Economics Past Questions And Answers
3061
Time deposit has the same meaning as
- A. current account
- B. demand deposit
- C. deposit account
- D. bank deposit
3062
Dumping in international trade means selling a goods at a
- A. higher price at home than abroad
- B. lower price at home than abroad
- C. price that equates marginal cost with marginal revenue
- D. price above marginal cost abroad
3063
Average Variable Cost (AVC) curve
- A. is U-shaped
- B. rises from left to right
- C. Slopes upwards
- D. is horizontal to the X-axis
3064
The most important factor ensuring economic development is the?
- A. effective mobilization of domestic savings
- B. presence of foreign capital
- C. formulation of appropriate government policies
- D. attraction of foreign aids and grants
3065
which of the following business establishment are not motivated mainly by profit?
- A. Public Limited Companies
- B. Private Limited Companies
- C. Holding companies
- D. Co-operatives
3066
Natural growth rate of population can be defined as the
- A. difference between birth rate and death rate
- B. number of births in a year
- C. increase in the population growth in a year
- D. difference between the total population and the death rate
3067
In Nigeria, most agricultural policies are aimed at______?
- A. Ensuring equitable distribution of income
- B. Liberalizing all sectors of the nation's economy
- C. Encouraging the development of manufacturing sector
- D. Achieving self-sufficiency in food production
3068
The petroleum industry in Nigeria is an example of a
- A. capital-intensive industry
- B. service industry
- C. labour-intensive industry
- D. tertiary production industry
3069
local firms can help in reducing unemployment in a country when?
- A. land acquisition becomes centralized
- B. imports of substitutes are reduced
- C. waste in the firm is eliminated
- D. subsidies to firms are decreased
3070
Which of the following is not a member of OPEC?
- A. Indonesia
- B. Iran
- C. Venezuela
- D. Egypt

