The demand for factors of production is an example of?
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(C)
derived demand
3
A student has N30.00 with which to buy a ruler costing N18.00 and an exercise book costing N25.00. If he buys the exercise book, his opportunity cost is?
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(A)
the ruler
4
A shift in supply curve indicates that a different quantity will be supplied at each possible price because?
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(C)
other factors than price have changed
5
One of the reason for an exceptional demand curve is the?
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(A)
expectation of a future change in price
6
A scientific approach in economic analysis entails?
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(B)
both inductive and normative methods
7
In a centrally planned economy, the economic problem of deciding what to produce is dependent on?
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(B)
state command
8
The solution to the problem of double coincidence of wants requires a buyer and seller whose demands are precisely?
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(D)
complementary
9
The stock exchange is a market for the buying and selling of?
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(C)
existing shares
10
National Income estimates can be used to?
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(D)
compare a country's growth rate with that of another over a period of time
11
In Nigeria, the bank that can correctly be described as a unit bank is?
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(A)
the Central Bank
12
If a country's GNP in the current year is N65 billion, and the GNP in the base year is N50 billion, the GNP deflator is?
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(A)
130.0
13
Insurance companies invest mainly in instruments trade on the?
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(A)
capital market
14
Liquidity preference refers to the?
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(B)
wish to hold more funds for precautionary purpose
15
Creeping inflation implies that there is a?
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(A)
gentle and persistent increase in the general price level
16
The primary objective of the NDIC is to?
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(D)
give protection to bank depositors
17
Excess demand inflation can be controlled through?
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(A)
contractionary fiscal policy
18
The middlemen in the chain of distribution are?
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(B)
wholesalers and retailers
19
If the growth rate of available resources continuously outpaces that of the population, a country will eventually experience?
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(B)
underpopulation
20
The equilibrium wage in an economy is determined by the?
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(D)
supply and demand for labour
21
The Malthusian theory of population growth is often said to be?
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(C)
pessimistic
22
Improved labour efficiency can be measured by?
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(A)
an increase in output-input ratio
23
As a firm increases its output, the average fixed cost?
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(D)
tends to decreased continuously
24
The short-run equilibrium output for a monopolist is determined by the?
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(C)
intersection of the average revenue and the average cost curves
25
The benefits that accrue to a firm as a result of an improvement in the industry it belongs to are called?
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(D)
external economies
26
In the short-run a firm marginal cost curve above the point of shut-down is its?
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(B)
supply curve
27
The economic policy of deregulation is aimed at encouraging?
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(C)
a competitive market structure
28
Under conditions of perfect competition, a firm's supply curve is determined by its?
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(B)
marginal cost curve
29
The effect of an increase in demand for a commodity accompanied by a decrease in supply will be to?
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(C)
raise its price as well as the equilibrium quantity
30
External finance for a limited liability company is mainly sourced through?
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(A)
the leasing equipment
31
Some of the key indicators of underdevelopment in a country are?
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(B)
poverty, low level of literacy and low income
32
One of the roles of NNPC in the production and refining of crude oil is to?
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(C)
satisfy the domestic consumption of petroleum products
33
One way of correcting the balance of payments problem of a country is to?
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(C)
devalue the currency
34
Which of the following yields more revenue to Nigeria?
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(C)
indirect tax
35
Import substitution aims at?
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(B)
substituting imports with agricultural exports
36
One of the major criticisms of the 1992-1968 National development Plan was that?
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(D)
its execution was based largely on foreign sourced financial resources
37
ECOWAS has taken a giant step towards economic integration by?
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(D)
increasing economic stability among members states
38
A deficit budget can be used to?
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(B)
protect the economy from inflation
39
One of the major factors militating against industrialization in Nigeria is the?
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(A)
inadequacy of infrastructural facilities
40
The types, sources and uses of government income are mainly concerned with?
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(D)
public finance
41
The present privatization policy in Nigeria is aimed at?
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(D)
increasing efficiency in production
42
One of the problems arising from the localization of industries is?
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(D)
structural unemployment
43
The major purpose of African Development Bank is to?
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(B)
provide loans for infrastructural development
44
As a country gets more developed, the percentage of labour engaged in agriculture tends to?
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(B)
decrease steadily
45
In the diagram above, the marginal rate of substitution of X for Y, for a movement from S to T is
