Economics Past Questions And Answers
1001
Which of the following is a function of money?
- A. Medium of Communication
- B. Measure of securities
- C. Store of Wealth
- D. Discounting bills of exchange
1002
Perfect price elastic supply means
- A) No change in supply in supply as price changes
- B) Any change in price completely stops supply
- C) Changes in price double supply
- D) A change in price leads to proportionate change in supply
1003
The main handicap of sole proprietorship is?
- A. limited liability
- B. lack of technical know-how
- C. low profit margin
- D. inadequate capital
1004
Real cost is
- A. Alternative commodities forgone
- B. Amount of money spent on goods and services
- C. Cost of goods and services
- D. True cost
1005
A country whose population size is too small relative to its resource is
- A. over populated
- B. optimally populated
- C. under populated
- D. producing the optimum output
1006
In the long run, one of the characteristics of monopolistic competitive firms is that they
- A. make abnormal profits
- B. suffer losses
- C. make normal profits
- D. collude with each other
1007
The stability of Nigerian economy depends mainly on the export price of
- A. groundnut
- B. cotton
- C. cocoa
- D. mineral oil
1008
All economic systems must decide what to produce because
- A. resources are not available
- B. consumers want maximum satisfaction
- C. resources are limited in supply
- D. producers want maximum profit
1009
in an industrial area, the location of industries is particularly influenced by ?
- A. extent of the division of labour
- B. external economies
- C. internal economies
- D. nearness to financial institution
1010
development plans in Nigeria have deviated from their targets due to
- A. lack of manpower
- B. political instability
- C. high population growth rate
- D. brain drain in the country

