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Economics Past Questions and Answers

Waec Economics Questions

Question 1301:
An excise tax is imposed on goods
  • A Smuggled into the country
  • B Manufactured locally
  • C Imported into the coutry
  • D Seized by custom officials
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Question 1302:
Which of the following will not retard economic development in West Africa?
  • A Dependence on imports
  • B Population control
  • C High level of illiteracy
  • D Low level of savings
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Question 1303:
When there is improvement in a country's terms of trade, it means that the country's
  • A Exports are cheaper relative to imports
  • B Imports are cheaper relative to exports
  • C Volume of imports has declined
  • D Volume of exports has declined
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Question 1304:
Which of the following is true about import substitution? it
  • A Helps in increasing exportation
  • B Is meant to reduce exportation
  • C Enables a country to curtail importation
  • D Enables a country to improve on importation
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Question 1305:
Balance of payments problem can be corrected through
  • A Increasing foreign reserves
  • B Increasing domestic borrowing
  • C Import promotion strategies
  • D Export promotion strategies
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