Economics Past Questions And Answers
Rents and interest are rewards to
- A. Labour and capital respectively
- B. Land only
- C. Capital only
- D. Land and labour respectively
A major function of the retailer is to
- A. grant credit to the wholesaler
- B. break bulk and sell products in small units
- C. reduce cost of distribution
- D. generate demand for products through advertisement
Which of the following is not a condition for a perfect market?
- A. homogenous commodity
- B. ignorance of consumers
- C. perfect information
- D. free entry and exit
One advantage of the Sole Proprietorship over other forms of business organization is that it can
- A. make very high profits
- B. employ many workers
- C. keeps its affair private
- D. produce on a very large high scale
Resources are efficiently allocated when production takes place at that output where price equals?
- A. marginal revenue
- B. average variable cost
- C. marginal cost
- D. toal cost
Livestock production in West Africa is hindered mainly by
- A. inadequate demand
- B. use of traditional implements
- C. land tenure system
- D. pests and diseases
(a) Explain the term mobility of labour.
(b) Why may labour as a mobile factor of production be unwilling to move?
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1991 THEORYWhen a variable is associated with time period, it is_____________
- A. circular
- B. a flow
- C. static
- D. a stock
In calculating the Gross National Product (GNP) by the income approach , all the following are included except
- A. wages and salaries
- B. direct taxes paid by persons and companies
- C. rents on houses
- D. retirement benefits
Which of the following roles is being played by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with regards to Nigeria’s crude oil?
- A. Exploiting
- B. Exploring
- C. Refining
- D. Marketing

