Economics Past Questions And Answers
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1979
The frequent value that occurs most in a data is
- A. median
- B. mean
- C. mode
- D. range
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

