JAMB - Economics (1981)

  • 1
    'Choice arises because of scarcity of resources',In discussing this statement, Which of the following is NOT correct?
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    (B)
    Given numerous wants and limited resources only individuals and businesss firms make choice
  • 2
    Which of the following alternatives will NOT assist in checking the population growth in West Africa countries?
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    (A)
    Immigration
  • 3
    Two goods, X and Y, are said to be complementary when?
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    (A)
    A fall in the price of X raises the demand for Y
  • 4
    Which of the following is NOT true about specialization or division of labour?
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    (C)
    Division of labour needs not take account of the extent of the market
  • 5
    Money becomes a very poor store of value in a period of
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    (D)
    Inflation
  • 6
    Government in West Africa countries engage in running a number of enterprises because ?
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    (E)
    All of the above
  • 7
    The function of money as a standard of deferred payments
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    (B)
    Makes it possible for payment to be postponed from the present to a future date
  • 8
    Which of the following is NOT a major function of a Central Bank?
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    (C)
    Acceptance of deposit from the public
  • 9
    Summary of product condition in countries i and ii

    Amount of labour days, cocoa(tons) Cloth(tons)
    Country i 200 600 900
    country ii 200 300 800

    From the above table, we can correctly say in respect of international trade that
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    (B)
    Country I has absolute advantage in the production of both cocoa and cloth
  • 10
    The infant industry argument for protection in developing countries recognizes the needs to employ tariffs to protect
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    (C)
    Newly set-up industries
  • 11
    Invisible trade refers to trade in?
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    (E)
    goods that cannot be seen
  • 12
    Indirect taxes are taxes?
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    (E)
    which are levied on people and economic units through the goods and services they purchase
  • 13
    The situation whereby in a fiscal year a government’s revenue receipt are less than its expenditures is referred to as?
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    (A)
    budget deficit
  • 14
    Which of the following statement is NOT true about agriculture in West Africa?
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    (B)
    Agriculture production is the basis for excise taxes in West Africa
  • 15
    The process by which West African countries attempt to reduce the import of manufactured goods by encouraging firms to produce these goods at homes is known as?
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    (C)
    import-substitution
  • 16
    Economics may be defined as?
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    (D)
    the study of human behaviour in the allocation of scarce resources
  • 17
    Elasticity of demand is given by
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    (A)
    the prcentage change in quantity demanded divided by the corresponding percentage change in price
  • 18
    If a commodity has many substitutes, it is most likely that?
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    (B)
    the demand curve is fairly elastic
  • 19
    Which of the following statement does NOT describe a situation of perfect competition.?
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    (B)
    The firm makes no pure profit in the short run
  • 20
    Surplus in balance of payment leads to?
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    (B)
    increases in foreign reserves
  • 21
    Which of the following does NOT belong in respect of the quantity of money?
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    (E)
    Measure of value
  • 22
    Government budget can be described as the sum of?
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    (D)
    Planned expenditure and expect revenue within a financial year
  • 23
    An economy in which both the public and the private sectors contribute substantially to the growth of output is?
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    (C)
    a mixed economy
  • 24
    Which is NOT an important factor responsible for high concentration of population in some part of Nigeria?
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    (D)
    Processing of petroleum oil
  • 25
    Prohibiting the sale of lace materials in Nigeria would probably lead to?
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    (D)
    Higher price of lace material in Nigeria
  • 26
    Which of the following is NOT a visible item on international trade payment?
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    (C)
    Payments to foreign shipping companies
  • 27
    Given the international trade statistics of Nigeria for the past 6 years, which of these statements would you consider to be correct?
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    (D)
    The share of agricultural export is decreasing
  • 28
    The most basic concern of economists is to?
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    (E)
    study ways of allocating scarce resources in order to satisfy human wants
  • 29
    Which of these statement is NOT true of economics as a discipline?
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    (D)
    it assumes limited human wants
  • 30
    An increase in the price of butter causes an increase in the demand for margarine. This indicate that butter and margarine are?
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    (A)
    substitute goods
  • 31
    An equilibrium price?
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    (E)
    equates the quantity supplied to be equal to the quantity demanded.
  • 32
    When a nation’s exports are greater than its imports
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    (E)
    A favourable balance of trade exists
  • 33
    unlimited liability means?
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    (D)
    A firm must pay its debts from business as well as private funds
  • 34
    One of the probable effects of an increased minimum wage in Nigeria is?
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    (D)
    to create involuntary unemployment
  • 35
    If the income of a consumer rises and his demand for good X falls, good X can be described as
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    (E)
    none of the above
  • 36
    Inflation is likely to benefit?
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    (C)
    debtors
  • 37
    Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of perfect competition?
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    (C)
    Supply and demand are equal
  • 38
    Opportunity cost is best defined as?
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    (B)
    sacrificed alternative (output, income etc.)
  • 39
    Progressive income tax can be expressed as
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    (D)
    tax that rises as income rises
  • 40
    From the market demand and supply schedules for milk, we can say that equilibrium price and quantity are
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    (E)
    18k, 15,000
  • 41
    In this diagram, So So is the original supply curve while S1 S1 represent?
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    (C)
    decrease in supply
  • 42
    From the above, the Growth Rate of Total National Output or GDP is
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    (D)
    5.0%, i.e,(2 +5 + 10 + 3)/ 4%
  • 43
    Summary of production conditions in countries l and ll.
    From the table, we can correctly say in respect of international trade that
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    (B)
    country I has absolute advantage in the prodcttion of both cocoa and cloth
  • 44
    Which of the following statements does NOT describe a situation of perfect competition?
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    (B)
    The firm makes no pure profit in the short run
  • 45
    Which of the following is NOT a visible iterm in international trade payments?`
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    (C)
    Payments to foreign shipping companies