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Economics Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Economics Questions

Question 46:
Collectivism refers to the system of management of state enterprises in a?
  • A Mixed economy
  • B Co-operative organization
  • C Capitalist economic system
  • D Socialist economy
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Question 47:
The group of unemployed members of a community who are physically handicapped or disabled, is generally classified under unemployment as?
  • A Frictional
  • B Cyclical
  • C Residual
  • D Hidden
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Question 48:
A textile firm operates a plant in the North (where capital expensive relative to labour)as well as a plant in the South (where labour is expensive relative to capital ). In this diagram above the Southern plant will minimize cost by combining labour and capital in the amounts indicated by
  • A P
  • B Q
  • C X
  • D Y
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Question 49:
If in this demand-supply diagram, the quantity supplied is OQ, then
  • A Price will be OP
  • B There will be excess demand of RT
  • C Price will be ON
  • D Price will tend to rise
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Question 50:
The demand and supply equations for a commodity are given respectively as D = 20 - 1/2P; S = 8 + 1/4P. Recalling that at equilibrium, D = S, the equilibrium (P) and quantity (Q) can be obtained as
  • A P = 12, Q = 16
  • B P = 15, Q = 10
  • C P = 12, Q = 14
  • D P = 16, Q = 12
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