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1,599 real West African Examinations Council (WASSCE) questions from 1997 to 2026, every one with a worked solution. Practise them timed, on the web, on Android, or offline on desktop.

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Questions held
1,599
Years covered
30
Questions per paper
50
Time allowed
90 min
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Sample Commerce questions, answered.

Taken straight from the papers below — one from each of the most recent years, with the answer marked and the reasoning written out.

WAEC Commerce 2026 · Question 1
The major divisions of commerce are
  1. trade and warehousing
  2. trade and auxiliaries to trade — correct answer
  3. production and trade
  4. import and export
Worked solution
Commerce is divided into trade (buying and selling) and the aids or auxiliaries to trade such as transport, banking, insurance, warehousing, advertising and communication.
WAEC Commerce 2025 · Question 1
A function of commerce is to
  1. Collect revenue for government
  2. Create social amenities in rural areas
  3. Facilitate movement of goods and services — correct answer
  4. Provide advisory services to government
Worked solution
Commerce covers trade and the aids to trade, whose purpose is to move goods and services from the producer to the final consumer.
WAEC Commerce 2024 · Question 1
The development of commerce was promoted by
  1. Warehousing
  2. Transportation — correct answer
  3. Specialization
  4. Manufacturing
Worked solution
Improved transportation allowed goods to be moved beyond their place of production, which made trade and therefore commerce expand.
WAEC Commerce 2023 · Question 1
Buying and selling products through a network of digital devices is
  1. e-transfer
  2. e-payment
  3. e-mail
  4. e-commerce — correct answer
Worked solution
e-commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services over electronic networks of digital devices.
WAEC Commerce 2022 · Question 1
An article used as a means of exchange in the early days of trade in West Africa was
  1. Cedi
  2. Cowrie — correct answer
  3. Dalasi
  4. Naira
Worked solution
Cowries were the commodity money used as a medium of exchange in early West African trade, while cedi, dalasi and naira are modern currencies.
Every paper we hold

WAEC Commerce, year by year.

2026
49 questions
2025
50 questions
2024
50 questions
2023
50 questions
2022
50 questions
2021
50 questions
2020
50 questions
2019
50 questions
2018
50 questions
2017
50 questions
2016
50 questions
2015
50 questions
2014
50 questions
2013
50 questions
2012
50 questions
2011
50 questions
2010
50 questions
2009
50 questions
2008
50 questions
2007
50 questions
2006
50 questions
2005
50 questions
2004
50 questions
2003
50 questions
2002
50 questions
2001
50 questions
2000
50 questions
1999
50 questions
1998
100 questions
1997
100 questions
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How WAEC Commerce is set.

West African Examinations Council (WASSCE) sets 50 questions in Commerce, answered in 90 minutes — about 108 seconds a question. Practising against that clock is the part most candidates skip, and it is the part that costs marks.

We hold 1,599 published Commerce questions spanning 1997 to 2026. You can practise any single year’s paper, or sit a full timed mock that mirrors the real interface — the navigator, the flags and the auto-submit included.

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