Jamb Economics Past Questions For Year 2002

Question 1

If goods P and Q are purchased by a consumer, a fall in the price P with the price Q unchanged will cause the budget line to

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  • A. shift parallel inwards
  • B. rotate outwards away from the origin
  • C. rotate inwards towards the origin.
  • D. shift parallel outwards
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Question 2

In the diagram above, what is the excess demand at the price of N60

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  • A. 200
  • B. 300
  • C. 600
  • D. 100
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Question 3

In the pie chart below, the percentage for children is equivalent to

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  • A. 288 o
  • B. 720 o
  • C. 90 o
  • D. 144 o
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Question 4

In the diagram above, the marginal rate of substitution of X for Y, for a movement from S to T is

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  • A. 13:3
  • B. 1:5
  • C. 18:4
  • D. 5:1
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Question 5

In the diagrams, the opportunity cost of a unit of cotton in terms of cocoa is

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  • A. 4 for Ghana; 2 for Nigeria
  • B. 20 for Ghana; 60 for Nigeria
  • C. 1/4 for Ghana; 1/2 for Nigeria
  • D. 5 for Ghana; 30 for Nigeria
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