Economics Past Questions And Answers

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3151

The ranking of a consumer’s need in order of importance is termed

  • A. An opportunity cost
  • B. Economies of scale
  • C. A scale of preference
  • D. The making of choice
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1996 OBJ
3152

The type of unemployment that occurs when an individual cannot find job as a result of obsolete skill is

  • A. Structural unemployment
  • B. Cyclical unemployment
  • C. Seasonal unemployment
  • D. Frictional unemployment
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2023
3153

economy problems arises mainly as a result of

  • A. inaccurate statistical data in West Africa
  • B. excessive wastage of available resources
  • C. lack of foresight on the part of resource users
  • D. limitation in the availability of resouces
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2000 OBJ
3154

The demand for labour is a________

  • A. Derived demand
  • B. Joint demand
  • C. Complementary demand
  • D. Composite demand
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2019
3155

When a firm's average revenue curve is downward-slopping , it's price elasticity of demand will be

  • A. Zero
  • B. Greater than one
  • C. One
  • D. Between zero and infinity
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2007
3156

The following can lead to change in supply, except;

  • A) Change in weather
  • B) change in the Price of the product
  • C) Change in the price of related products
  • D) Change in attitude of producers
View Discussion (0)POST UTME OAU
3157

The privatization exercise in Nigeria is a move towards a

  • A. mixed economy
  • B. subsistence economy
  • C. market economy
  • D. command economy
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2009
3158

The public sector of an economy includes

  • A. cooperative societies
  • B. nationalized industries
  • C. joint stock companies
  • D. pressure groups
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2010 OBJ
3159

The higher the the dependency ratio the?

  • A. larger the proportion of the employed relative to the unemployed
  • B. smaller the proportion of the active labour force relative to the inactive
  • C. smaller the number of the non-working age groups relative to the active labour force
  • D. lower the birth rate
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1991
3160

An exceptional demand is one in which

  • A. supplier sells all that he takes to the market
  • B. consumers do not buy from the market
  • C. quantity demanded falls as price falls
  • D. purchase of services and not products is considered
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1998 OBJ