JAMB UTME - Economics - 1985

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

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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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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.

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

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Because money serves as a standard for deferred payments

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

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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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Disguised unemployment

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

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The age distribution of a population is NOT influenced by?

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

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One main quality of a good is that it

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

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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 a part of the fixed costs of a limited liability company?

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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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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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An economic problem exists whenever

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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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Under perfect competition, the long-run equilibrium requires?

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

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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 feature of underdevelopment?

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

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A state budget is an outline of planned

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At every point on a indifference curve, the

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The unemployment associated with a recession is called?

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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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When a business has unlimited liability

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

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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.

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

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

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Limited liability means?

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The table above illustrates the law of

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Foreign exchange control in Nigeria is administered by the?

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

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

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

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