JAMB - Economics (2002)

  • 1
    The elasticity of supply of perishable goods is?
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    (B)
    inelastic
  • 2
    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

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    (D)
    5:1