economics

National income at factor cost means national income at?

A. current prices B. nominal prices C. last year prices D. base year prices Correct Answer: Option A - current…

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When a worker earns more than the wage just sufficient to keep him in his job, the excess income is called?

A. an opportunity cost B. an economic rent C. transfer earnings D. surplus-value Correct Answer: Option B - an economic…

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Optimum population is defined as the level of population at which?

A. per capital output is maximized B. population is neither increasing nor decreasing C. total national income is maximized D.…

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An entrepreneur will continue to employ labour up to a point where?

A. costs are minimized B. maximized efficiency is attained C. wages are equal to marginal product of labour D. marginal…

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Import substitution industrialization refers to?

A. the concentration of industries for even regional development B. setting up of industries for even development C. a situation…

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Concentrating industries in one place is advantageous because there are gains in terms of?

A. external economies B. internal economies C. economies of scale D. cost economies Correct Answer: Option A - external economies

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The first petroleum exploring company to discover crude petroleum in Nigeria was?

A. Mobil B. Texaco C. Agip D. Shell-BP Correct Answer: Option D - Shell-BP

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The primary objective of establishing the Export Process Zone is to?

A. facilitate agricultural production B. encourage the production and processing of export commodities C. erect imported raw materials D. erect…

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The major problem of cooperative societies in Nigeria is that?

A. they often lack cohesion and continuity B. their liability is unlimited to members C. voting is by proxy D.…

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The land tenure system in Nigeria impedes agricultural production because?

A. land fragmentation makes possible easy access to land ownership B. it discourages specialization of factors of production C. it…

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