NECO Economics · Development and the international economy

Major natural resources: NECO Economics Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Major natural resources

Our summary: How resources such as petroleum, gold and timber have been developed and how they help and harm West African economies.

  • Development of major natural resources (petroleum, gold, diamond, timber, groundnut etc.)
  • Effects on West African economies (positive and negative)

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NECO Economics questions on Major natural resources

  1. NECO 2009One of the positive contributions of the petroleum industry to Nigeria’s economic development is that it
  2. NECO 2009The price and quantity of crude oil and petrol sold to other countries by Nigeria is fixed by the
  3. NECO 2009Oil was first discovered in commercial quantity in … .. State.
  4. NECO 2007The following are bye-products of crude oil EXCEPT
  5. NECO 2007The first oil refinery in Nigeria was established at
  6. NECO 2005Which of the following is NOT a positive contribution a petroleum to Nigeria economy?
  7. NECO 2004A negative effect of the discovery of petroleum on the Nigerian economy is
  8. NECO 2003The first commercial oil well in Nigeria was discovered in

Years with Major natural resources questions in DeeepSolve's question bank

From the past questions DeeepSolve holds, not a count of everything the exam body has set.

  • 2009
  • 2007
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003