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Question 1
A consumer has a budget constraint of 100 units of currency and faces a price of 2 units of currency per unit of good X. If the consumer's indifference curve is given by U = 2X^0.5, what is the optimal quantity of good X to consume?
A. 10 units
B. 20 units
C. 30 units
D. 40 units
Question 2
The supply of a commodity is given by the equation Qs = 50 + 2P, where Qs is the quantity supplied and P is the price. If the price elasticity of supply is 1.5, find the price at which the quantity supplied is 80 units.
A. ₦75
B. ₦100
C. ₦125
D. ₦150
Question 3
A firm's demand for raw materials is elastic with respect to price. If the price of raw materials increases by 10%, what will be the percentage change in the quantity demanded?
A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 15%
D. 20%
Question 4
A country's inflation rate is given by π = \( M/P \) - 1, where π is the inflation rate, M is the money supply, and P is the price level. If the money supply increases by 10% and the price level increases by 5%, what is the new inflation rate?
A. 0.05
B. 0.10
C. 0.15
D. 0.20
Question 5
A firm's revenue function is given by R(q) = 100q - 2q^2. If the firm produces 10 units of output, what is the marginal revenue?
A. ₦80
B. ₦90
C. ₦100
D. ₦110
Question 6
A country's GDP is ₦10 trillion, and its GNP is ₦11 trillion. What is the net factor income from abroad?
A. ₦100 billion
B. ₦200 billion
C. ₦300 billion
D. ₦400 billion
Question 7
A firm's demand function is given by Q = 100 - 2P. If the firm's marginal revenue function is given by MR = 200 - 4Q, what is the optimal price to charge?
A. 20 units of currency
B. 30 units of currency
C. 40 units of currency
D. 50 units of currency
Question 8
The demand for a commodity is given by the equation Qd = 100 - 2P, where Qd is the quantity demanded and P is the price. If the price elasticity of demand is 0.5, find the price at which the quantity demanded is 60 units.
A. ₦50
B. ₦75
C. ₦100
D. ₦125
Question 9
The GDP of a country is given by the equation GDP = C + I + G + \( X - M \), where C is the consumption, I is the investment, G is the government sp\ending, X is the exports, and M is the imports. If the consumption is ₦500, the investment is ₦200, the government sp\ending is ₦300, the exports are ₦400, and the imports are ₦200, what is the GDP?
A. ₦1200
B. ₦1500
C. ₦1800
D. ₦2000
Question 10
A country's government decides to implement a value-added tax (VAT) to increase revenue. If the VAT rate is 10% and the price of a product is ₦1000, what is the amount of VAT paid by the consumer?
A. ₦100
B. ₦120
C. ₦150
D. ₦200
Question 11
The production function for a firm is given by Q = 2L^0.5K^0.5, where Q is the output, L is the labor and K is the capital. If the firm increases labor from 100 to 121 units and capital from 100 to 121 units, what is the percentage change in output?
A. 10%
B. 15%
C. 20%
D. 25%
Question 12
A central bank increases the reserve requirement for commercial banks. What will be the effect on the money supply?
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. No change
D. Neutral
Question 13
A consumer has a utility function given by U = 2X + 3Y, where X and Y are the quantities of two goods. If the consumer's income is ₦1000 and the prices of the two goods are ₦200 and ₦300 respectively, what is the optimal bundle?
A. (2, 1)
B. (4, 2)
C. (6, 3)
D. (8, 4)
Question 14
A farmer produces wheat and corn on a 100-hectare farm. The production functions for wheat and corn are given by W = 100x^0.5 and C = 50x^0.5, respectively. If the farmer's budget constraint is 10W + 5C = 1000, what is the optimal allocation of land to wheat and corn?
A. x = 50, W = 100, C = 50
B. x = 75, W = 150, C = 37.5
C. x = 100, W = 100, C = 0
D. x = 25, W = 50, C = 100
Question 15
A country's balance of payments is given by the following equation: BOP = \( X - M \) + \( F - I \), where X is the exports, M is the imports, F is the foreign investment and I is the domestic investment. If the country's exports increase by 10%, imports decrease by 5%, foreign investment increases by 15% and domestic investment decreases by 10%, what is the percentage change in the balance of payments?
A. 2%
B. 5%
C. 8%
D. 12%

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