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Economics Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Economics Questions

Question 36:
One of the advantages of international trade is that it?
  • A Increases world output
  • B Encourages economic independence among nations
  • C Restricts spread of technical knowledge
  • D Promotes self-reliance and satisfaction with only what can be produced internally
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Question 37:
there is an improvement in the terms of trade of a country if?
  • A A large quantity of exports is given up to obtain a unit of imports
  • B The volume of exports is greater than the volume of imports
  • C A smaller quantity of exports is given up to obtain a unit of imports
  • D The value of exports is greater than the value of imports
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Question 38:
there is an improvement in the terms of trade of a country if?
  • A A large quantity of exports is given up to obtain a unit of imports
  • B The volume of exports is greater than the volume of imports
  • C A smaller quantity of exports is given up to obtain a unit of imports
  • D The value of exports is greater than the value of imports
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Question 39:
Under flexible exchange rates, a deficit could be corrected by?
  • A Freezing the gold point
  • B Appreciation of other currencies
  • C Removing export subsidies
  • D Removing tariffs
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Question 40:
The higher the the dependency ratio the?
  • A Larger the proportion of the employed relative to the unemployed
  • B Smaller the proportion of the active labour force relative to the inactive
  • C Smaller the number of the non-working age groups relative to the active labour force
  • D Lower the birth rate
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