TOPIC: AGRICULTURE IN WEST AFRICA
DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the lettered options.
1. Which of the following is NOT an agricultural problem in Nigeria?
A. Peasant resistance to innovations.
B. Much fragmentation of land.
C. Lack of storage facilities.
D. Availability of advanced agricultural technology.
The correct answer is option [D]
2. Which of the following is NOT a policy measure adopted by the government to improve productivity of agriculture in Nigeria?
A. Green Revolution (GR)
B. National Accelerated Food production project (NAFPP)
C. National Poverty Eradication Program (NAPEP)
D. Operation Feed the Nation (OFN)
The correct answer is option [C]
3. Which of the following measures will NOT improve agricultural production in West Africa?
A. Increased cost of inputs.
B. Provision of modern storage facilities.
C. Mechanization of agriculture.
D. Effective control of pests and diseases.
The correct answer is option [A].
4. The role of government in promoting agricultural development includes the following EXCEPT _______.
A. paying the wages of all farmers
B. establishing and funding research
C. formulation of policies
D. provision of rural infrastructure
The correct answer is option [A].
5. The component of agriculture that has to do with the preservation and maintenance of economic trees is known as ______.
A. crop farming
B. fishing
C. forestry
D. hunting
The correct answer is option [C]
6. The DFRRI typifies government effort under _______.
A. a supportive agricultural policy
B. a supervisory agricultural policy
C. an educational agricultural policy
D. a punitive agricultural policy
The correct answer is option [A]. DFFRI – Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructure.
7. Which of the following is an Agricultural Development Program in Nigeria?
A. Integrated Rural Development Program
B. National Seed Multiplication Program
C. New Partnership for African Development
D. Operation Feed the Nation
The correct answer is option [D].
TOPIC: ELEMENTARY TREATMENT OF UTILITY THEORY
DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the lettered options.
- Which of the following is NOT true about the graph?
A. Total utility gets to its maximum at the point when marginal utility equals zero
B. Total utility begins to fall when marginal utility becomes negative
C. Total utility gets to its maximum at the point where marginal utility becomes negative D. Total utility starts falling after the point of saturation
The correct answer is option [C]
2. Households are assumed to maximize ______.
A. investments
B. utility
C. profits
D. all of the above
The correct answer is option [B]
3. Which of the following is NOT true about the Indifference curve?
A. Indifference curves cannot intersect
B. Indifference curves are downward slope
C. An indifference curve on the right hand side represents higher level of satisfaction
D. An indifference curve on the left hand side represents higher level of satisfaction
The correct answer is option [D]
4. MUx / MUy = Px / Py; Where: x and y are commodities, MU = Marginal Utility, P = Price. The above represents the _____.
A. marginal utility equation
B. equation for consumer disequilibrium
C. utility maximization equation
D. equation for total utility
E. equation for price elasticity
The correct answer is option [C]
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