Economics Past Questions And Answers
Monopoly can best be described as a market in which
- A. A single seller sells a product which has no close substitute
- B. Few sellers sell a product s at different prices
- C. The entry of other firms is restricted by the few firms in the market
- D. Two or more sellers sell a product which is differentiated
Which of the following is used by the central bank to control the rate of interest
- A. bill of exchange
- B. banker's order
- C. fixed deposit account
- D. open market operation
Indigenization policy is a measure aimed at
- A. privating the existing business owned by the state
- B. commercializing state owned businesses
- C. reducing foreign economic domination
- D. making the indegenes managing directors of businesses
The coefficient of price elasticity of demand is zero when demand is
- A. Fairly elastic
- B. Perfectly inelastic
- C. Fairly inelastic
- D. Unitary elastic
In economics, production takes place only when
- A. producers sell to retailers
- B. value has been added to a commodity
- C. modern equipment is used
- D. consumption has taken place
If the Central Bank of Nigeria reduces the bank rate, this will cause
- A. money supply to increase
- B. commercial banks to reduce lending
- C. commercial banks to merge
- D. money supply to reduce
\(\begin{array}{c|c}
& \text{Year 1} & \text{Year 2} \\
\hline
\text{GNP at current prices(NM)} & 20,000 & 27,000 \\ \hline
\text{Population(Million)} & 20 & 24 \\
\end{array}\)
What is the percentage increase in GNP between year 1 and year 2?
- A. 3.5.0%
- B. 14.0%
- C. 20.0%
- D. 35.0%
Foreign exchange rate in a free market economy is determined by?
- A. the government
- B. the Central Bank
- C. demand and supply
- D. commercial banks
A firm is said to be a public joint stock company when it
- A. is owned by the government
- B. sells its shares to members of the public
- C. operates as a government corporation
- D. is not legally recognized as a firm
In the diagram below, what is the excess demand at the price of N60

- A. 200
- B. 300
- C. 600
- D. 100

