrial development in Nigeria can be encouraged through

  • A. signing WTO treaty
  • B. granting subsidies
  • C. the provision of efficient infrastructure
  • D. direct government participation
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