Economics Past Questions And Answers
Farming, mining and fishing are
- A. primary production
- B. secondary production
- C. tertiary production
- D. intermediate production
A seller increased the quantity he offered for sale from 200 units to 250 units when the price of his product increased by 12.5%. What is the price elasticity of the supply of his product?
- A. 2.00
- B. 1.50
- C. 1.00
- D. 0.50
The most important goal of OPEC is to?
- A. present a united front for the purpose of raising the price of crude oil
- B. bring unity among the petroleum exporting states
- C. ensuring political stability among member states
- D. ensure that rules on quota producion are strictly followed
Productive resources can also be called
- A. principle of production
- B. factors of production
- C. items of production
- D. labour and material resources
A pricing behavior in which a firm charges different prices to different consumers for the same good or service is known as
- A) uniform pricing behavior
- B) price discrimination
- C) market separability
- D) price differentiation
which of the following business organisations is likely to experience disagreements between management and shareholders
- A. co-operative society
- B. sole trader
- C. partnership
- D. joint-stock company
The flow labelled Y refers to

- A. real income
- B. factor payment
- C. factor input
- D. national income
(a) Distinguish between the following pairs of cost concepts.
(i) Fixed cost and variable cost. (ii) Real cost and money cost
(iii) Implicit cost and explicit cost. [5 marks each]
(b) (I) What would you recommend to a firm whose average cost is greater than its price? [2 marks]
(ii) Give a reason for your answer In (b)(i) above. [3 marks]
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2009 THEORYThe power of trade union may be weakened when there is
- A. optimum population
- B. a weak government in power
- C. over population
- D. a civilian government in power
Economics is often described as a social science because?
- A. laboratory experiments are performed
- B. It makes use of controlled experiments
- C. It uses scientific methods to explain an observed phenomenon and predict future events
- D. It makes use of field work

