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Economics Past Questions and Answers

Economics Questions

Question 576:
Opportunity cost is best defined as?
  • A The penalty for not seizing golden opportunities
  • B Sacrificed alternative (output, income etc.)
  • C The cost of creating job opportunities
  • D Payment made to an industrial worker
  • E The difference between fixed and variable costs
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Question 577:
Progressive income tax can be expressed as
  • A Tax that falls as income rises
  • B Tax that rises as income falls
  • C Tax that is independent of income
  • D Tax that rises as income rises
  • E Tax that is neutral to income
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Question 578:
From the market demand and supply schedules for milk, we can say that equilibrium price and quantity are
  • A 15k, 13,000
  • B 20k, 17,500
  • C 13k, 20,000
  • D 18k, 18,000
  • E 18k, 15,000
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Question 579:
In this diagram, So So is the original supply curve while S<sub style='font-size: smaller;'>1</sub> S<sub style='font-size: smaller;'>1</sub> represent?
  • A A movement along a give supply curve
  • B An increase in supply
  • C Decrease in supply
  • D A perfect elastic supply curve
  • E An abnormal supply curve
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Question 580:
From the above, the Growth Rate of Total National Output or GDP is
  • A 6.45%, i.e (25 x 2 + 10 x 5 + 50 x 10 + 15 x 3)/ 100%
  • B 20.0%, i.e. (2 + 5 + 10 +3)%
  • C 2.95%, i.e (60 x 2 + 10 x 5 + 5 x 10 + 25 x 3)/ 100%
  • D 5.0%, i.e,(2 +5 + 10 + 3)/ 4%
  • E Not obtainable
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