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Definition and scope of economics: WAEC Economics Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Definition and scope of economics

Our summary: Why scarcity forces choices, what those choices cost, and how economic activities are grouped.

  • Scarcity and choice, scale of preference, opportunity cost, production possibility curve
  • Economic activities – production, distribution and consumption
  • Classification of economic activities – primary, secondary and tertiary and their relative contributions in terms of output/income, employment, savings, investment and foreign exchange

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WAEC (WASSCE) Economics questions on Definition and scope of economics

  1. WAEC 2024There is scarcity when
  2. WAEC 2024Points within a Production Possibilities Curve (PPC) indicate
  3. WAEC 2023An economy system is mainly concerned with
  4. WAEC 2023The study of economics is mainly concerned with how to
  5. WAEC 2023Warehousing is an economic activity that falls under
  6. WAEC 2021The study of economics IS Important to every society because it …
  7. WAEC 2020Which of the following is central to the definition of Economics?
  8. WAEC 2020Which of the following are intermediate products?
  9. WAEC 2020When the production possibility curve shifts outwards, the economy experiences
  10. WAEC 2020The exploitation of mineral resources constitutes which form of production?
  11. WAEC 2019The fundamental economic problem in every society is
  12. WAEC 2018Economic problem arise in all society because?
  13. WAEC 2018which of the following is not emphasized in a production possibility curve
  14. WAEC 2017Economics is regarded as a science because?
  15. WAEC 2017the opportunity cost of a worker going to the university is
  16. WAEC 2016Scale of preference is important for the following reasons except in
  17. WAEC 2016Human wants are insatiable because wants are
  18. WAEC 2015An outward shift of the production possibility curve shows that?
  19. WAEC 2015Economics is regarded as a science because it?
  20. WAEC 2015In developing countries, a larger percentage of the labour force is employed in the

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