Population - Jamb Economics Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 1978

Which of these would NOT increase population of a country

A. Increase in death rate
B. Decrease in birth rate
C. Emigration
D. Migration
E. Better medical facilities

Question 17:

• JAMB 1978

The optimum population of a country is reached when

A. All factor of production have been fully employed
B. The productive effort per man is at its highest with a given volume of resources
C. The total population of a country increases
D. The natural resources of a country increases
E. The working population of a country increases

Question 18:

• JAMB 1979

which of the following is not true about occupational distribution of the labour force of West Africa?

A. A large percentage of the labour force is engaged in agriculture
B. Agriculture is the most important occupation in West Africa
C. The manufacturing sector employs a large percentage of the population
D. Agriculture does not constitute an important source of paid employment
E. The public sector forms an important source of paid employment

Question 19:

• JAMB 1979

which of the following is not true about occupational distribution of the labour force of West Africa?

A. A large percentage of the labour force is engaged in agriculture
B. Agriculture is the most important occupation in West Africa
C. The manufacturing sector employs a large percentage of the population
D. Agriculture does not constitute an important source of paid employment
E. The public sector forms an important source of paid employment

Question 20:

• JAMB 1979

Which of the following is not true of the theory of optimum population?

A. It is possible for densely populated country to be underpopulated if it has insufficient labour to make the most effective use of its other factors
B. The quantity of labour which combined with the other factors gives the minimum output is known as optimum population
C. The quantity of labour which combined with the other factors, gives the maximum output, is known as optimum population
D. The test for over-population is whether it exceed the optimum
E. It is possible for a thinly populated country to be over populated if it has a poor supply of other factor