Gce Model Questions Vol1 2018 Civic Education Question 39

Practice objective / multiple choice question 39 from the 2018 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Civic Education examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2018 Civic Education Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 39 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2018 • CIVIC_EDUCATION • objective

A public project is budgeted at \(\text{₦}150\) million. Corruption causes a loss of \(12\%\) of the budget at the procurement stage and a further \(5\%\) of the remaining amount through inflated contracts. (a) What amount is actually spent on the project? (b) If anti‑corruption reforms reduce the procurement loss to \(6\%\) and the inflated‑contract loss to \(3\%\), what is the percentage increase in the amount actually spent compared with part (a)? Give your answer to one decimal place.

Answer Options

A. 10.2%
B. 8.5%
Correct Answer C. 9.1%
D. 7.9%
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
9.1%

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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2018 Civic Education Question 39. It is one of the objective questions from the 2018 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Civic Education examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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