NECO SSCE - Economics - 2009

Economic growth can be defined as

The process of building up country’s capacity to process raw materials for the production of goods is known as

Average total cost can be expressed as

Oil was first discovered in commercial quantity in ……….. State.

A production possibility curve shows the

The following are the differences between domestic and international trade EXCEPT

Taxes levied on locally manufactured goods are called

When the value of a country’s export exceeds her imports, there will be a

Data presented in tables are usually arranged in ………… and …………

The price and quantity of crude oil and petrol sold to other countries by Nigeria is fixed by the

The value of money is affected by

The mean of the following scores

30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42

What is the mean deviation?

Which of the following is a function of the central bank?

Through membership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries have achieved

A monopolist is a

The additional satisfaction derived from the consumption of one more unit of a good is called

Which of these factors causes a change in the quantity demanded of a commodity?

The demand curve of a perfect competitive market is infinitely elastic indicating that the firm can

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was set up mainly to

Using Expenditure Approach to estimate National Income, Y is equal to

Which of the following hinder(s) effective distribution of goods in Nigeria?

The purchasing power of the Naira will fall when

The growth of a country’s population is affected by

These are the objectives of industrial strategies in Nigeria EXCEPT

Inflation is a …………….

The amount of satisfaction per unit of the commodity consumed is called

One of the roles of industrialization in economic development of Nigeria is

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of tabular presentation of data?

Disguised unemployment is the same thing as

Production is best defined in economics as

Which of the following is a determinant of elasticity of supply?

The demand for salt is …………

Time deposit is the same thing as

The correct relationship between income (Y), consumption (C) and savings (S) is

The first National development plan period was from

When the demand for foreign exchange exceeds its supply, the value of the domestic currency

Labour force simply means the

A major feature of capitalism is

The following are qualities of money EXCEPT

One of the positive contributions of the petroleum industry to Nigeria’s economic development is that it

The concept of choice in Economics refers to

The unit for measuring changes in prices and output is called ………………. index

Entrepreneur is associated more with

The concentration of firms in one area is referred to as of ……………. industries.

Price elasticity of supply measures the responsiveness of quantity supplied to

A firm is said to be a public joint-stock company when it

Which of the following is a form of business enterprise?

In a given set of data, if the variance is 25, what is the standard deviation?