Economics JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

4201

The value of the total output produced within Nigeria by all residents (citizens and non-citizens) is referred to as the?

  • A. gross national product
  • B. disposable income
  • C. national income
  • D. gross domestic product
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4202

The difference between gross national product and net national product is equal to?

  • A. gross investment
  • B. net investment
  • C. net foreign income
  • D. capital depreciation
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4203

The group of people engaged in banking or insurance services by occupational distributions are classified as?

  • A. primary producers
  • B. secondary producers
  • C. tertiary producers
  • D. technical producers
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4204

Optimum population is the population level at which?

  • A. death rate is at a minimum
  • B. per capita income is at a maximum
  • C. population is at a maximum
  • D. death rate is equal to birth rate
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4205

International and inter-regional trade differ primarily because?

  • A. comparative advantage is relevant to the former but not to the latter
  • B. products flow across national boundaries
  • C. there are different resources supplies among countries of the world
  • D. of regulation from GATT
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4206

The law of comparative advantage states that a country should specialize in the production of a commodity

  • A. for which local demand is greatest
  • B. in which its oportunity cost is lower than that of the trade partner
  • C. for which foreign demand is greatest
  • D. for which there is abundant supply of raw materials
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4207

By using exchange controls, a country tries to eliminate a balance of payments deficit by?

  • A. limiting her imports to its currency value of exports
  • B. reducing the nation's domestic price level
  • C. limiting her exports to its currency value of imports
  • D. overvaluing the country's currency
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4208

A balance budget is defined as a condition of?

  • A. balance of payments equilibrium
  • B. equality of planned aggregate demand supply
  • C. equality of planned receipts and planned expenditure
  • D. equality of planned exports and planned imports
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4209

A perfect example of a public good is?

  • A. air
  • B. education
  • C. water
  • D. transport
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4210

The main objectives of public expenditure does NOT include?

  • A. stabilization of national economy
  • B. achievement of a more equitable income distribution
  • C. meeting the social needs of the people
  • D. revenue sharing and profit maximizationn
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4211

The three groups of government revenue are?

  • A. investment income, direct tax and indirect tax
  • B. imports duties, excise tax and export duties
  • C. company tax, personal income tax and import duties
  • D. company tax, import duties and excise tax
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4212

Government intervention in an economy is often justified on the group that?

  • A. wants are unlimited while resources are scarce
  • B. productivity is higher in the public than in the private sector
  • C. free market may not work, or produce desirable results
  • D. opportunity cost of government expenditure is zero
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4213

A tax is defined as regressive if?

  • A. the proportion of income paid as tax increase as the income level increases
  • B. all income group pay the same percentage of their income as tax
  • C. the proportion if income taen by the tax falls as income increases
  • D. the proportion of income taken by the tax is a fixed nominal amount of income for all income groups
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4214

Commercial bank reserves at the Central Bank have the effect of?

  • A. controlling credit and money supply
  • B. discouraging banking operations
  • C. advancing trade prospects
  • D. reducing bank frauds
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4215

The stock exchange market is where?

  • A. businessmen borrow some capital
  • B. the federal government trades on treasury bills
  • C. existing bonds and stocks are traded
  • D. new stocks and shares are bought or sold
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4216

Cost-push inflation is caused by?

  • A. growth of government expenditure
  • B. increase in factor prices
  • C. increase in money supply
  • D. hoarding
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4217

A major factor affecting the value of money is the?

  • A. price level
  • B. banking habit
  • C. transaction motive
  • D. divisible nature of money
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4218

The term ‘double coincidence ‘ of wants is usually associated with a?

  • A. bilateral exchange mechanism
  • B. monetary exchange mechanism
  • C. stock exchange system
  • D. barter exchange mechanism
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4219

Industries that can be randomly located are characterized by?

  • A. relatively low transport cost for both raw materials and output and factor mobility
  • B. relatively heavy transport cost for raw material or output
  • C. constant returns to scale
  • D. signficant economy of scale
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4220

A company is said to be highly geared if the?

  • A. value of fixed interest loans is high compared with share capital
  • B. Value of shared capital is high compared with fixed interest loans
  • C. dividend rate is high
  • D. interest rate is high
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4221

Which of the business organization listed below is characterized by limited authority and liability of the individual owners?

  • A. Sole properitorship
  • B. Partnership
  • C. Joint stock company
  • D. Co-operative society
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