Economics JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

4159

Disposable income is an income which?

  • A. is available for consumption and savings
  • B. pensioners receive from the government
  • C. is payable to the disable members of the community
  • D. accures to the environmental sanitation authorites for refuse disposal
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4160

The system of measurement of national income as the sum of all final demands is called?

  • A. income approach
  • B. expenditure approach
  • C. value-added
  • D. final demands approach
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4161

If the government invest the sum of N1,000,000.00 and the marginal propensity to consume is 0.75, what is the change in income?

  • A. N1,000 000.00
  • B. N4,000 000.00
  • C. N6,000 000.00
  • D. N14,000,000.00
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4162

If birth rate is constant and death rate declines, population?

  • A. falls
  • B. expands
  • C. stabilizes
  • D. oscilates
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4163

Which of the following is likely to hinder labour mobility in Nigeria?

  • A. Higher wages elsewhere
  • B. Cultural similarities
  • C. Good accommodation elsewhere
  • D. Ignorance of job opportunities elsewhere
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4164

Import duties will increase total expenditure on imports if the demand for imports is?

  • A. elastic
  • B. inelastic
  • C. infinitely elastic
  • D. derived
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4165

Which of the following is a tariff?

  • A. Limit on the amount of goods which can be imported
  • B. Inteest rate on foreign loans
  • C. Government payment to domestic producers for exports
  • D. Tax on imported goods
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4166

Which of the following is likely to reduce a surplus in the balance of payments of a country?

  • A. Devaluation
  • B. Increased tariff on imports
  • C. Export promotion
  • D. Currency appreciation
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4167

Balance of trade is the difference between?

  • A. exports and imports of goods and services
  • B. capital inflows and capital outflows
  • C. visible and invisible balances
  • D. exports and imports of goods
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4168

Under a system of freely floating exchange rates an increase in the international value of a country’s currency will cause?

  • A. its exports to rise
  • B. its imports to rise
  • C. gold to flow into that country
  • D. its currency to be in surplus
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4169

A tax on a commodity whose supply is perfectly inelastic is?

  • A. shifted completely on the consumer
  • B. completely borne by the supplier
  • C. dividend in the ratio 60;40 between the consumer and the supplier
  • D. divided half-and-half between the producer and the consumer
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4170

Which of the following is a liability of a commercial bank?

  • A. Deposits in bank
  • B. loans made by the bank to individuals
  • C. loans made by the bank to other banks
  • D. Bonds purchased by the bank
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4171

Find the total credit that the banking system can create if primary deposit is just N100.00 while the cash ratio is 20%

  • A. 700.00
  • B. 600.00
  • C. 500.00
  • D. 400.00
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4172

The basic purpose of imposing legal reserve requirements on commercial bank is to?

  • A. assure the profitability of commercial banks
  • B. provide a device through which credit creation by banks can be controlled
  • C. provide a proper ratio between earning and non-earning bank assets
  • D. provide the Central Bank with working capital
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4173

Which of the following is likely to be inflationary?

  • A. Tax increase
  • B. increase in unemployment
  • C. Budget surplus
  • D. Wages increase
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4174

If the same basket of goods which cost N12.00 in 1985 cost N15.00 in 1987, price index for 1987 is?

  • A. 25
  • B. 80
  • C. 100
  • D. 125
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4175

Which of the following will be the effect of allowing only economic factors to dedicate the location of industries in Nigeria?

  • A. A more even development of the different parts of the country will be assured
  • B. There will be an unbalanced spread in the distribution of industries
  • C. The less developed parts of the country will be able to attract more industries
  • D. Only the government will be able to finance the establishment of industries
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4176

Which of the following factors is the most important in siting a petrol-chemical plants?

  • A. Nearness to the source of raw materials
  • B. Nearness to the source of power
  • C. Availability of labour
  • D. Proximity to financial institutions
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4177

Capital provided by individuals to the firm by purchasing stocks is called?

  • A. debt capital
  • B. fixed capital
  • C. circulating capital
  • D. equlity capital
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4178

Divorce of ownership from control is a characteristic of?

  • A. sole properitorship
  • B. a limited liability company
  • C. partnership
  • D. a private limited company
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4179

A major difference between a state-owned enterprise and a private enterprise is that the former?

  • A. is not expected to cover its costs of production while the latter is
  • B. is not always expected to maximize profits while the latter is
  • C. has shareholders while the latter does not
  • D. has a board of directors while the latter does not
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