POST UTME UNIPORT 2017 Economics | Objective

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Question 1
A country's GDP is given by the equation: GDP = C + I + G + \( X - M \). If the country's consumption (C) is 100, investment (I) is 50, government sp\ending (G) is 200, and net exports \( X - M \) is 50, what is the country's GDP?
A. ₦500
B. ₦600
C. ₦700
D. ₦800
Question 2
Consider a firm with a production function Q = 2L^0.5K^0.5. If the price of the good is $10 and the firm's \cost function is C = 2L + 3K, what is the optimal level of output and input usage?
A. \( Q = 100, L = 50, K = 50 \)
B. \( Q = 50, L = 25, K = 25 \)
C. \( Q = 200, L = 100, K = 100 \)
D. \( Q = 150, L = 75, K = 75 \)
Question 3
A consumer's budget constraint is given by the equation: 2X + 3Y = 100. If the consumer's indifference curve is given by the equation: U(X, Y) = 2X + 3Y, what is the consumer's optimal bundle?
A. \( X = 20, Y = 30 \)
B. \( X = 30, Y = 20 \)
C. \( X = 40, Y = 10 \)
D. \( X = 50, Y = 0 \)
Question 4
A government is considering a tax on a particular good. The demand curve for the good is given by Q = 100 - 2P, and the supply curve is given by Q = 2P. If the government imposes a tax of 10 on the good, what is the new equilibrium quantity?
A. 40
B. 50
C. 60
D. 70
Question 5
A firm is producing a good with a production function Q = 2L^0.5K^0.5, where L is labor and K is capital. If the firm is currently u\sing 100 units of labor and 100 units of capital, what is the total product of labor?
A. 100
B. 200
C. 300
D. 400
Question 6
A consumer has a budget of ₦1,000 and faces the following prices for two goods: Good X \costs ₦200 and Good Y \costs ₦300. If the consumer's indifference curves are such that the marginal rate of substitution (MRS) is 2, what is the consumer's optimal bundle?
A. (200, 400)
B. (300, 300)
C. (400, 200)
D. (500, 100)
Question 7
A firm's demand curve is given by the equation: Qd = 100 - 2P. If the firm's supply curve is given by the equation: Qs = 2P - 50, what is the equilibrium price and quantity?
A. P = 25, Q = 50
B. P = 30, Q = 60
C. P = 35, Q = 70
D. P = 40, Q = 80
Question 8
A farmer in Nigeria produces two crops, maize and sorghum. The production function for maize is Qm = 100 - 2L, where Qm is the quantity of maize produced and L is the labor input. The production function for sorghum is Qs = 50 + 3L, where Qs is the quantity of sorghum produced and L is the labor input. If the farmer has 20 units of labor, what is the total output of the farm?
A. 1200
B. 1500
C. 1800
D. 2000
Question 9
A firm's demand function is given by \( Q = 100 - 2P \) and the supply function is given by \( Q = 2P - 20 \). If the price of the firm's product is currently $2, what is the equilibrium quantity?
A. 40
B. 60
C. 80
D. 100
Question 10
Consider a firm operating in a perfectly competitive market with a downward-sloping demand curve. If the firm's marginal revenue (MR) curve intersects its average variable \cost (AVC) curve at a point where MR = AVC, what is the likely outcome for the firm's profit-maximizing output level?
A. The firm will produce at the point where MR = MC.
B. The firm will produce at the point where MR = AVC.
C. The firm will produce at the point where MR = ATC.
D. The firm will produce at the point where MR = AFC.
Question 11
A country's balance of payments is given by the following equation: \( BOP = X - M \), where (X) is the value of exports and (M) is the value of imports. If the value of exports is ₦500 billion and the value of imports is ₦600 billion, what is the balance of payments?
A. ₦-100 billion
B. ₦100 billion
C. ₦500 billion
D. ₦600 billion
Question 12
A government imposes a tax on a product, which increases the price of the product from ₦100 to ₦120. If the demand for the product is given by the inverse demand function \( p = 100 - 2q \), where (p) is the price and (q) is the quantity demanded, what is the new quantity demanded?
A. 20
B. 30
C. 40
D. 50
Question 13
A government is considering a tax on a particular good. The demand curve for the good is given by Q = 100 - 2P, and the supply curve is given by Q = 2P. If the government imposes a tax of 10 on the good, what is the new equilibrium price?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20
Question 14
Consider a country with a population of 100 million and a per capita income of ₦50,000. If the country's GDP is ₦5 trillion, find the country's GDP per capita u\sing the identity GDP per capita = GDP / population.
A. ₦50,000
B. ₦60,000
C. ₦70,000
D. ₦80,000
Question 15
A government imposes a tax of ₦50 on a good that is sold at a price of ₦200. If the demand for the good is given by \( Q = 100 - 2P \), what is the new equilibrium price?
A. ₦150
B. ₦175
C. ₦200
D. ₦225

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