JAMB UTME - Economics - 1985

By terms of trade, we mean the?

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Terms of trade (TOT) refers to the relative price of imports in terms of exports and is defined as the ratio of export prices to import prices. It can be interpreted as the amount of import goods an economy can purchase per unit of export goods.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of underdevelopment?

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One theory of population contends that population tends to increase much faster than the supply of food, and that if the growth in population is not checked , it will be checked by natural forces like misery disasters and food shortages. This theory was propounded by?

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If monopoly is attempting to maximize profit which of the following should it attempt to do?

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Under perfect competition, the long-run equilibrium requires?

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If an economy grows at an annual rate of 6%, of which is deemed to be due to improvement in the productivity of labour and capital combined, the remaining 2% is generally attributed to

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A corporation can obtain funds by issuing bonds. A bond is a form of debt which falls due to repayment after?

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At every point on a indifference curve, the

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Because money serves as a standard for deferred payments

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Disguised unemployment

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An economic problem exists whenever

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Which of the following factors is mostly responsible for the concentration of population around the oil fields in Eastern Nigeria?

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Limited liability means?

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A state budget is an outline of planned

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The interdependence between households and business enterprises illustrated in the figure is known as

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Bisi needs a book costing N10.00 and a hat costing N10.00. If Bisi buys the book instead of the hat, the opportunity cost of his choice is the?

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The argument of tariff protection in less developed economies is that such a measure would

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The petro- chemical industries are located in the River State of Nigeria due to?

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Warehousing facilities in the distribution and marketing of products are provided by?

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The table illustrates the law of diminishing returns on a farm. Which pair of the following answers is appropriate for the missing information in the spaces market X and Y?

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One of the functions of the commercial banks is that it is?

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The meaning of scale of preference is?

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A firm is said to be a public Joint Stock Company when it?

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Optimum population is desirable because it enables an economy to obtain maximum?

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Which of the following is NOT among the canons of taxation as set out by Adam Smith?

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Under the ECOWAS agreement, a Nigerian can enter and stay in Ghana without visa for a period of?

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Study the figure above. At paint H the price elasticity of supply is

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When a business has unlimited liability

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The table above illustrates the law of

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The amount of labour a producer hires relative to labour factor inputs depends on the?

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The act of combining factor inputs in order to obtain specific output is known as

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In the figure above, the broken line labelled M is the marginal revenue curve of a

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Under normal circumstances a producer will bear the entire burden of taxation on his output if the?

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In the table, the marginal cost when output is two, units is

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Devaluation of the naira as a condition for the international Monetary Fund 'loan' is considered inadvisable because?

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When total revenue is at a maximum, marginal revenue is?

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How many National Development Plans did Nigeria have between 1960 and 1984?

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Tax which is levied on goods manufactured, sold or used within a country is?

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The unemployment associated with a recession is called?

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Which of the following is NOT a part of the fixed costs of a limited liability company?

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Which of the following is a necessary prerequisite for trade by barter?

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The age distribution of a population is NOT influenced by?

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If in the short-run commodity X and commodity Y are supplied jointly, which of the following is correct?

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The purchasing power of the naira will fall when?

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In market economies, resources are allocated through the?

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Foreign exchange control in Nigeria is administered by the?

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The process by which a country attempts to reduce the import of manufactured goods at home is described as?

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One main quality of a good is that it

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An example of a regressive tax is?

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Examples of regressive taxes include sales taxes, user fees and, arguably, property taxes.

The inefficient distribution of scarce commodities in Nigeria is mostly due to the?

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