JAMB UTME - Economics - 1981

In this diagram, So So is the original supply curve while S₁ S₁ represent?

Opportunity cost is best defined as?

When a nation’s exports are greater than its imports

Elasticity of demand is given by

Surplus in balance of payment leads to?

External economies are

A movement along a given demand curve for a good is caused by a change in

The process by which West African countries attempt to reduce the import of manufactured goods by encouraging firms to produce these goods at homes is known as?

Which of the following is NOT a visible iterm in international trade payments?`

An equilibrium price?

If P₈ and P₉ represent the population of West African in 1978 and 1979 respectively, and given that in 1979.

D= number of deaths, B= number of births, I= number of immigrants, E= number of Emigrants. Then the size of the population in 1979 is given by

The most basic concern of economists is to?

One of the probable effects of an increased minimum wage in Nigeria is?

Invisible trade refers to trade in?

Which of the following alternatives will NOT assist in checking the population growth in West Africa countries?

Which of the following is NOT true about specialization or division of labour?

Summary of product condition in countries i and ii

Amount of labour days, cocoa(tons) Cloth(tons)
Country i 200 600 900
country ii 200 300 800

From the above table, we can correctly say in respect of international trade that

Which of the following does NOT belong in respect of the quantity of money?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of perfect competition?

If a commodity has many substitutes, it is most likely that?

Summary of production conditions in countries l and ll.
From the table, we can correctly say in respect of international trade that

Which of the following is NOT a major function of a Central Bank?

Money becomes a very poor store of value in a period of

The situation whereby in a fiscal year a government’s revenue receipt are less than its expenditures is referred to as?

Given the international trade statistics of Nigeria for the past 6 years, which of these statements would you consider to be correct?

Market for Garri: At a price of N5, the excess supply is`

'Choice arises because of scarcity of resources',In discussing this statement, Which of the following is NOT correct?

Which of the following is NOT a visible item on international trade payment?

Inflation is likely to benefit?

Which is NOT an important factor responsible for high concentration of population in some part of Nigeria?

Progressive income tax can be expressed as

Government budget can be described as the sum of?

From the above, the Growth Rate of Total National Output or GDP is

Which of the following statement does NOT describe a situation of perfect competition.?

Which of these statement is NOT true of economics as a discipline?

Indirect taxes are taxes?

Economics may be defined as?

An economy in which both the public and the private sectors contribute substantially to the growth of output is?

unlimited liability means?

Which of the following statements does NOT describe a situation of perfect competition?

The function of money as a standard of deferred payments

The infant industry argument for protection in developing countries recognizes the needs to employ tariffs to protect

If the income of a consumer rises and his demand for good X falls, good X can be described as

Government in West Africa countries engage in running a number of enterprises because ?

Market Schedules for Milk:

From the market demand and supply schedules for milk, we can say that equilibrium price and quantity are

Scarcity in economics generally refers to

Which of the following statement is NOT true about agriculture in West Africa?

Prohibiting the sale of lace materials in Nigeria would probably lead to?

An increase in the price of butter causes an increase in the demand for margarine. This indicate that butter and margarine are?

Two goods, X and Y, are said to be complementary when?