WAEC Economics Past Questions & Answers - Page 168

836.

Most of the problems of economics arises as a result of

A.

Competing demand for scarce resources

B.

Increase in the demand for more goods and services

C.

The desire of producers to supply more goods and services

D.

The need to reduce the level of poverty

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

837.

Which of the following is not an objective of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?

A.

Stabilization of oil prices

B.

Co-ordinating prices

C.

Co-ordinating prices

D.

Stagnation of developed economies

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

838.

Economic development is define as

A.

Outward shift of the production possibility curve

B.

Availability of more goods and services

C.

Growth accompanied by qualitative change in living standards

D.

Growth in the national income

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

839.

In calculating the national income of a country x, the cost of both raw materials and the finished products were included. This is a case of

A.

Double counting

B.

Price fluctuation

C.

Price differentiation

D.

Price discrimination

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

840.

An economy which exhibits features of both private and State enterprises is known as

A.

Capitalist economy

B.

Mixed economy

C.

Communist economy

D.

Socialist economy

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.