JAMB - Economics (2023)

  • 1
    A tariff is a tax imposed on
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    (C)
    Imported goods
  • 2
    The demand for a good is price inelastic if
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    (A)
    The price elasticity is less than one
  • 3
    Which of the following is an example of free good?
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    (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
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    The "velocity" of money is
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    (D)
    The ratio of real GDP to the real money supply
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    The part of income after tax that is not consumed is defined as
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    (B)
    Saving
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    An industry is
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    (C)
    A group of firms producing related goods
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    The type of unemployment that occurs when an individual cannot find job as a result of obsolete skill is
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    (A)
    Structural unemployment
  • 10
    The theory of ............... was propounded by ..................
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    (B)
    Absolute advantage; Adam Smith
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    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
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    (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
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    (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
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    (B)
    Consumer price index
  • 16
    The fundamental problem of economics is
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    (B)
    The scarcity of productive resources relative to society's unlimited wants
  • 17

    The diagram above represent

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    (B)
    mononpoly
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    What is the lowest price the monopolist can charge

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    (A)
    P2
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    The maximum price is

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    (D)
    P4
  • 20
    Real cost is
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    (A)
    Alternative commodities forgone
  • 21
    ..................... is the highest body in ECOWAS organogram
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    (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
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    (D)
    Principle of certainty
  • 24
    Money could be defined as
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    (A)
    Options A, B and C
  • 25
    Business cycle is associated with
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    (A)
    Recession
  • 26
    Economic problem occurs when
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    (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 .............
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    (C)
    Decrease, depreciation
  • 28
    Among all the determinants of economic growth, the most important one is
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    (B)
    Increased GDP
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    An increase in money income with constant price results in
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    (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
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    (C)
    Real interest rates rise
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    Which of the following is an example of expansionary monetary policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria?
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    (D)
    Buying Treasury securities from commercial banks
  • 33
    If commodities X and Y are substitute, their cross elasticity of demand will be
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    (B)
    positive
  • 34
    The term 'investment' in macroeconomics means
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    (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
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    (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
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    (D)
    Perfectly inelastic
  • 39
    An increase in total production (real GDP) causes the demand for money to ______and the interest rate to _________
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    (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?
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    (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
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    (A)
    less of another product will be consumed
  • 44
    Identify one of the following which can NOT be used to close deflationary gap
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    (A)
    Increased interest rate
  • 45
    An increase in nominal income without increase in price will result to
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    (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?
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    (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?
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    (C)
    To decrease tax revenue
  • 49
    The economies of West African Countries depend majorly on
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    (A)
    primary product
  • 50
    When a generalization is made based on observed facts, it is
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    (A)
    inductive reasoning
  • 51
    A persistence rise in the prices of inputs will lead to
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    (A)
    cost push inflation
  • 52

    From the graph below, Point "E" shows--------------
     

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    (A)
    product inefficiency
  • 53
    Which of the following Age group belongs to active Labour force?
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    (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
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    (C)
    individual output
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    The quantity of commodity a consumer is willing and able to buy at a particular time is called
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    (C)
    demand
  • 60
    If the supply curve of labour market is given as S = 4L + 8. What is L when s = 20?
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    (D)
    3
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    All of the following describes conditions necessary for existence of a perfect market EXCEPT
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    (A)
    lack of homogeneity of goods
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    From the graph above, the consumer is at equilibrium at point

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    (A)
    k
  • 63
    Calculate the equilibrium level of national income (Y) where Y = C + I + G; C = 100 + 0.75Y; I = 50; G = 200
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    (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
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    (D)
    2
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    Agriculture accounts for about 60% of the
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    (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?
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    (A)
    More of commodities are offered for sale at a lower than higher prices
  • 67
    Multiplier can be described as
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    (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?
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    (B)
    Birth rate - Death rate
  • 69
    In a two by two model of international trade, it is assumed that
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    (B)
    both countries could gain from trade at the same time, but the volume of the gains depends on terms of trade
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    ------------- is NOT the cause of balance of payments (BOP) deficits in Nigeria
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    (A)
    Poor performance of non-oil sector
  • 71
    Institutions serving as links between surplus and deficit units can be identified as
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    (C)
    financial intermediates
  • 72
    Which of the following will cause an increase in cost of production?
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    (B)
    Cost push inflation
  • 73
    The number of people who are qualified to work and who offered themselves for employment are called
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    (B)
    working population
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    The diagram above represent

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    (B)
    cyclical unemployment
  • 75
    Overpopulation is caused by
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    (C)
    low Literacy rates