POST UTME JOSEPH AYO BABALOLA UNIVERSITY 2019 Economics | Objective

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Question 1
The government of Nigeria has introduced a policy to increase the production of rice in the country. The policy involves providing subsidies to farmers who produce rice. If the government provides a subsidy of ₦500 per bag of rice, and the price of rice is ₦2000 per bag, what is the new price of rice after the subsidy?
A. ₦1500
B. ₦2000
C. ₦2500
D. ₦3000
Question 2
A consumer has a budget of ₦1000 and faces the following prices for two goods: Good X \costs ₦200 and Good Y \costs ₦300. If the consumer buys 2 units of Good X, how much money is left for Good Y?
A. ₦400
B. ₦500
C. ₦600
D. ₦700
Question 3
A country's balance of payments is in equilibrium when its current account is in surplus by ₦100 billion and its capital account is in deficit by ₦50 billion. What is the overall balance of payments position?
A. Surplus of ₦50 billion
B. Deficit of ₦50 billion
C. Surplus of ₦100 billion
D. Deficit of ₦100 billion
Question 4
The demand for a commodity is given by the equation Q = 100 - 2P, where Q is the quantity demanded and P is the price. If the price elasticity of demand is 0.5, what is the percentage change in quantity demanded when the price increases by 10%?
A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 15%
D. 20%
Question 5
A monopolistically competitive firm faces a downward-sloping demand curve. If the firm increases its output from Q1 to Q2, what happens to its average revenue (AR)?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains the same
D. First increases then decreases
Question 6
A consumer has a utility function U(X,Y) = 2X + 3Y. If the prices of X and Y are ₦2 and ₦3 respectively, and the consumer has a budget of ₦15, how many units of X will the consumer buy?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
Question 7
A firm is operating in a perfectly competitive market. The firm's supply function is given by Q = 100 - 2P, where P is the price of the firm's product. If the demand for the firm's product is given by Q = 200 - 4P, what is the equilibrium price and quantity of the firm's product?
A. P = ₦100, Q = 50
B. P = ₦150, Q = 75
C. P = ₦200, Q = 100
D. P = ₦250, Q = 125
Question 8
Consider a firm with a production function Q = 3L^0.5K^0.5. If the firm's current input prices are w = ₦150 and r = ₦300, and the current output price is p = ₦600, calculate the firm's optimal input combination u\sing the Hotelling's Lemma. Assume that the firm's objective is to maximize its profit.
A. \( L = 150, K = 150 \)
B. \( L = 75, K = 75 \)
C. \( L = 300, K = 300 \)
D. \( L = 0, K = 0 \)
Question 9
A government imposes a tax on a good, cau\sing the supply curve to shift to the left. What is the effect on the equilibrium price and quantity of the good?
A. The equilibrium price and quantity decrease
B. The equilibrium price increases and the quantity decreases
C. The equilibrium price and quantity increase
D. The equilibrium price decreases and the quantity increases
Question 10
A firm has a total revenue function given by TR = 100x - 2x^2, where x is the number of units produced and sold. If the firm's total \cost function is given by TC = 50x + 100, find the profit-maximizing level of production.
A. 20
B. 30
C. 40
D. 50
Question 11
A country's GDP is ₦100 billion, its imports are ₦20 billion, and its exports are ₦15 billion. What is its GDP at market price?
A. ₦95 billion
B. ₦105 billion
C. ₦115 billion
D. ₦125 billion
Question 12
A government is considering a tax on a particular good to reduce its consumption. The demand function for the good is given by Q = 150 - 3P, where Q is the quantity demanded and P is the price. The supply function is given by Q = 3P. If the government imposes a tax of ₦75 per unit on the good, what will be the new equilibrium price and quantity?
A. \( P = ₦100, Q = 75 \)
B. \( P = ₦75, Q = 100 \)
C. \( P = ₦50, Q = 150 \)
D. \( P = ₦150, Q = 75 \)
Question 13
The government of a country is considering a policy to increase agricultural production. The production function for a particular crop is given by the equation Q = 2L^0.5K^0.5, where Q is the quantity produced, L is the labor input, and K is the capital input. If the price of labor is ₦100 per unit and the price of capital is ₦200 per unit, and the firm is currently producing 100 units of output, what is the total revenue?
A. ₦20,000
B. ₦25,000
C. ₦30,000
D. ₦35,000
Question 14
A perfectly competitive market has a downward-sloping demand curve and a horizontal supply curve. If the market price falls from ₦100 to ₦80, what is the effect on the quantity supplied?
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. No change
D. No effect
Question 15
A central bank increases the money supply in an economy. What will happen to the price level?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains the same
D. No effect

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