Economics Past Questions and Answers

(a) Define product retailing
(b) Outline any three roles performed by the wholesaler to the manufacturer
(C) ldentify any three problems associated with distribution ol products

(a) Define price elasticity of demand
(b) Distinguish between elastic demand and Inelastic demand
(C) Using diagrams. explain what happens to a traders total revenue demand for his product is:
(i) elastic
(ii) inelastic

(a) Stale three characteristics of perfect competition,
(b) With the aid of diagrams, explain equilibrium positions of a perfectly competitive firm in the: (i) short-run: (ii) long-run

(a) Explain how the Central Bank controls money supply through the use of: (i) open market operation (ii) bank rate.
(b) Outline four functions performed by the Central Bank of your country.

(a) Distinguish between domestic trade and external trade.
(b) Distinguish between terms of trade and balance of trade
(c) Outline four causes of balance of payments deficit in a country