International Trade Jamb Economics Past Questions

Question 11

In international trade, shipping and other freight charges are treated as?

jamb 1994

  • A. invisible items
  • B. unilateral transfers
  • C. capital transactions
  • D. autonomous capital transactions
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Question 12

The problems of conducting census include?

jamb 1995

  • A. high rate of rural-urban migration
  • B. poor geographical distribution of population
  • C. high birth rate in tthe coutry
  • D. poor town planning in urban areas
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Question 13

If demand is relatively inelastic and sellers are able to raise the price of their commodity, then there we be a?

jamb 1992

  • A. fall in both quantity of demand and total revenue
  • B. fall in the quantity demanded and rise in total revenue
  • C. fall in the quantity demanded and rise in marginal revenue
  • D. rise in both the quantity demanded and the marginal revenue
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Question 14

Counter trading is an international arrangement whereby?

jamb 1997

  • A. goods and services are exchanged in a manner similar to barter
  • B. goods and services are sold on the counter
  • C. crude oil is sold to a foreign country
  • D. goods are shipped to countries on which the United Nations has placed a trade embargo
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Question 15

Which of the following is a tariff?

jamb 1990

  • A. Limit on the amount of goods which can be imported
  • B. Inteest rate on foreign loans
  • C. Government payment to domestic producers for exports
  • D. Tax on imported goods
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