Economics Past Questions And Answers

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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
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1994
1512

Utility is the satisfaction derived from?

  • A. demand
  • B. production
  • C. distribution
  • D. consumption
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2003
1513

(a) Explain the term net migration.

(b) Describe any four economic effects of rural to urban migration in your country.

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2005 THEORY
1514

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
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2016
1515

The demand for coffee and tea is

  • A. joint
  • B. competitive
  • C. composite
  • D. derived
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2019 OBJ
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
View Discussion (0)POST UTME OAU
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
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1996 OBJ
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
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1991 OBJ
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
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2002 OBJ
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%
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1998