Jamb 1992 Economics Past Questions And Answers

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1

The total amount of money in circulation includes cash?

  • A. and current account
  • B. owned by banks and the non-bank public
  • C. and current acount balances owned by banks and non-bank public
  • D. owned by banks, the government and the non-bank public
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2

The Nigerian Trust Fund is managed on behalf of Nigeria by the?

  • A. World Bank
  • B. International Monetary Fund
  • C. African Development Bank
  • D. Economic Commission for Africa
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3

When interest rates are high and still rising the least-cost method used by public limited companies to obtain additional funds for their operations is by?

  • A. obtaining life-term loans from merchant banks
  • B. obtain short-term loans from commercial banks
  • C. selling floating-rate debenture stocks to the general public
  • D. selling new ordinary shares to the general public
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4

If an economy grows at an annual rate of 5% of which 3% is deemed to be due to improvement in the productivity of labour and capital combined the remaining 2% is generally attributed to?

  • A. the size of population
  • B. technical progress
  • C. the environment
  • D. the amount of natural resources
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5

the major objective of current campaign for family planning in Nigeria is to?

  • A. reduce the death rate
  • B. limit the number of women a man can marry
  • C. keep the population growth rate constant
  • D. raise the standard of living of the population
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6

The objective of public finance is to promote?

  • A. full employment, national income and price stability
  • B. government revenue drive and expenditure to as high a level as possible
  • C. the expansion of government social services
  • D. government revenue drive and minimize government expenditure
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7

Which of the following situations can give rise to economic problems?

  • A. Unlimited human wants
  • B. Wants of varying important
  • C. Limited means available for satisfying wants
  • D. Means used in different ways
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8

In national income accounting, aggregate saving in any year is defined as?

  • A. all disposable income not spent on consumption
  • B. all savings deposits in all banks during the year
  • C. all savings and time deposits in all banks during the year
  • D. the value of inventory change for the year
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9

A significant effect of the growth of the oil sector in Nigeria has been to?

  • A. increase the rate of unemployment
  • B. diminish the percentage contribution of the agricultural sector to GNP
  • C. slow down the pace of industrialization
  • D. retard the rate of economic growth
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10

The type of business organizations mostly used for producing public goods in Nigeria is

  • A. Sole proprietorships
  • B. Limited liability companies
  • C. Co-operative societies
  • D. Statutory corporations
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