JAMB UTME - Economics - 1978

Which of these would not be included in the fundamental principle of a free enterprise economy

Which of the following financial assets consist the lowest rate of interest in Nigeria?

Which of these would NOT increase population of a country

The biggest source of government revenue in Nigeria is

The numerical measure of elasticity is

A rational consumer will adjust his spending pattern so that

Opportunity cost is a term which describe

Price control cannot work in Nigeria because

In the diagram equilibrium price is:

The effect of the demand for product A caused by a change in the price of a product B is called?

A commercial bank is unique in that it is only the institution that

Disposable income is the same thing as

A distinguishing characteristics of a consumers' cooperative is the fact that

Marginal cost is

In order to build up its capital stock, the typical less developed country should ideally

If a company doubles all its inputs and discovers that its output is more than doubles, we can say that the company is experiencing

Suppose that the equilibrium price of an article is N5.00 but the government fixes the price by law at N4.00, the supply will be

The advantage of sole proprietorship is as follow

Less developed countries obtain foreign exchange reserve mainly from the export of

The largest liability appearing in the book of a commercial bank is

A country has a surplus in its balance of visible trade if

Which of the following item in the balance of payment of account is an invisible transaction?

Which is an example of an invisible item in the trade Account of Ghana?

Which of the following is not a form of business organization

If the consumer demand for product X increases as the price of product Y decreases we can be fairly certain that X

Which is NOT a direct effort to increase Agricultural production in Nigeria?

When elasticity is zero, the demand curve is

Inferior goods are referred to in Economics as goods

The expression ‘terms of trade’ is used to describe

An increase in liquid reserve requirements by the central bank of Nigeria will result in

The following is NOT a reason for the existence of small firms

Which of the following sector of the economy is estimated to be the largest employer of labour in the country

In economics, production is complete when

Which of the following is a term used to describe a payment representing a surplus in excess of transfer costs?

As consumption of beer increases, its marginal utility to a drinker will

Which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following is NOT strictly included In the study of economics?

Which of the following activities of government precludes the existence of a market economy?

If the demand of a product with perfectly elastic supply increases, there will be

A Tax which takes a higher percentage from higher incomes is called?

Bondholders are treated more favorably than shareholders because

Economics is called a social science because it is

The optimum population of a country is reached when

The Lagos clearing house is

Which of these should determine, in a planned economy how the factor of production are to be allocated among different production activities

By ‘trade by barter’, we mean

The foreign exchange market is a market where

A budget deficit means

Which of the following can be regarded as a liability of a commercial bank?

Malthus became famous through his theory which may be stated simply