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2005 - WAEC Economics Past Questions and Answers - page 1

1

Economic activities are undertaken to solve the problem of

A
Desire to spend more income on consumption
B
opprotuinity cost
C
production
D
scarcity
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2

Farming, mining and fishing are

A
primary production
B
secondary production
C
tertiary production
D
intermediate production
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3

A list of consumer's wants arranged in order of priorities is known as

A
a budget
B
an opprotuniy cost
C
A scale of preference
D
choice
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4

The 150.00 Naira which Olu would have used to purchase a textbook was used to buy a T-shirt . This implies that

A
Olu's real cost is 150.00 Naira
B
Olu's opprtunity cost is the T-shirt he bought
C
Olu's opportunity cost is the textbook
D
Olu's money cost is also the real cost
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5

The remuneration of the entrepreneur as a factor of production is called

A
wages
B
salary
C
interest
D
profit
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6

The production factor, whose entire world supply is fixed is

A
land
B
skilled labour
C
capital goods
D
entrepreneur
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7

when all factors input are reduced by half, the production possibility curve will shift

A
outwards
B
inwards
C
downwards
D
upwards
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8

when a worker changes from one tye of job to another, it is called

A
geographical mobility of labour
B
occupational mobility of labour
C
immobility of labour
D
rural-urban migration
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9

which of the following determines the size of a country's population ? (I) Birth rate (II) Death rate (III) Migration rate (IV) Importation rate (V) Unemployment rate

A
(I), (II) and (V)
B
(II) and (IV)
C
(I),(II) and (III)
D
(IU) and (V)
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10

Age distribution is important because it helps the government to

A
check rural-urban drift
B
determines the number of foreigners
C
determines the number of factories
D
undertake effective planning
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