Economics Past Questions And Answers
If the United Kingdom buys gold for $60 an ounce and Nigeria buys the same ounce for N500, what will be United Kingdom's exchange rate with Nigeria?
- A. $0.05 = N1.00
- B. $0.06 =N1.00
- C. $0.11 =N1.00
- D. $0.12 =N1.00
The most common index for measuring developments is
- A. the level of illiteracy
- B. the per capita income
- C. nutritional level
- D. population growth rate
A firm that charges different price of goods or services that have same technical qualities is called
- A. a perfect competitor
- B. a monopsony
- C. an oligopoly
- D. a discriminating monopoly
one major function of the entrepreneur is
- A. bearing of risks
- B. maximizing profits
- C. taking charge of day to day management
- D. determinig the selling price of his products
The three broad categories of productions are
- A. direct, secondary and extractive
- B. primary, tertiary and direct
- C. primary, secondary and tertiary
- D. secondary , primary and direct
The type of inflation that emanates from excess demand overs supply is___________?
- A. Galloping inflation
- B. Imported inflation
- C. Demand-pull inflation
- D. Cost-push inflation
If Y = income, C = Consumption, I = Investment, X = Export and M = Import, then national income is
- A. Y = C - I + (x +m)
- B. Y = C + I + (x + m)
- C. Y = C +I +(X - M)
- D. Y =C + I + (m - x)
Scale of preference shows
- A. incomes of consumers in order of size
- B. utilities enjoyed by consumers
- C. opportunity cost of goods consumed
- D. consumer's wants in order of priority
In the event of liquidation of a private limited liability company, the shareholders' liability is limited in their total?
- A. income from all sources
- B. family assets
- C. collateral offered for bank loans
- D. investment inthe company
If a demand curve that intersects a perfectly inelastic supply curve shifts rightward, then?
- A. the equilibrium price and quantity will increase
- B. only the price will increase
- C. only the quantity will increase
- D. the price will remain constant

