JAMB Economics questions: Population

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1. Question 1· Population· JAMB

   The 2006 census put Nigeria's population at about

   • A140 million
   • B88 million
   • C200 million
   • D40 million

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2. Question 2· Population· JAMB

   Malthus argued that population growth would be checked by

   • Aindustrialisation
   • Bhigher wages
   • Cfamine, disease and war
   • Dforeign aid

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3. Question 3· Population· JAMB

   A large population can benefit an economy by providing

   • Aless demand
   • Bfewer workers
   • Ca large market and labour force
   • Dlower output

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4. Question 4· Population· JAMB

   Population growth can benefit an economy by

   • Aremoving workers
   • Breducing demand
   • Clowering output
   • Dincreasing the labour force and market size

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5. Question 5· Population· JAMB

   According to Malthus, population increases

   • Aonly during wars
   • Barithmetically while food supply increases geometrically
   • Cat the same rate as food supply
   • Dgeometrically while food supply increases arithmetically

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6. Question 6· Population· JAMB

   Population censuses are important mainly because they

   • Aprovide data for planning
   • Bincrease the population
   • Creduce taxes
   • Dfix wages

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7. Question 7· Population· JAMB

   A population pyramid with a broad base indicates

   • Aan ageing population
   • Ba high birth rate
   • Ca low birth rate
   • Dhigh life expectancy

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8. Question 8· Population· JAMB

   A major effect of rural–urban migration on rural areas is

   • Amore industries in villages
   • Bovercrowding of villages
   • Ca shortage of farm labour
   • Dhigher food output

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9. Question 9· Population· JAMB

   Population censuses in Nigeria are conducted by the

   • ACentral Bank of Nigeria
   • BNational Population Commission
   • CIndependent National Electoral Commission
   • DNational Bureau of Statistics only

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10. Question 10· Population· JAMB

    A young population structure has

    • Afew births
    • Bmany old people
    • Ca high proportion of children
    • Da narrow base pyramid

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11. Question 11· Population· JAMB

    The dependency ratio compares

    • Aurban with rural population
    • Bbirths with deaths
    • Cmen with women
    • Dthe number of dependants (the young and the old) with the working-age population

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12. Question 12· Population· JAMB

    The birth rate is the number of live births per

    • A10,000 people
    • B100 people
    • C1,000 people in a year
    • Dperson

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13. Question 13· Population· JAMB

    A country with a high birth rate and a falling death rate will experience

    • Aan ageing population
    • Bpopulation decline
    • Crapid population growth
    • Dno change

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14. Question 14· Population· JAMB

    Brain drain refers to

    • Aimmigration of refugees
    • Brural-urban migration of farmers
    • Cemigration of skilled workers
    • Dpopulation growth

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15. Question 15· Population· JAMB

    The optimum population of a country is the population at which

    • Athere is no unemployment
    • Bthe population is largest
    • Cthe birth rate equals the death rate
    • Doutput per head is at its maximum

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