JAMB UTME - Economics - 1987

The main reason for charging interest is to?

In the diagram, above Ps is the supply curve for a particular commodity, while OP is the price which of the following statements is correct?

In which of the diagrams above, is the consumer surplus correctly shaded?

If a good is an inferior good, then?

Which of the following applies to a commodity sold abroad at a price lower than that in the producing country?

If inflation is anticipated to continue?

An increase in supply will lower price unless?

For the improvement of the welfare of a people, a high production level is not enough because

Which of the following is NOT a type of business ownership?

Use the following information above to answer this question. X, Y and Z are the only three consumers of a commodity. Their respective demand schedules for the commodity are as given above. The market demand curve for the commodity cuts the quantity axis when quantity is

In the keynesian model?

Labour productivity is defined as?

Average fixed cost is

Economic development is defined as?

The liability of the sole trader is?

Capital consumption allowance refers to?

In the operation of market forces, the market is in equilibrium at the point where?

The form of capital which is usually consumed or transformed into finished goods and services in the production process is called?

In order to raise more revenue for a certain period, government should impose higher taxes on goods whos demand is?

Ad valorem tax means?

To which of the following sectors do services belong?

The study of economic behavior of individual decision-making units (consumers, resources owners and business firms) in a free-enterprise economy is known as?

Market is defined as?

In the process of shopping, Mr. X whose wages per month does not exceed N200, finds that the price of a commodity he used to purchase with a fixed amount of N200 has risen to N230,. He therefore decides not to buy this commodity at all. Mr. X is thus affected by the?

Which of the following best describes the concept of opportunity cost?

Price can be defined as?

A shift in the demand curve for commodity when the supply curve is vertical will lead to a change in the?

The residual of production which accrues to the owner of land after all other expenses have been met is called?

Which of the following is compatible with a firm in a purely competitive market?

The money which government spends yearly for the maintenance of its school is?

Efficiency of labour is enhanced by?

In the long run a firm will leave an industry if price?

The difference between personal income and personal disposal income is?

What form of market is found in an imperfect competition where there are few buyers and many sellers?

Frictional unemployment?

Which of the following is a disadvantage of regional concentration of industries?

The shut-down point for a firm in the short run is the output at which?

Given an original price of N3.50 per kilogram of rice and a change in price of 1.40, and given the quantity purchase at the old price as 10kg and a change in the quality as 5kg after the price change, the elasticity is equal to?

Use the following information above to answer this question. X, Y and Z are the only three consumers of a commodity. Their respective demand schedules for the commodity are as given above. What is market demand for the commodity when price is N5?

A budget with a projected revenue in excess of its expenditure is said to be?

Statistical information available in most West African countries suggests that?

For normal goods the income elasticity of demand is?

A production possibility curve shows?

The additional revenue obtained by using one more unit of a factor is called its?

A limited liability company is usually owned by?

Money market differs from capital market in that it?

In the history of Economic Thought the concept of Division of labour is usually associated with?

Transfer payment are

The rate of exchange between a domestic and a foreign currency is defined as the?

Which of the following best explains the structural changes in the population of a country?