Neco 2022 Civic Education Question 20

Practice objective / multiple choice question 20 from the 2022 Neco Civic Education examination.

Neco 2022 Civic Education Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 20 NECO • 2022 • CIVIC_EDUCATION • objective

A state allocates \(12\%\) of its annual budget to education. The total budget is \(\text{₦}45,000,000,000\). Due to an economic downturn, the budget is cut by \(8\%\) uniformly across all sectors. After the cut, (a) how much money is allocated to education? (b) To keep the education allocation at the original amount despite the cut, what percentage of the reduced total budget must be allocated to education?

Answer Options

A. (a) \\(\\text{₦}4,500,000,000\\); (b) approximately \\(10.89\\%\\) of the reduced budget.
Correct Answer B. (a) \(\text{₦}4,968,000,000\); (b) approximately \(13.04\%\) of the reduced budget.
C. (a) \\(\\text{₦}4,968,000,000\\); (b) approximately \\(14.00\\%\\) of the reduced budget.
D. (a) \\(\\text{₦}5,400,000,000\\); (b) approximately \\(12.00\\%\\) of the reduced budget.
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
(a) \(\text{₦}4,968,000,000\); (b) approximately \(13.04\%\) of the reduced budget.

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This is Neco 2022 Civic Education Question 20. It is one of the objective questions from the 2022 Neco Civic Education examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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