JAMB UTME - Economics - 1978

Price control cannot work in Nigeria because

The numerical measure of elasticity is

Marginal cost is

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

Malthus became famous through his theory which may be stated simply

By ‘trade by barter’, we mean

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

In economics, production is complete when

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

When elasticity is zero, the demand curve is

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

The biggest source of government revenue in Nigeria is

Disposable income is the same thing as

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

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

The optimum population of a country is reached when

Bondholders are treated more favorably than shareholders because

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

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

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

In the diagram equilibrium price is:

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

Which of the following is not a form of business organization

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

A rational consumer will adjust his spending pattern so that

Which of these would NOT increase population of a country

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

Economics is called a social science because it is

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

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

Which of the following statements is true?

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

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

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

The expression ‘terms of trade’ is used to describe

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

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

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

The foreign exchange market is a market where

Inferior goods are referred to in Economics as goods

A budget deficit means

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

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

Opportunity cost is a term which describe

The advantage of sole proprietorship is as follow

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

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

The Lagos clearing house is

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

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