JAMB UTME - Economics - 1985

The table above illustrates the law of

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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.

Disguised unemployment

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

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

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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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A state budget is an outline of planned

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

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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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Because money serves as a standard for deferred payments

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

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

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

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

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

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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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At every point on a indifference curve, the

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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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Under perfect competition, the long-run equilibrium requires?

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In market economies, resources are allocated through the?

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

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Foreign exchange control in Nigeria is administered by the?

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

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Limited liability means?

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

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The age distribution of a population is NOT influenced by?

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

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

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

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

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

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The meaning of scale of preference is?

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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 purchasing power of the naira will fall when?

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One main quality of a good is that it

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

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When a business has unlimited liability

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

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Which of the following is NOT a feature of underdevelopment?

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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.

The unemployment associated with a recession is called?

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

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An economic problem exists whenever

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

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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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