JAMB - Economics (1978)

  • 1
    Suppose that the equilibrium price of an article is N5.00 but the government fixes the price by law at N4.00, the supply will be
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    (C)
    Less than the equilibrium supply
  • 2
    A budget deficit means
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    (C)
    That a government is spending more than in takes in taxation
  • 3
    When elasticity is zero, the demand curve is
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    (B)
    Perfectly inelastic
  • 4
    The following is NOT a reason for the existence of small firms
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    (B)
    Expansion brings diminishing returns
  • 5
    Inferior goods are referred to in Economics as goods
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    (C)
    Whose consumption falls when cunsumers' income rises
  • 6
    Malthus became famous through his theory which may be stated simply
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    (B)
    population may outgrow the means of subsistence
  • 7
    A commercial bank is unique in that it is the only institution that
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    (B)
    accept deposits
  • 8
    Which is an example of an invisible item in the trade Account of Ghana?
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    (D)
    Payment for shipping and insurance by a Ghanaian company to companies outside Ghana
  • 9
    Which is NOT a direct effort to increase Agricultural production in Nigeria?
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    (B)
    Nigerian Youth Service Corps
  • 10
    If a company doubles all its inputs and discovers that its output is more than doubles, we can say that the company is experiencing
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    (E)
    Increasing returns to scale
  • 11
    Price control cannot work in Nigeria because
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    (C)
    while it is fairly easy to control producers and importing firms, smaller distributors are too many to be controlled
  • 12
    The foreign exchange market is a market where
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    (B)
    currencies are sold and bought
  • 13
    Which of the following financial assets consist the lowest rate of interest in Nigeria?
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    (D)
    development loan stocks
  • 14
    The effect of the demand for product A caused by a change in the price of a product B is called?
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    (A)
    cross-elasticity of demand
  • 15
    Which of the following can be regarded as a liability of a commercial bank?
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    (B)
    deposits
  • 16
    A Tax which takes a higher percentage from higher incomes is called?
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    (B)
    a progressive tax
  • 17
    Which of the following statements is true?
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    (D)
    the influence of demand on price will be smallest on the short run
  • 18
    The largest liability appearing in the book of a commercial bank is
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    (B)
    deposits
  • 19
    The Lagos clearing house is
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    (E)
    a cheque sorting centre
  • 20
    The biggest source of government revenue in Nigeria is
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    (E)
    petroleum profit tax
  • 21
    An increase in liquid reserve requirements by the central bank of Nigeria will result in
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    (C)
    an increase in commercial banks excess reserves
  • 22
    A distinguishing characteristics of a consumers' cooperative is the fact that
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    (A)
    the customers are the owners
  • 23
    Disposable income is the same thing as
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    (B)
    personal inome minus taxes
  • 24
    Marginal cost is
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    (D)
    The cost of production of the last or extra unit of goods produced by a firm
  • 25
    Which of the following is not a form of business organization
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    (B)
    Cartel
  • 26
    As consumption of beer increases, its marginal utility to a drinker will
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    (D)
    Decrease
  • 27
    Which of the following sector of the economy is estimated to be the largest employer of labour in the country
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    (B)
    Agriculture
  • 28
    The expression ‘terms of trade’ is used to describe
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    (D)
    The rate at which export exchange for imports
  • 29
    If the demand of a product with perfectly elastic supply increases, there will be
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    (B)
    An increase in quantity offered but price will remain the same
  • 30
    Which of these would not be included in the fundamental principle of a free enterprise economy
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    (D)
    Government control of mobility of factor of production
  • 31
    Economics is called a social science because it is
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    (E)
    The study of human wants by the means of scientific method of observation
  • 32
    Opportunity cost is a term which describe
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    (B)
    Cost of one product in terms of foregone production of others
  • 33
    If the consumer demand for product X increases as the price of product Y decreases we can be fairly certain that X
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    (A)
    X and Y are complementary commodities
  • 34
    Which of the following item in the balance of payment of account is an invisible transaction?
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    (D)
    Tourism
  • 35
    Which of the following is a term used to describe a payment representing a surplus in excess of transfer costs?
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    (C)
    Economic rent
  • 36
    Less developed countries obtain foreign exchange reserve mainly from the export of
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    (D)
    Primary product
  • 37
    By ‘trade by barter’, we mean
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    (D)
    Exchange of goods for goods
  • 38
    In order to build up its capital stock, the typical less developed country should ideally
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    (A)
    Increase total saving
  • 39
    The advantage of sole proprietorship is as follow
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    (C)
    Control and supervision is under one man
  • 40
    Which of these should determine, in a planned economy how the factor of production are to be allocated among different production activities
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    (C)
    Public need which is determined by the government
  • 41
    Which of the following activities of government precludes the existence of a market economy?
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    (C)
    The central planning of production
  • 42
    Which of the following is NOT strictly included In the study of economics?
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    (C)
    Whether a particular want satisfies a good or bad purpose
  • 43
    Which of these would NOT increase population of a country
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    (A)
    Increase in death rate
  • 44
    The optimum population of a country is reached when
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    (B)
    The productive effort per man is at its highest with a given volume of resources
  • 45
    In economics, production is complete when
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    (E)
    Goods and services finally reach the consumer