Year : 
1997
Title : 
Economics
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 40 of 41 Questions

# Question Ans
31.

Which of the following is not true of a firm in equilibrium condition in perfect competition?

A. MC is rising

B. MC curves cuts AC curves from below

C. MR>AR

D. MC = AC

E. MR = AR

C

32.

Hoarding in distributive trade leads to

A. non-availabilty of commodities

B. production of inferior goods

C. increase in the supply of goods

D. decrease in the supply of goods

E. artificial scarcity of goods

E

33.

Hoarding in distributive trade leads to

A. non-availabilty of commodities

B. production of inferior goods

C. increase in the supply of goods

D. decrease in the supply of goods

E. artificial scarcity of goods

E

34.

If an economy grows at an annual rate of 6% of which 4% is deemed to be due to improvement in the productivity of labour and capital combined ,the remaining 2% is generally attributed to the

A. amount of natural resources

B. improvement in banking services

C. size of the population

D. quality of human resources

E. improvement in government fiscal policies

A

35.

When the government imposes a unit tax on a commodity with perfectly inelastic demand , the

A. tax is borne entirley by the seller

B. tax is shared equally between the buyer and the seller

C. seller bears 70% and the consumer bears 30% of the tax

D. tax is borne entirely by the consumer

E. tax is borne by nobody

D

36.

Free Trade means

A. producers are free to determine their prices

B. market forces are allowed to determine prices

C. non-restriction of international trade

D. goods are to be sold free of charge

E. people are free to buy in foreign countries

C

37.

In a public company , entrepreneural function are performed by the

A. workers

B. shareholders

C. creditors

D. board of directors

E. chairman

D

38.

Term of trade is the

A. ratio of capital movement to export movements

B. ratio of import to short-term export

C. difference between export and import

D. ratio of short-term capital movement to long-term capital movements

E. ratio of index of export prices to index of import prices

E

39.

Tariff can be define as a compulsory levy on

A. goods that are produced and consumed locally

B. foreign exchange earnings

C. imported but inferior goods

D. foreigners working in a country

E. imports and exports

E

40.

International trade is different from internal trade because of the

A. manufactured goods involved

B. currency differentials

C. homogeinty of products

D. heterogeinty of products

E. uniformity of prices

B

31.

Which of the following is not true of a firm in equilibrium condition in perfect competition?

A. MC is rising

B. MC curves cuts AC curves from below

C. MR>AR

D. MC = AC

E. MR = AR

C

32.

Hoarding in distributive trade leads to

A. non-availabilty of commodities

B. production of inferior goods

C. increase in the supply of goods

D. decrease in the supply of goods

E. artificial scarcity of goods

E

33.

Hoarding in distributive trade leads to

A. non-availabilty of commodities

B. production of inferior goods

C. increase in the supply of goods

D. decrease in the supply of goods

E. artificial scarcity of goods

E

34.

If an economy grows at an annual rate of 6% of which 4% is deemed to be due to improvement in the productivity of labour and capital combined ,the remaining 2% is generally attributed to the

A. amount of natural resources

B. improvement in banking services

C. size of the population

D. quality of human resources

E. improvement in government fiscal policies

A

35.

When the government imposes a unit tax on a commodity with perfectly inelastic demand , the

A. tax is borne entirley by the seller

B. tax is shared equally between the buyer and the seller

C. seller bears 70% and the consumer bears 30% of the tax

D. tax is borne entirely by the consumer

E. tax is borne by nobody

D

36.

Free Trade means

A. producers are free to determine their prices

B. market forces are allowed to determine prices

C. non-restriction of international trade

D. goods are to be sold free of charge

E. people are free to buy in foreign countries

C

37.

In a public company , entrepreneural function are performed by the

A. workers

B. shareholders

C. creditors

D. board of directors

E. chairman

D

38.

Term of trade is the

A. ratio of capital movement to export movements

B. ratio of import to short-term export

C. difference between export and import

D. ratio of short-term capital movement to long-term capital movements

E. ratio of index of export prices to index of import prices

E

39.

Tariff can be define as a compulsory levy on

A. goods that are produced and consumed locally

B. foreign exchange earnings

C. imported but inferior goods

D. foreigners working in a country

E. imports and exports

E

40.

International trade is different from internal trade because of the

A. manufactured goods involved

B. currency differentials

C. homogeinty of products

D. heterogeinty of products

E. uniformity of prices

B