Economics Past Questions And Answers
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in a market economy, the problem of what goods to produced is solved primarily by
- A. directives of the government
- B. the pattern of consumers spending
- C. producers of consumer goods
- D. people producing what they want
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Roles of central bank include the following except
- A) Lender of last resort to commercial bank
- B) Banker to commercial bank
- C) Regulator of both the money and capital markets
- D) Receipt of government deposits
163
GDP differs from GNP because GDP
- A. is inclusive of depreciation
- B. emphasizes the final goods and service produced within the country at a particular period
- C. emphasizes the goods and services within the country
- D. emphasizes the market value of all final goods and services produced by nationals
164
If the supply of a product is elastic, a small reduction in price will
- A. reduce the cost of production
- B. reduce the quantity supplied
- C. increase the quantity supplied
- D. lead to no change in the quantity supplied
165
Production covers all the following except when
- A. utility is created
- B. a good is manufactured
- C. a commodity is consumed
- D. individual wants are satisfied
166
The graph below shows;
- A. a decrease in quantity supplied
- B. an increase in supply
- C. a decrease in supply
- D. an increase in quantity
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Which of the following will cause a decrease in market equilibrium price and an increase in market equilibrium quantity
- A) an increase in supply
- B) an increase in demand
- C) a decrease in demand
- D) a decrease in supply
168
The demand curve for a luxury good is
- A. negatively sloped
- B. parallel to the price axis
- C. parallel to the quantity axis
- D. positively sloped
169
If the price of a ball point pen falls from N1.00 to N0.60 and the quantity demanded increases. from 200 to 300, the point elasticity of demand is equal to____________
- A. 0.50
- B. 0.40
- C. 1.25
- D. 0.80
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A country exporting mainly primary products and with a high percentage of her labour force in agriculture is said to be?
- A. developing
- B. developed
- C. poor
- D. underdeveloped

