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Economics Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Economics Questions

Question 1:
Localization of industry is encouraged because of
  • A Low interest charges on loans
  • B High standard of living
  • C Low foreign exchange rate
  • D Improvements in infrastructure
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Question 2:
A company's expenditure on raw materials is termed as_______?
  • A Prime cost
  • B Explicit cost
  • C Average cost
  • D Implicit cost
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Question 3:
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Price (N) & 20 & 16 \\ \hline \text{Quantity demanded} & 100 & 58 \end{array}\) From the table above, the elasticity of supply is_____?
  • A Inelastic supply
  • B Perfectly elastic
  • C Elastic supply
  • D Unitary elastic
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Question 4:
Which of the following can cause oil glut in the International market?
  • A Excess demand over supply
  • B Under- capacity utilization
  • C Excess supply over demand
  • D Economic boom
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Question 5:
Population growth is determined by_______?
  • A Dependency ratio
  • B Labour force
  • C Per capita
  • D Net migration
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