JAMB Economics 1982 Question 39

Question 39

Business Organisations

Public enterprises are supported on the grounds that they are undertaken for

  1. A.increasing profit of the private sector
  2. B.reducing the burden of the private sector
  3. C.improving the welfare of the people
  4. D.earning profit for the people
  5. E.earning profit for the government.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (improving the welfare of the people)

Explanation

Public enterprises are set up mainly to provide essential services for the people's welfare, not chiefly to make profit.