Question 1If one orange costs #20 and one kilogram of beer costs #400, the opportunity cost of one kilogram of beer isA.#350B.400 orangesC.20 orangesD.4 orangesObjective Show full explanation
Question 2In economics life, choice alternative depends on the A.Income of the decision makerB.scarcity of resourcesC.scale of preference of the decision makerD.Status of the decision makerObjective Show full explanation
Question 3Given an original price of #400 per kilogram of rice and a change in price of #20, and given the quantity purchased at the old price as 10kg and a change in quantity as 5kg after the price changed the elesticity is equal toA.5B.10.8C.10D.0.80Objective Show full explanation
Question 4For normal goods the income elasticity of demand is A.positiveB.NegativeC.ZeroD.InfiniteObjective Show full explanation
Question 5An increase in supply will lower price unless A.SuppY is perfectly elasticB.Demand is perfectly elasticC.It is followed by an increase in demandD.Demand is highly inelasticObjective Show full explanation
Question 6Air is essential to life but commands no price! Diamond is not essential to life but commands a high price! This is the paradox of A.ShiftB.ValueC.AbundanceD.ScarcityObjective Show full explanation
Question 7Average fixed cost is .....A.Average total cost less he sum of average variable costB.Half the cost of all costC.Total fixed cost divided by the leVel of outputD.Total fixed cost plus marginal costObjective Show full explanation
Question 8The form of capital which is usually consumed or transformed into finished goods and services in the production process is called A.Fixed capitalB.Industrial capitalC.Social capitalD.Circulating capitalObjective Show full explanation
Question 9The average production of labor in given Period is obtained by dividing the A.Number of workers by the total productB.Total product by the numbers of hours actually workedC.Change in total product by the change in total number of workersD.Total product by the numbers of workersObjective Show full explanation
Question 10Which of the following best describes product function? A.It indicates the best output to produceB.It relates Naira input to Nara outputC.It relates physical output to physical inputD.It indicates the best way to combine factors to produce any given outputObjective Show full explanation
Question 11Which of the following factors enhance the ability of commercial banks to create money A.Reduction in the reserve ratioB.Leakage of cash out of the banking systemC.Excess reservesD.insistence on collateral securityObjective Show full explanation
Question 12In any economy, what is used as money is determined by A.Government acceptance of a commodity standardB.Government acceptance of an inconvertible paper standardC.Laws and customsD.It's use as a store of valueObjective Show full explanation
Question 13The rate at which money changes hands is known as the A.Rate of inflationB.Velocity of transactionC.Velocity of moneyD.velocity of circulationObjective Show full explanation
Question 14Merchant banks perform all the following functions EXCEPT A.Raising of capital for industryB.Provision of current account facilityC.Management of investment portfoliosD.Provision of credit for overseas tradeObjective Show full explanation
Question 15The most acceptable economics measure For trade protection is to A.Safeguard strategic industriesB.Promote foreign tradeC.Protect infant industriesD.Improve standard of livingObjective Show full explanation
Question 16Export promotion policy is primarily concerned with theA.Processing of raw materials to increase their valueB.Making of international route save for export commoditiesC.Reduction in the number of imported itemsD.Encouragement of the production of export commoditiesObjective Show full explanation
Question 17Which of the following classes of goods account for the largest proportion of Nigerians' import? A.Food and animal productB.Consumer goodsC.ChemicalD.Machinery and transport equipmentsObjective Show full explanation
Question 18If birth rate is constant and death rate declines, populationA.FallsB.ExpandsC.StabilizesD.OscillateObjective Show full explanation
Question 19The higher the dependency ratio, the A.Larger the proportion of the employed relative to the unemployedB.Smaller the proportion of the active labor force relative to the inactiveC.Smaller the number of non-working age groups relative to the active labor forceD.Lower the birth rateObjective Show full explanation
Question 20The age distribution of a countries population is of economic importance because it affects the A.Pattern of expendituresB.Size of the armyC.Optimum size of firmsD.Location of industriesObjective Show full explanation