Jamb Economics Past Questions For Year 1993

Question 36

Which of the following can be considered as being outside the objectives of public finance?

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  • A. The allocation of resources to various sectors of the economy
  • B. The objective of even distribution of income and wealth
  • C. The achievement of economic stability
  • D. The deregulation of the economy
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Question 37

Economic development is distinguishable from economic growth because the former?

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  • A. is not concerned with growth parameters
  • B. affects only the poor people
  • C. also includes an efficient distribution of economic growth
  • D. is an increase in the production of goods and services
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Question 38

The sum of N80,000 is deposited in a bank and the cash ratio of the banking system is 10%. calculate the sum of money the bank can create from the deposit?

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  • A. N 100 000
  • B. N 800 000
  • C. N 1000 000
  • D. N 8000 000
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Question 39

Which of the following programmes in the monetary sector is aimed at enhancing the banking habit of the rural areas?

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  • A. The deregulation of the banking system
  • B. The increase in the number of merchant banks
  • C. The community banking scheme
  • D. The deregulation of interest rate
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Question 40

Below equilibrium, the gap between aggregate demand and the full employment level of income is called the?

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  • A. inflationary gap
  • B. income gap
  • C. unemployment gap
  • D. deflationary gap
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