Past Questions And Answers
the instrument used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake is called
- A. Epicenter
- B. Ismograph
- C. thermometer
- D. seismograph
Which of the following is not true about auxins? They
- A. are manufactured by plants
- B. are used in the site of production
- C. are normally present in minute quantities in the cells of plants
- D. regulate growth rate of plants
Which of the following is a common cause of a discrepancy between head office and branch trial office________
- A. Stock and repayment
- B. Creditors and cash in transit
- C. Stock and cash in transit
- D. Debtors and cash in transit
The table below shows the combinations of beans and rice that can be purchased by a consumer. The opportunity cost of moving from K to L is

- A. 2 units of rice
- B. 5 units of beans
- C. 17 units of rice
- D. 20 units of beans
Which of the following is mainly associated with tourism?
- A. Rural settlement
- B. Commercial settlement
- C. Holiday resort
- D. Confluence town
The surest way to combine the best qualities of both parents in the offspring is by
- A) cross-breeding
- B) in breeding
- C) selective breeding
- D) all of the above
Normative economics deals with?
- A. what is and not what should be
- B. facts and not figures
- C. facts and figures
- D. value judgements
The development of agriculture in West Africa is not generally affected by
- A. ignorance
- B. religious beliefs
- C. poor marketing
- D. population size
In a group of 500 people, 350 people can speak English, and 400 people can speak French. Find how many people can speak both languages.
- A. 750
- B. 850
- C. 250
- D. 150
Since the mid-1980s, the most disturbing development in the industrial sector in Nigeria is?
- A. labour intensity
- B. capital intensity
- C. poor technology
- D. capacity under-utilization

