Economics Past Questions And Answers

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1551

A tariff is a tax imposed on

  • A. Consumer goods
  • B. Domestic goods
  • C. Imported goods
  • D. Exported goods
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2023
1552

A society that is on its production possibility curve

  • A. has attained full employment but not full production
  • B. has attained full production but not full employment
  • C. is using its resources inefficiently
  • D. has attained both full employment and full production
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1992 OBJ
1553

the opportunity cost of a worker going to the university is

  • A. tuition, fees and books
  • B. boarding and lodging
  • C. the wages given up to attend the university
  • D. transportation and entertainment
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2017 OBJ
1554

The table below shows the workers engaged by an agricultural firm over a period of time. Study it and answer the questions that follow;

Number of workersTotal productMarginal productAverage product
0000
1202020
25030z
3702023.3
480y20
580016
6x-9.811.7

(a) Calculate the values of X, Y, and Z.

(b) At what level of employment of labour does the firm experience:

i. increasing returns

ii. decreasing returns

ii. negative returns

(c) State the law of diminishing returns

(d) i. On a graph sheet, draw the total product and marginal product curves.

ii. State any two relationships between the two curves in (d)(i) above

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2020 THEORY
1555

The long - run average cost curve is made up of several short-run

  • A. marginal and average cost curves
  • B. average cost curves
  • C. average variable cost curves
  • D. average variable and total cost curves
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2014 OBJ
1556

The diagram below shows the shifts in both demand supply curves. What is the new equilibrium point after the shifts?

  • A. E3
  • B. E1
  • C. E4
  • D. E2
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2004
1557

Which of the following is a legal tender in West Africa?

  • A. Treasury Bill
  • B. Share
  • C. Credit card
  • D. Currency
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2006 OBJ
1558

The distinction between capital and recurrect expenditure lies in the

  • A. nature of the goods and services to be provided
  • B. time frame of the expenditure
  • C. source of the revenue generated
  • D. amount of expenditure involved
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2003
1559

The demand curve would shift to the left when there is a rise in

  • A. Constant proportions
  • B. Constant complement
  • C. Income
  • D. The supply of the commodity
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1990
1560

If good P and Q are jointly demanded, an increase in the price of P will likely

  • A. leave the demand for Q constant but reduce the quantity demanded of P
  • B. reduce the quantity of P but increase the Price of Q
  • C. Increase the quantity supplied of Q
  • D. decrease the quantity demanded of Q
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2008 OBJ