Economics Past Questions And Answers
Which of the following is a function of a retailer?
- A. Banking services
- B. Hoarding services
- C. Storage services
- D. Sales services
Import duties will increase total expenditure on imports if the demand for imports is?
- A. elastic
- B. inelastic
- C. infinitely elastic
- D. derived
West African countries are experiencing worsening terms of trade because
- A. they are primary producers
- B. their currencies are overvalued
- C. they import less machines
- D. they are tertiary producers
Which of the following does not give a characteristics of money?
- A. Durable
- B. Portable
- C. Divisible into small units
- D. Medium of exchange
An increase in the prices of factor inputs may result in
- A. demand-pull inflation
- B. stagflation
- C. open inflation
- D. cost-push inflation
Hassan , an economic teacher in Lagos, resigned his appointment and took yup another job as a banker . The The concept here involves
- A. occupational mobility of labour
- B. horozontal mobility of labour
- C. vertical mobility of labour
- D. geographical mobility of labour
if an economy is growing at an annual rate of 7% and 4% of it is known to be due to the improvement in labour ans capital combined, the balance of 3% is usually attributed to
- A. land and entreprenuer
- B. abundance of natural resources
- C. level of human capital
- D. technical progress and related factors
One of the factors affecting change in demand for a commodity is the _______?
- A. Supply of the commodity
- B. Availability of the substitutes
- C. Price of the commodity
- D. Technical know-how
which of the following serves as a banker's bank?
- A. Commercial banks
- B. The Mortgage Bank
- C. The Central Bank
- D. Development Bank
which of the following is not an effect of many middlemen in the chain of production
- A. shortage of commodities
- B. low retail prices
- C. hoarding of goods
- D. high retail prices

