Year : 
2000
Title : 
Economics
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 51 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

Net migration is the difference between

A. population and census

B. immigrants and emigrants

C. per capita income and population

D. internal and external migration

B

22.

Wages are to some extent, determined by the

A. Marginal utility of labour

B. average utility of labour

C. marginal productivity of labour

D. total output of labour

C

23.

The movement along the same curve is a

A. change in demand

B. change in quantity demanded

C. shift in demand

D. market demand

B

24.

An industry can best be described as

A. a place where goods are processed

B. a place where different firms produced different goods

C. an aggregation of indidvidual firms producing similar commodities

D. the concentration of various firm in the same locality

C

25.

An association of workers in a particular industry, firm or line of job is called

A. Trade union

B. Trade association

C. Chamber of commerce

D. Assembly of workers

A

26.

Average Variable Cost (AVC) curve

A. is U-shaped

B. rises from left to right

C. Slopes upwards

D. is horizontal to the X-axis

A

27.

The income elasticity of a normal goods is

A. positive

B. negative

C. zero

D. fixed

A

28.

The demand for a commodity that serves two or more purposes is

A. competitive demand

B. complemetary demand

C. composite demand

D. derived demand

C

29.

The charging of different prices to different group of buyers for the same goods or services is called

A. monopolistic competition

B. price determination

C. price discrimination

D. monopoly

C

30.

A tax on a commodity whose demand is perfectly inelastic will fall heavily on the

A. consumer

B. manufacturer

C. wholesaler

D. retailer

A

21.

Net migration is the difference between

A. population and census

B. immigrants and emigrants

C. per capita income and population

D. internal and external migration

B

22.

Wages are to some extent, determined by the

A. Marginal utility of labour

B. average utility of labour

C. marginal productivity of labour

D. total output of labour

C

23.

The movement along the same curve is a

A. change in demand

B. change in quantity demanded

C. shift in demand

D. market demand

B

24.

An industry can best be described as

A. a place where goods are processed

B. a place where different firms produced different goods

C. an aggregation of indidvidual firms producing similar commodities

D. the concentration of various firm in the same locality

C

25.

An association of workers in a particular industry, firm or line of job is called

A. Trade union

B. Trade association

C. Chamber of commerce

D. Assembly of workers

A

26.

Average Variable Cost (AVC) curve

A. is U-shaped

B. rises from left to right

C. Slopes upwards

D. is horizontal to the X-axis

A

27.

The income elasticity of a normal goods is

A. positive

B. negative

C. zero

D. fixed

A

28.

The demand for a commodity that serves two or more purposes is

A. competitive demand

B. complemetary demand

C. composite demand

D. derived demand

C

29.

The charging of different prices to different group of buyers for the same goods or services is called

A. monopolistic competition

B. price determination

C. price discrimination

D. monopoly

C

30.

A tax on a commodity whose demand is perfectly inelastic will fall heavily on the

A. consumer

B. manufacturer

C. wholesaler

D. retailer

A