WAEC - Economics (2010)
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The following are examples of economic goods except
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A tent-making factory offers
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In which of the following economic system do we have mostly private ownership of resources and individual decision making?
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The sum of items divided by the number of items is the
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Find the median of the following set of scores 8,9,6,5,10
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Which of the following causes the demand curve to shift to the right?
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an increase in the income of the buyer
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Goods for which demands rises as income rises are
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The slope of a supply curve is
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Equilibrium price is the price at which quantity
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demand is equal to quantity supplied
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A decrease in supply with demand remaining unchanged will cause the equilibrium price for a good to
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At the highest level of total utility, marginal utility is
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The law of diminishing marginal utility state that, the more a commodity is consumed the
Odpověď(D)
lower the rate of increase in the total utility derived
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Greater inter-dependence among workers in production is associated with
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If TC, FC and VC represent total cost, fixed cost and variable cost respectively, which of the following is correct?
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The reward to land as a factor of production is
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A firm is said to be a public joint stock company when it
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sells its shares to members of the public
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All the following are source of finance to a joint stock company except
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The public sector of an economy includes
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One advantage of the Sole Proprietorship over other forms of business organization is that it can
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Which of the following is obtainable in a perfect market?
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The wholesaler performs the following function except
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offering credit facilities to the consumers
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A country whose population size is too small relative to its resource is
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An efficient weapon used in resolving dispute between employers and employees is
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Which of the following does not explain why a school principal earns more salary than a school messenger?
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The role of government in promoting agricultural development includes the following except
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paying the wages of farmers
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The following are advantages of large scale agriculture except
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The following are all factors determining the location of industry except
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Which of the following is not a concept in National Income Accounting?
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Domestic National Products (DNP)
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Which of the following equation is appropriate for determining the Net Domestic Product (NDP)?
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Which of the following over estimates the value of national income?
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The total stock of money available for use in an economy is
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Which of the following is not a reason for holding money?
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The best way of combating demand-pull inflation is to
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In which of the following ways has inflation adversely affected your country’s economy?
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Which of the following is a legal tender?
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The Central Bank controls money supply through all the following except
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One of the functions of the Central Bank is
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The function of the Central Bank as the lender of last resort means that when all other sources fail,
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commercial banks can raise loans from the Central Bank
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One disadvantages of direct taxes is that they
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A component of the national debt of a country is
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When the demand for a good is fairly inelastic, the burden of an indirect tax falls
Odpověď(A)
more on the consumers of the goods
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Dumping means the selling of a good in a foreign market at a price that is
Odpověď(A)
below the home market price
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Which of the following group of accounts make up the balance of payments?
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Capital account; current account and monetary movement account
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A country's balance of payment is deficit when
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the total payment for visible and invisible imports are greater than the total receipts from her exports of visible and invisible goods
