Economics Past Questions And Answers
1511
What is the term used to describe a policy aimed at promoting the local production of goods which are usually imported?
- A. Deregulation
- B. import substitution
- C. Tariff reduction
- D. Backward integration
1512
Utility is the satisfaction derived from?
- A. demand
- B. production
- C. distribution
- D. consumption
1513
(a) Explain the term net migration.
(b) Describe any four economic effects of rural to urban migration in your country.
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The major characteristics of an undeveloped nation is
- A. Over-dependence on foreign products
- B. Dominance of the industrial sector
- C. High per capita income
- D. Efficient and sensitive financial sector
1515
The demand for coffee and tea is
- A. joint
- B. competitive
- C. composite
- D. derived
1516
The velocity of money measures
- A) the use of each unit of money in purchasing final output
- B) the average use of money in purchasing final output
- C) the average use of money by consumers in purchasing consumers goods
- D) the average use of money by the business sector
1517
Decreasing returns to scale implies ta if all factors of production are doubled, output will be
- A. More than doubled
- B. Less than doubled
- C. Doubled
- D. Unchanged
1518
In the event of a limited liability company going into liquidation, each shareholder
- A. may lose a maximum of the amount he has invested
- B. lose nothing
- C. loses everything including his house
- D. may have unlimited liability
1519
Malthus population theory stated that
- A. Higher death rate may lead to low productivity
- B. Population may outgrow the means of subsistence
- C. people will always decide to have children
- D. migration may leave some parts of the world barren
1520
Population Statistics of a Country. The dependency ratio between 1960 and 1990 is

- A. increased by 5%
- B. increased by 2%
- C. decrease by 2%
- D. decrease by 5%

