Economics Past Questions And Answers
Oligopoly means _________
- A. single buyer in the market.
- B. few buyers in the market.
- C. few sellers in the market
- D. More sellers in the market
which of the following financial institutions was originally known as a Building Society?
- A. Development banks
- B. insurance company
- C. Mortgage banks
- D. merchant banks
At the point where the marginal revenue of a monopolist is equal to zero, its total revenue will be?
- A. falling
- B. rising
- C. equal to zero
- D. maximum
Which of these is not usually the function of a wholesaler?
- A. Branding
- B. Storage
- C. Transport
- D. Advertising
If price of a commodity rises from N2.00 to N4.00 and its supply increases from 100 to 125, them the co-efficient of elasticity of supply is
- A. 0.025
- B. 0.24
- C. 0.22
- D. 0.25
which of the following is most likely to be of benefit to a debtor
- A. inflation
- B. deflation
- C. revaluation
- D. monetization
The fixing of maximum prices by government is mainly on
- A. imported capital goods
- B. inferior goods
- C. selected essential goods
- D. luxury goods
In developing countries, a larger percentage of the labour force is employed in the
- A. trade sector
- B. tertiary sector
- C. primary sector
- D. secondary sector
The formula for calculating price elasticity of demand coefficient is
- A. Percentage change in price/percentage change in quantity demanded
- B. Absolute decline in price/absolute increase in quantity demanded
- C. Percentage change in quantity demanded/percentage change in price
- D. Absolute decline in quantity demanded/absolute increase in price
The demand for money to take advantage of changes in bond prices is the
- A. unforeseen motive
- B. transaction motive
- C. speculative motive
- D. precautionary motive

