JAMB UTME - Economics - 1988

One of the characteristics of an imperfect market is?

The most threatening problem for the less developed countries is?

The law of Diminishing Returns begins to operate when?

If in this demand-supply diagram, the quantity supplied is OQ, then

When a nation is experiencing balance of payment surplus, it is in a better position to?

Deficit financing is mostly facilitated by the existence of?

Price leadership is?

If technology becomes less capital-intensive, it means?

The average product of labour in a given period is obtained by dividing the?

Which of the following is TRUE at the quantity of output where Average Cost (AC) per unit has reached its minimum level?

Restriction on credit creation by commercial banks can be effected through?

A commodity is said to have a derived demand when the commodity

Localization of industries refers to the?

The Malthusian theory of population predicts that growth in food production will?

The most important limitation on the partner as a form of business enterprise is the?

Under partnership, investors who have no desires to be actively involved in the day-to-day management of such organization, are called?

Which of the following is a good example of invisible item on balance of payments account?

One factor which influences the slope of a non-linear demand curve for a commodity is the?

Which of the following occurs in the circular flow of economic activities with no leakages

Which of the following items is subtracted when computing Gross National Product at factor cost, by the expenditure method?

A textile firm operates a plant in the North (where capital expensive relative to labour)as well as a plant in the South (where labour is expensive relative to capital ). In this diagram above the Southern plant will minimize cost by combining labour and capital in the amounts indicated by

Economic is often described as a science because?

Collectivism refers to the system of management of state enterprises in a?

Total fixed cost measures the cost of?

Ufuoma is a consumer. His scale of preference shows that he prefers a pair of shoes to a wrist watch; he prefers the wrist watch to a pair of trousers; he prefers the pair of trousers to the pair of shoes. This means that Ufuoma is

Which of the following is a direct tax?

An increase in an economy's productive capacity implies?

When a variable is associated with time period, it is?

Scarcity in economics means that?

In the short run, the monopolistic competitors?

Total revenue is always equal to?

If prices fall in a perfectly competitive industry, the firms in that industry in the short run will?

The demand and supply equations for a commodity are given respectively as D = 20 - 1/2P; S = 8 + 1/4P. Recalling that at equilibrium, D = S, the equilibrium (P) and quantity (Q) can be obtained as

If goods were free, a rational consumer would consume?

Which of the following BEST describes the production function?

Which of the following factors enhances the ability of commercial banks to create money?

Answer Details

Reserve ratio is one of instrument that central bank use to control the activities of commercial banks across the nation. So, a reduction in this reserve ratio will make commercial banks to lend more to the public which in turn yield more interest for them.

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

Merchants banks perform all the following functions EXCEPT?

In estimating the national income of a country, the three approaches usually adopted are the?

The group of unemployed members of a community who are physically handicapped or disabled, is generally classified under unemployment as?

In any economy, what is used as money is determined by?

The output at which total revenue equals total cost is known as?

Which of the following would most likely be considered an example of benefit taxation?

In a public company, enterpreneurial functions are performed by the?

If aggregate income is N500.00 and aggregate consumption is N400.00, this means that the average propensity to consume is?

Development outside a given firm which reduce the firm costs are called?

The rate at which money changes hands is known as the?

Which of the following changes in equilibrium price and quantity is as a result of an upward shift in the market demand for a commodity?

The assumption of profit maximization implies profit?