JAMB UTME - Economics - 1986

The best technical description of a progressive tax is a?

Production in Economics can be defined as the

The most important advantage of co-operative societies is?

In international trade, a country specializes in the production of a commodity or group of commodities for which it has?

In drawing an individual's demand curve for a commodity, which of the following is not kept constant? The

Which of the following methods is most likely to lead an economy?

Under normal circumstances the concept of consumers sovereignty implies that

One major difference between monopoly and perfect competition is that?

Given that the cash reserve ratio is 10 percent, what is the maximum amount of that the banking system can create from an initial cash deposit of N1,000.00?

One of the advantages of a partnership over a sole proprietorship is that?

A monopolist will practice price discrimination in two markets if?

Which of the following is a characteristic of private limited liability company?

The Nigeria Bank for Commerce and Industry is?

Which of the following causes of inflation is related to demand-pull inflation?

A firm is at its optimum size when?

Which of the following is an external economy derived by a firm?

Which of the following is an important function of prices in a market economy?

Use the table below to answer the question below:

Market Demand Schedule for Commodity X:

If the price of commodity X falls from N40.00 to N30.00 what is the price elasticity of demand?

An nation's distribution of income shows?

A firm achieves least cost in production by substituting factors until

In a public company, shares are?

Mobility of labour is NOT affected by

The main function of price mechanism is to?

Which of the following statements describes a mixed economy?

Tax incidence is the analysis of?

Which of the following is NOT a goal of modern budgets?

Given that beef and fish are substitutes, a rise in the price of beef relative to that of fish will?

The difference between the Gross Domestic Product and the Gross National Product is?

Balance of payment deficit in Nigeria CANNOT be solved by

Which of these is the real cost of satisfying any want in the sense of the alternative that has to be foregone?

Deflation is a persistent fall in the general price level and is usually caused by?

A producer sustains a loss in the short run if

A country has a population distribution as shown below:

The dependency ratio is

ECOWAS will enable the countries involved to achieve

Population density refers to?

Which of the following is used by the Central Bank to control the rate of interest?

If a person receives a higher wage than would be necessary to induce him to work, he is said to be receiving

The revenue accruing to the seller of commodity X as a result of a fall in price will

A society which forgoes present consumption

In the normal channels of distribution the breaking of bulk is performed by the

The term of trade often measured by the ratio of the index of export

What fundamentally determines how much a consumer spends in a producer's shop?

Which of the following advantages of localization of industries may also be a disadvantage?

The most important economic characteristic differentiating commercial banks from other financial institutions is their?

Gresham's law in economics shows that

To control inflation, the monetary authorities of a country can?

The degree of specialization is limited by the

Which of the following strategies will provide more employment opportunities for Nigerians?

Choice in economic life is necessitated by?

The term balance oftrade, can be defined as the?