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Economics Past Questions and Answers

Economics Questions

Question 586:
A movement along a given demand curve for a good is caused by a change in
  • A A consumer income
  • B The price of the good
  • C Taste
  • D The prices of other goods
  • E Population
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Question 587:
External economies are
  • A The advantage accuring to a firm as a result of its expansion
  • B The advantages accuring to one firm as a result of the existence of other firms in the same locality
  • C Benefits derived by a firm as a result of its own individual policy
  • D Reaped only by agricultural firms
  • E Bound to increase the costs of production whatever the circumstances
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Question 588:
Economics is a science which deals basically with
  • A The factors of production
  • B Allocation of scarce resources
  • C Oil exportation
  • D The gross domestic product (GDP)
  • E National income
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Question 589:
Economics is a science which deals basically with
  • A The factors of production
  • B Allocation of scarce resources
  • C Oil exportation
  • D The gross domestic product (GDP)
  • E National income
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Question 590:
Economist speak about 'opportunity cost' when a person
  • A Has the opporunity to attain a high degree of cost minimization
  • B Has to forego one thing in order to have another
  • C Can equate his fixed costs with his variable costs
  • D Is able to run his business without much expenditure
  • E Has to maximize utility in order to maintain a high standard of living
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