Economics Past Questions And Answers

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1971

As percentage of labour force, the umemployment rate measures:

  • A) the number of people in an economy who do not have jobs
  • B) the number of people in an economy who have jobs
  • C) the number of people who are out of work and actively looking for work
  • D) the number of people who are looking for work
View Discussion (0)POST UTME OAU
1972

The labour force of a country is determined by the___________

  • A. geographical distribution of the population
  • B. age structure of the population
  • C. number of people available for work
  • D. sex distribution of the population
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2018
1973

Divorce of ownership from control is a characteristic of?

  • A. sole properitorship
  • B. a limited liability company
  • C. partnership
  • D. a private limited company
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1990
1974

Economics is regarded as a social science because it?

  • A. adopts the scientific method in production
  • B. is an agent of socialization
  • C. adopts the scientific method in the study of human behaviour
  • D. adopts the scientific method with social problems
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2001
1975

one of the factors responsible for low agricultural production in West Africa is

  • A. inadequate labour
  • B. shortage of lands
  • C. inadequate implements
  • D. inadequate research
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2003 OBJ
1976

A firm maximizes its total profits when

  • A) total revenue equals total cost
  • B) total cost exceeds total revenue by the greatest amount
  • C) It will break even
  • D) It is at the break-even point
View Discussion (0)POST UTME OAU
1977

The national income of a country indicates that the gross domestic production was N17 700 million and gross domestic product was N16 800 million. The difference of N900 million represents?

  • A. debt repayment
  • B. investments abroad
  • C. net income from abroad
  • D. capital consumption
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1994
1978

A consumer surplus measures the

  • A. benefits derived from consuming a cheap commodity
  • B. excess of total expenditure over total uility
  • C. difference between marginal utility and marginal cost
  • D. excess of marginal utility over price
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2011
1979

The frequent value that occurs most in a data is

  • A. median
  • B. mean
  • C. mode
  • D. range
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2015
1980

A high rent on land will affect the cost of producing maize

  • A. at the early stage of production
  • B. negatively
  • C. at the later stage of population
  • D. positively
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2008