Economics Past Questions And Answers
what happens when the central bank increases bank rate in an economy
- A. borrowing is discouraged
- B. customers increase their borrowing
- C. banks can increase their lending
- D. money supply increases
\(\begin{array}{c|c}
& \text{Year 1} & \text{Year 2} \\
\hline
\text{GNP at current prices(NM)} & 20,000 & 27,000 \\ \hline
\text{Population(Million)} & 20 & 24 \\
\end{array}\)
Calculate the GNP per head of the population in year 1 and year 2.
- A. N2000.00, N1000.00
- B. N1125.00; N2000.00
- C. N1000.00, N2000.00
- D. N1000.00; N1125.00
In which of the following ways has inflation adversely affected your country’s economy?
- A. increase in money supply
- B. a fall in real income
- C. appreciation in the value of money
- D. increased employment
A shift in the demand curve indicates
- A. exceptional demand
- B. change in demand
- C. change in quantity demanded
- D. elasticity of demand
Which of the following is not a reason countries import goods?
- A. Differences in natural endowments
- B. the law of absolute advantage
- C. Differences in tastes
- D. The love for other nations
Reward for entrepreneurship is
- A. rent
- B. wages
- C. interest
- D. profit
Long-term loans can be secured from
- A. Commercial banks
- B. discount houses
- C. development banks
- D. acceptance houses
One relationship between marginal utility and total utility. When total is
- A. rising, marginal utility is rising
- B. falling, marginal utility is negative
- C. maximum, marginal utility is maximum
- D. falling, marginal utility is rising
When more of tax on a product is borne by the buyer than the seller, the commodity involved has
- A. perfectly elastic demand
- B. perfectly inelastic demand
- C. fairly inelastic demand
- D. elastic demand
The factor of production that has the highest degree of mobility is?
- A. land
- B. labour
- C. capital
- D. entrepreneur

