WAEC Past Questions and Answers - Page 3344

16,716.

A decrease in supply with demand remaining unchanged will cause the equilibrium price for a good to

A.

Be unchanged

B.

Remain elastic

C.

Remain inelastic

D.

Rise

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

16,717.

Equilibrium price is the price at which quantity

A.

Demand greater than quantity supplied

B.

Supplied is greater than quantity demanded

C.

Demand is equal to quantity supplied

D.

Supplied equals quantity produced

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

16,718.

The slope of a supply curve is

A.

Horizontal

B.

Uniform

C.

Positive

D.

Vertical

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

16,719.

Goods for which demands rises as income rises are

A.

Complementary goods

B.

Inferior goods

C.

Normal goods

D.

Substitutes

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

16,720.

A component of the national debt of a country is

A.

Taxation

B.

Bank saving

C.

The budget

D.

Treasury bills

Correct answer is D

Treasury bills are government debt securities issued to the public through the central bank, to raise money. What this means is that, when the government sees the need to control the flow of money when there is excess money in circulation in the economy, they issue debt securities to inviting people to invest that excess money and get paid interest when the security matures.