Commerce Past Questions And Answers
A market which deals in the purchase and sale of second hand securities is the
- A. Stock Exchange
- B. Building Society
- C. Shippers Council
- D. Co-operative
From which of the following sources can partnerships increase their capital?
- A) admission of a new partner
- B) sales of shares
- C) discharge of a mortgage
- D) grants from relatives
The basic distinction between cash discount and trade discount is that while trade discount is
- A. for a period of 30 days, cash discount is for a period of 3 months
- B. given by a wholesaler, cash discount is given by a bank
- C. a reduction in the catalogue pirce f an article, cash dis count is a reduction in the invoice value
- D. a reduction in the value of sales, cash discount is a reduction in price of goods
The Act designed to reserve certain businesses exclusively for Nigerians is known as the?
- A. Sale of Goods Act
- B. Weights and Measures Act
- C. Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Act
- D. Standards Organization of Nigeria Act
Abuse of monopoly power by industrialists could lead to
- A) Privatization
- B) Commercialization
- C) Indigenization
- D) Nationalization
The Central Bank's monetary policy instrument by which it buys and sells treasury bills is known as
- A. Open Market Operation
- B. Bank rate
- C. Cash reserve ratio
- D. Special deposit
A company earned a total revenue of N108 million with a total cost of N91 million in 1991. If it paid 4596 tax on its gross profit for that year, determine its net profit.
- A) N24.65 million
- B) N17.00 million
- C) N9.35 million
- D) N7.65 million
Which of the following is not a function of a retailer?
- A. Supplying goods to final consumers
- B. Bulk breaking
- C. Giving information to the wholesaler
- D. Branding and packaging of goods
The selling of articles from place to place on foot is
- A. mail order
- B. itinerant trading
- C. barter
- D. self service
(a) What is a contract?
(b) List five elements of a valid contract.
(c) Explain four ways by which a contract may be discharged.
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