WAEC Economics Past Questions & Answers - Page 309

1,541.

Which of these factors does not cause a change in demand?

A.

Income

B.

Taste and fashion

C.

Population

D.

Price of other commodities

E.

Price of the commodity concerned

Correct answer is E

A change in demand means a change in consumers' desire to purchase a particular good or service, irrespective of a change in its price. 

The following are the factors affecting a change in demand

  • The Consumer's Income.
  • The Price of Related Goods.
  • The Tastes and Preferences of Consumers.
  • The Consumer's Expectations.
  • The Number of Consumers in the Market.

From the above explanation, the price of the commodity does not affect the willingness of the consumer to purchase the commodity, hence option E is the correct option.

1,542.

Economics can be best defined as the study of

A.

How to spend the family income efficiently

B.

How to find minimum cost of production

C.

The interpretation of scarce resource and date

D.

How scarce resource can be used efficiently

E.

Why resource are scarce

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,543.

Which of the following is not an advantage of price control?

A.

Control of inflation

B.

Distortion of price mechanism

C.

Prevention of exploitation

D.

Control of producer’s profit

E.

Helping low income earners

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,544.

Which of the following hard currencies is usually used in the pricing of oil at the world market particularly by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)? The

A.

US dollar

B.

Japanese Yen

C.

Pound Sterling

D.

Deutschemark

E.

Naira

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

1,545.

A demand schedule is

A.

A table containing the price of goods

B.

A table showing the relationship between price and quantity demanded of a commodity

C.

 A table showing the consumer demand on order of importance

D.

The quantity of goods the consumer is prepared to buy

E.

The market demand

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.