Jamb 1997 Economics Past Questions And Answers

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1

In commercial banking, an account from which the customer cannot withdraw money instantly is a?

  • A. demand deposit account
  • B. time deposit account
  • C. special deposit account
  • D. savings deposit account
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2

Privatization of government-owned companies means the?

  • A. relinquishing of government equility participation to private individuals
  • B. recapitalization of distressed government-owned companies
  • C. joint paticipation of government and private individuals
  • D. commercialization and deregulation of the economy
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3

Banks can create more money by?

  • A. increasing its cash ratio with the Central Bank
  • B. issuing more banks cheques
  • C. accepting more deposits from customers
  • D. lending out money from customers deposits
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4

If the marginal propensity to consume is 0.75 and private investment increases by N10 billion while government expenditure decreases by N15 billion, GDP will decrease by?

  • A. N12 billion
  • B. N15 billion
  • C. N20 billion
  • D. N25 billion
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5

In a country, if the proportion of people who are below 15 years is 45% and those above 60 years is 30%, this implies that the?

  • A. dependency is ratio high
  • B. population is optimum
  • C. active population is large
  • D. population is growing according to Malthus theory
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6

Stock and shares as well as bonds are examples of instruments used in the?

  • A. commodity markets
  • B. money markets
  • C. capital markets
  • D. security markets
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7

Ike's scale of preference reveals that he prefers bananas to pawpaw, pawpaw to oranges and oranges to bananas. Ike's preferences are therefore?

  • A. inconsistent
  • B. consistent
  • C. transitive
  • D. rational
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8

The greatest proportion of government revenue in Nigeria comes from?

  • A. export of raw materials
  • B. income taxes on individuals and business
  • C. custom duties and excise duties
  • D. loans and grants from industrially advanced countries
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9

One of the dangers of the localization of industries is?

  • A. residual employment
  • B. mass unemployment
  • C. structural unemployment
  • D. cyclical unemployment
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10

An important feature of a cartel is that?

  • A. members do not reduce price below the cartel price
  • B. each member has a fixed output above which it is not expected to produce
  • C. a powerful member fixes the price at which others will sell
  • D. membes fix the prices for their products
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