Economics Past Questions And Answers

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2991

Division of labour leads to

  • A. employment of everybody
  • B. decrease in output
  • C. monotony of work
  • D. increase of time in workshops
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1997 OBJ
2992

When a worker earns more than the wage just sufficient to keep him in his job, the excess income is called?

  • A. an opportunity cost
  • B. an economic rent
  • C. transfer earnings
  • D. surplus value
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2005
2993

(a) Define inflation.

(b) Identify any three causes of: (i) demand-pull inflation; (ii) cost-push inflation .

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2017 THEORY
2994

Price elasticity of supply is a ratio of the change in

  • A. original quantity to a change in new quantity
  • B. quantity supplied to the change in price
  • C. price to the change in quantity supplied
  • D. quantity supplied to the change in demand
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2003
2995

The major problem of cooperative societies in Nigeria is that?

  • A. they often lack cohersion and continuity
  • B. their liability is unlimited to members
  • C. voting is by proxy
  • D. their management style is poor
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1999
2996

In the history of economics the concept of division of labour is usually associated With______________

  • A. Karl Marx
  • B. Adam Smith
  • C. David Ricardo
  • D. J.M Keynes
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2018
2997

In the diagram, the profit maximizing output is

  • A. Q1 while 1 = AC and II = MC
  • B. Q1, while l = MC and ll = AC
  • C. Q2, while l = MC and ll = AC
  • D. Q3, while l = AC and ll = MC
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1992
2998

One of the causes of the present high rate of inflation in Nigeria is

  • A. increasing budget surplus
  • B. increasing factor costs
  • C. exchange rate appreciation
  • D. high capacity utilization
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2004
2999

An account from which allocations are made to the three tier of government in Nigeria is called the?

  • A. National Income Account
  • B. Public Sector
  • C. Federation account
  • D. National Revenue Mobilization Account
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1992
3000

Zakari started a business in January 2000. He bought a shop costing N54,000 and stock worth N7,600. Profit for the year amounted to 22,100. His closing capital was N73,800. Zakari's personal drawings amounted to?

  • A. N2,300
  • B. N9,900
  • C. N17,100
  • D. N19,500
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2004