Economics Past Questions And Answers
The best method to curb inflation in Nigeria is to
- A. reduce importation of commodities
- B. increase the general level of production
- C. reduce the volume ofmoney supply
- D. set up price control boards
If the price of a commodity is fixed below equilibrium, this will lead to
- A. excess demand
- B. a decrease in price
- C. an increase in price
- D. excess supply
foreign exchange control in most West African countries is is enforced by the
- A. development banks
- B. Merchant banks
- C. ministry of economic planning
- D. Central banks
A baker bought flour and other ingredients for $250.00, spent $52.00 on distribution, sold the bread for $320.00. the value added by the baker is?
- A. $302.00
- B. $52.00
- C. $18.00
- D. $622.00
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
which of the following is not a good reason for the importation of agriculture in West African countries? it
- A. employs about 60% of the people
- B. provides the highest tax revenue
- C. is a major foreign exchange earner in most of the countries
- D. provide raw materials only for foreign industries
A public limited company could finance its operations through
- A. government taxes
- B. equity shares
- C. dividend payments
- D. import duties
The type of business finances that entitles the holder to a fixed rate of dividend is?
- A. preference stock
- B. common stock
- C. debentures
- D. bank loan
If units of a variable factor are increasingly added to a fixed factor and the marginal physical product keeps increasing, production is said to be taking place under conditions of?
- A. increasing returns to the variable factor
- B. increasing returns to scale
- C. constant returns to variable factor
- D. external economies of scale
Mono production economies are those that____
- A. Produce one main commodities
- B. Have a rich cultural heritage.
- C. Specialize in agricultural industries.
- D. Produce only raw materials.

