31. When a country’s population is experiencing increasing returns, that country is said to be?
- A. overpopulated
- B. economically poor
- C. over-producing goods and services
- D. under-populated
Correct Option: Answer is A
32. The most important attribute of money is?
- A. homogeneity
- B. relative scarcity
- C. divisibility
- D. general acceptance
Correct Option: Answer is D
The most distinctive attribute of money is its widely acceptance as a means of final payment for goods and services by all.
33. The use of legally permissible means to reduce tax liabilities is known as tax?
- A. evasion
- B. avoidance
- C. relief
- D. exemption
Correct Option: Answer is C
Tax relief is any government program or policy initiative that is designed to reduce the amount of taxes paid by individuals or businesses.
34. The Economic Commission for Africa was set up by the?
- A. UNO
- B. ECOWAS
- C. OAU
- D. IMF
Correct Option: Answer is A
35. One of the techniques of monetary control used by the central bank of Nigeria is
- A. selective credit control
- B. budget deficit
- C. foreign exchange control
- D. monitoring the general price level
Correct Option: Answer is C
36. Crude petroleum is a good example of a
- A. lasting asset
- B. wasting asset
- C. synthetic product
- D. costless resources
Correct Option: Answer is B
37. A major effect of a long distribution chain is
- A. scarcity of commodities
- B. high retail
- C. low retails prices
- D. low producer earnings
Correct Option: Answer is A
38. One of the major criticism of the 1962 -1968 National Development Plan was that?
- A. it failed to incorporate lessons gained from earlier plans to enhance its efficiency
- B. it came too quickly after the country’s independence
- C. planned expenditure was based too heavily on expected earnings from crude oil
- D. its execution was based largely on foreign-sourced financial resources
Correct Option: Answer is D
The first Nigerian National Development Plan was an ambitious economic plan that was launched in 1962 with a six year target that envisaged the spending of about $1,900,000,000 on development and productivity enhancing projects. (Source: CBN)
The Nation was divided into three regions for effective spread of development. Agriculture was given the highest priority especially as regards to the production of cash crops for export to the metropolitan countries. It is in this plan Nigeria started getting external aid to execute its development needs. The National development plan therefore, was heavily dependent on foreign resources transfer of technology and expertise in the planning and execution of major capital development projects i.e. as much as 50% of the total planned capital expenditure was expected from external sources. There was the plan to mine minerals in the country, provide infrastructures for the conveyance of goods and services all over the Nation, the development of education and the general welfare of the Nigerian citizens.
(Source: Ibrahim Saadu-http://ibrahimgco.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-first-national-development-plan.html)
39. Utility is the satisfaction derived from?
- A. production
- B. distribution
- C. consumption
- D. demand
Correct Option: Answer is C
Utility in economics refers to the total satisfaction received from consuming a good or service.
40. Economic growth is different from economic development because economic growth
- A. describes expansion and changes
- B. is measurable but not objective
- C. describes expansion and not change
- D. is not measurable but objective
Correct Option: Answer is C
Economic Growth is the increase in the real output of the country in a particular span of time. It has to do with the expansion (growth) of the economy. Economic Development on the other hand has to do with the positive changes that result in the enrichment of living standards and the advancement of technology.