Economics Past Questions And Answers

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931

Industries for consumer goods are concentrated in urban centers as a result of

  • A. large market
  • B. power supply
  • C. government policy
  • D. weather conditions
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2009
932

Which of the following would not be a reason for a government to impose a quota on imports?

  • A. To support strategic industry
  • B. To prevent dumping
  • C. To decrease tax revenue
  • D. Employment oppourtunity
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2023
933

A village consists of twenty (20) households with the following annual incomes-

(Incomes$00) 30 20 50 40 60 40 40 50 20 60 80 40 20 20 70 40 70 30 40 80

(a) Determine the (i) mean income: [4 marks] (ii) modal income; [ 2 marks] (iii) median income. [2 marks]

(b) What is the range of income distribution? [2 marks]

(c) Calculate the total tax that could be generated from the village if (i) a flat rate tax of 7% is imposed on all households; [5 marks] (ii) a flat rate tax of 15% is imposed on all households earning $4,000 per annum and above. [5 marks]

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2009 THEORY
934

In recent times, agriculture in Nigeria tends to lose its vital labour force as a result of?

  • A. lack of an effective agricultural policy
  • B. employment opportunities in the agricultural sector
  • C. rural-urban drift
  • D. low prices of agricultural products
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2020
935

which of the following will increase the demand for labour

  • A. Increase wage rate
  • B. labour's demand for output
  • C. low wage rate
  • D. low marginal productivity
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2015 OBJ
936

The demand curve for factors of production

  • A. is perfect elastic
  • B. slopes upwards
  • C. slopes of downwards
  • D. is perfectly inelastic
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2010
937

Which of the following is a reward to a factor of production?

  • A. interest
  • B. donation
  • C. gifts
  • D. subsidy
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2002 OBJ
938

People who dispose of their assets are expected to pay ______________

  • A. value added tax
  • B. capital gains tax
  • C. expenditure tax
  • D. sales tax
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2021 OBJ
939

Some of the key indicators of underdevelopment in a country are?

  • A. poverty, high level of literacy and low income
  • B. poverty, low level of literacy and low income
  • C. low level of illiteracy, low income and poverty
  • D. poverty, low incoe and low unemployment level
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2002
940

The public sector in a mixed economy is not always because of

  • A. bureaucratic practice
  • B. the desire to make huge change
  • C. annual planning of activities
  • D. the activities of shareholders
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2020 OBJ