Economics JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

43

An economy is described as spend-rift if it

  • A. does not concern itself with savings and investment
  • B. has a great ability to generate foreign exchange from investment
  • C. has greater opportunity to receive large income from investment
  • D. invests in income generating industries
  • E. has trade connection with other countries
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44

Averages cost (AC) equal to

  • A. ACTC
  • B. TCAC
  • C. TCAVC
  • D. TCMC
  • E. TCQ
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45

Which of the following is a characteristic of private enterprises?

  • A. business risks are borne by the buyers
  • B. capital is provided by the public
  • C. control and management of the business is in the hands of customer
  • D. the business is owned and run by government
  • E. The main aim of setting up the business is to maximize profit
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46

Which of the following is NOT a sources of national income statistics?

  • A. Foreign trade figure
  • B. pay-rolls of various establishment
  • C. income tax return
  • D. Economic surveys
  • E. level of infrastructural development
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47

ECOWAS Visa lasts for

  • A. 14 days
  • B. 30 days
  • C. 60 days
  • D. 90 days
  • E. 100 days
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48

A shift of the demand curve leftward from its original position indicate

  • A. an increase in quantity demanded
  • B. a decrease in quantity demanded
  • C. an expansion of demand
  • D. a fall in demand
  • E. price effect on demand
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49

In calculating mean one should

  • A. add the highest and the lowest number
  • B. divide the highest and the lowest number
  • C. divide the sum of the figure by the number of the figure
  • D. find the most common number
  • E. pick any number that has no partner
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50

The aim of indigenization policy was to

  • A. build more industries in the economy
  • B. increase the drain in foreign exchange
  • C. increase foreign domination of the economy
  • D. increase the participation of Nigerians in commerce and industry
  • E. send all the foreigners away from Nigeria
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