Economics Past Questions And Answers
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
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
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 THEORYIn 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
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
The demand curve for factors of production
- A. is perfect elastic
- B. slopes upwards
- C. slopes of downwards
- D. is perfectly inelastic
Which of the following is a reward to a factor of production?
- A. interest
- B. donation
- C. gifts
- D. subsidy
People who dispose of their assets are expected to pay ______________
- A. value added tax
- B. capital gains tax
- C. expenditure tax
- D. sales tax
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
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

