WAEC Past Questions and Answers - Page 3022

15,106.

The venn diagram shows the choice of food of a number of visitors to a canteen. How many people took at least two kinds of food?  If there were 35 visitors in all

A.

10

B.

12

C.

15

D.

17

Correct answer is D

at least 2 kinds of food two or more foods i.e(R and p) + (p and Y) + (y and R) + R and y and p = 6 + 2 + 4 + 5 = 17

15,107.
15,108.

In order to correct adverse balance of payments problem, government should

A.

Reduce tariffs

B.

Increase subsidies on exports

C.

Increase tax on local industries

D.

Reduce personal income tax

Correct answer is B

Methods of correcting adverse balance of payments

Well- known Methods of Correcting in Adverse Balance of Payment

  • Trade Policy Measures: Expanding, Exports and Restraining Imports
  • Expenditure-Reducing Policies
  • Tight Monetary Policy
  • Contractionary Fiscal Policy
  • Expenditure – Switching Policies: Devaluation
  • Devaluation: Marshall Lerner Condition

15,109.

The abolition of all forms of trade barriers among member countries while maintaining common external tariffs against non members is a feature of a

A.

Free trade

B.

Custom union

C.

Common market

D.

Economic union

Correct answer is D

An economic union is an agreement between two or more nations to allow goods, services, money and workers to move over borders freely. The countries may also coordinate social and financial policies to support this common market.

15,110.

A country has favourable terms of trade when the prices of her

A.

Exports rises relative to the price of her imports

B.

Exports falls relative to the price of her imports

C.

Imports rise faster than the prices of imports

D.

Imports and exports move in the same direction

Correct answer is A

If the prices of a country's exports rise relative to the prices of its imports, one says that its terms of trade have moved in a favourable direction, because, in effect, it now receives more imports for each unit of goods exported.