Economics Past Questions And Answers
(a) Define:
(i) elasticity of demand; [2 marks]
(ii) price elasticity of demand. [2 marks]
(b) State anyfour determinants price elasticity of demand. [12 marks]
(c) Draw curves illustrating
(i) fairly elastic demand; [2 marks]
(ii) perfectly inelastic demand. [2 marks]

Which of the following statements is correct?
- A. As total utility increases, the marginal utility also increases
- B. The marginal utility is a always zero whenever the total utility reaches the maximum
- C. The total utility is at maximum whenever marginal utility is at it's maximum
- D. There is no relationship between total utility and the marginal utility
Under a floating exchange rate regime, the determinant of the exchange rate is
- A. an Act of the National Assembly
- B. the highest denomination of the currency
- C. demand for and supply of foreign goods
- D. the system of government
Which approach do economists use to compute national output by adding up all the final good and revenues produced in a country during a year calculated as a market price
- A) value added approach
- B) expenditure approach
- C) product approach
- D) national savings approach
A country is said to have absolute advantage when she
- A. has a higher opportunity cost in the production of a good
- B. can sell to other countries without buying from them
- C. can produce more of any good with fewer resources
- D. has a lower opportunity cost in the production of good
A market condition where profit is maximized when MR = AR = MC = P is known as
- A. monopoly
- B. oligopoly
- C. monopsony
- D. perfect competition
if the foreign exchange rate is N80 to £1, then a bicycle bought for £40 will cost
- A. N15.00
- B. N60.00
- C. N100.00
- D. N320.00
An increase in the demand for butter reduces the demand for margarine, this type of demand is called
- A. competitive demand
- B. elastic demand
- C. derived demand
- D. composite demand
A basic economic problem of any society is
- A. high level of illiteracy
- B. irregular power supply
- C. population growth
- D. resource allocation
If the quantity demanded of a particular commodity is represented by the function Qd = 30 - 2p, what is the quantity demanded at a price of twelve Naira?
- A. 6 units
- B. 8 units
- C. 10 units
- D. 12 units

