Which of the following is an example of free good?
إجابة
(B)
Water in the ocean
4
The marginal propensity to consume is
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(A)
Options A, B and C
5
The short run can be defined as the period of time during which
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(B)
At least one of the firm's input is fixed
6
The "velocity" of money is
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(D)
The ratio of real GDP to the real money supply
7
The part of income after tax that is not consumed is defined as
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(B)
Saving
8
An industry is
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(C)
A group of firms producing related goods
9
The type of unemployment that occurs when an individual cannot find job as a result of obsolete skill is
إجابة
(A)
Structural unemployment
10
The theory of ............... was propounded by ..................
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(B)
Absolute advantage; Adam Smith
11
If a business' total economic cost of producing 10,000 units of a product is N750,000 and this output is sold to consumers for N1,000,000, then the firm would earn
إجابة
(D)
An economic profit of N250,000
12
One major problem facing West African countries is
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(A)
Relations with Colonial Masters
13
The development of an economic hypothesis through intuition, insight, or logic is associated with
إجابة
(C)
Normative economics
14
A major factor contributing to productivity is
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(B)
The labour force
15
.............is presently used in Nigeria to measure inflation
إجابة
(B)
Consumer price index
16
The fundamental problem of economics is
إجابة
(B)
The scarcity of productive resources relative to society's unlimited wants
17
The diagram above represent
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(B)
mononpoly
18
What is the lowest price the monopolist can charge
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(A)
P2
19
The maximum price is
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(D)
P4
20
Real cost is
إجابة
(A)
Alternative commodities forgone
21
..................... is the highest body in ECOWAS organogram
إجابة
(A)
Authority of Head of State and Government
22
Government uses all of the following ways to redistribute income, except
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(C)
Limited liability
23
The principle that specified that the amount, when and how to pay tax should be made known to tax payer is known as
إجابة
(D)
Principle of certainty
24
Money could be defined as
إجابة
(A)
Options A, B and C
25
Business cycle is associated with
إجابة
(A)
Recession
26
Economic problem occurs when
إجابة
(A)
There is scarcity relative to demand
27
A ............ in the price of the domestic currency in terms of a foreign currency is referred to as .............
إجابة
(C)
Decrease, depreciation
28
Among all the determinants of economic growth, the most important one is
إجابة
(B)
Increased GDP
29
An increase in money income with constant price results in
إجابة
(A)
Outward shift in the budget line
30
The law of supply states that, other things being constant, as price increases
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(C)
Quantity supplied increases
31
The demand for money will fall if
إجابة
(C)
Real interest rates rise
32
Which of the following is an example of expansionary monetary policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria?
إجابة
(D)
Buying Treasury securities from commercial banks
33
If commodities X and Y are substitute, their cross elasticity of demand will be
إجابة
(B)
positive
34
The term 'investment' in macroeconomics means
إجابة
(D)
The production of goods for immediate consumption
35
The following are economic agents in any economy EXCEPT
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(A)
Central Bank
36
One major criticism of foreign aid to developing countries is that it
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(C)
Is capital using rather than capital saving
37
Public corporation is financed with
إجابة
(B)
Tax payer's money
38
The type of price elasticity of demand for a commodity whose quantity demanded remain unchanged despite changes in the price is
إجابة
(D)
Perfectly inelastic
39
An increase in total production (real GDP) causes the demand for money to ______and the interest rate to _________
إجابة
(C)
Increase; increase
40
Part-time workers who desire full-time employment are:
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(B)
Underemployed but do not contribute to the unemployment statistic
41
Which of the following is the resultant effect of a fall in the profit margin of producers in an economy?
إجابة
(C)
Unemployment will increase
42
Indicator of underdevelopment is
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(D)
low per capita income
43
The decision to consume more of one product under normal circumstances will apply
إجابة
(A)
less of another product will be consumed
44
Identify one of the following which can NOT be used to close deflationary gap
إجابة
(A)
Increased interest rate
45
An increase in nominal income without increase in price will result to
إجابة
(A)
increased real income
46
If demand function for a product is Qd = 30 - 4P, and the price and quantity of products is 4 and 14 respectively. What is the price elasticity of demand for the product?
إجابة
(A)
1.14
47
Macroeconomics focuses on the following units in an aggregative manner
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(C)
government, household firms, individual consumers and external sector
48
Which of the following would not be a reason for a government to impose a quota on imports?
إجابة
(C)
To decrease tax revenue
49
The economies of West African Countries depend majorly on
إجابة
(A)
primary product
50
When a generalization is made based on observed facts, it is
إجابة
(A)
inductive reasoning
51
A persistence rise in the prices of inputs will lead to
إجابة
(A)
cost push inflation
52
From the graph below, Point "E" shows--------------
إجابة
(A)
product inefficiency
53
Which of the following Age group belongs to active Labour force?
إجابة
(D)
18 - 64yrs
54
Suppose the public expenditure as a percentage of GDP of four countries is shown in the table below
A
40%
B
50%
C
33%
D
36%
Which type of economy exists in these countries?
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(D)
Mixed
55
The diagram above represent
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(B)
Production possibility curve
56
40 men were employed in a farm, and they produced an average of 30 tonnes of cassava per person. Calculate the total product.
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(C)
1,200 tonnes
57
Economists refer to private goods as
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(B)
rivalrous and excludable
58
The rate of output per worker (or group of workers) per unit time is called
إجابة
(C)
individual output
59
The quantity of commodity a consumer is willing and able to buy at a particular time is called
إجابة
(C)
demand
60
If the supply curve of labour market is given as S = 4L + 8. What is L when s = 20?
إجابة
(D)
3
61
All of the following describes conditions necessary for existence of a perfect market EXCEPT
إجابة
(A)
lack of homogeneity of goods
62
From the graph above, the consumer is at equilibrium at point
إجابة
(A)
k
63
Calculate the equilibrium level of national income (Y) where Y = C + I + G; C = 100 + 0.75Y; I = 50; G = 200
إجابة
(D)
1400
64
When a kilogram of carrot is #8.00, 20 kilograms are demanded and when the price decreased to #6.000 per kilogram, 30 kilograms are demanded. The elasticity of demand equals to
إجابة
(D)
2
65
Agriculture accounts for about 60% of the
إجابة
(C)
active labour force in West Africa
66
Which of the following shows why individual demand curve for a good usually slopes downward from left to right?
إجابة
(A)
More of commodities are offered for sale at a lower than higher prices
67
Multiplier can be described as
إجابة
(A)
the ratio of change in an endogenous variable to the change spending
68
Which one of the following measures the natural growth rate of population?
إجابة
(B)
Birth rate - Death rate
69
In a two by two model of international trade, it is assumed that
إجابة
(B)
both countries could gain from trade at the same time, but the volume of the gains depends on terms of trade
70
------------- is NOT the cause of balance of payments (BOP) deficits in Nigeria
إجابة
(A)
Poor performance of non-oil sector
71
Institutions serving as links between surplus and deficit units can be identified as
إجابة
(C)
financial intermediates
72
Which of the following will cause an increase in cost of production?
إجابة
(B)
Cost push inflation
73
The number of people who are qualified to work and who offered themselves for employment are called
