Waec Economics Past Questions

Question 26

The full meaning of OPEC is

waec 2006

  • A. Oil ans Petroleum Exporting Countries
  • B. Original Petroleum Exporting Companies
  • C. Organization of Petrol Exporting Countries
  • D. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
View Answer and Explanation

Question 27

one of the functions of of the international Monetary Fund (IMF) is to

waec 2006

  • A. devalue the currency of member state
  • B. reduce drastically the size of deficit financing of member states
  • C. giving financial assistance to member states that have temporary balance of payment difficulties
  • D. discourage the rapid industrialization process in the less developed nation of the world
View Answer and Explanation

Question 28

What must be added to variable cost to give total cost?

waec 2007

  • A. average total cost
  • B. average variable cost
  • C. fixed cost
  • D. marginal cost
View Answer and Explanation

Question 29

When population is classified according to professions, it is called

waec 2007

  • A. geographical distribution of population
  • B. age distribution of population
  • C. sex distribution of population
  • D. occupational distribution of population
View Answer and Explanation

Question 30

a country where labour is not sufficient to make proper use of natural resources is said to have an

waec 2007

  • A. active population
  • B. optimum population
  • C. over-population
  • D. under-population
View Answer and Explanation