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The major problems associated with rapid urban growth in tropical Africa are?
A over-population, traffic congestion and urban-rural migration
B tyraffic congestion, neglect of agriculture and urban-rural migration
C rural-urban migration, unemployment and rising crime rate
D rural-urban migration, unemployment and rising crime rate
A country well known for the production of copper in Africa is?
A Ghana
B Republic of Benin
C Zambia
D Egypt
The most capital-intensive sector of the Nigerian economy today is?
A transportation
B agriculture
C mining
D trading
The relative dryness of the Horn of Africa is due to?
A the dominance of cold currents in the region
B the distance from the belt of tropical cyclones
C its closeness to the high ranges of East Africa
D the shape and direction of the shoreline
The groups of hardwoods that are suitable for railway sleepers in Nigeria is?
A gmelina, teak and spruce
B obeche, mahogany and pine
C pine, fir and mahogany
D mahogany, obeche and iroko
Nucleated groups of houses occupied largely by people engaged in primary occupation are referred to as?
A metropolises
B villages
C farmsteads
D towns
Automobile industries that are essentially assembly plants are found in?
A West Africa
B South Africa
C West Europe
D North East U.S.A.
The merging together of a number of urban settlements will produce a?
A conurbation
B nucleated settlement
C linear settlement
D suburb
Crude oil constitutes the bulk of the export products of?
A Nigeria,Cote d'lvoire, Kuwait and Australia
B Australia, Java, Nigeria and Libya
C Libya, Qatar, Ghana and Saudi Arabia
D Qatar, Nigeria, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
The sex ratio of any population may be affected by?
A mortality
B morbidity
C migration
D fertility
Which of the following pairs of cities have both a seaport and an international airport?
A Rio de Janeiro and Johannesburg
B Lagos and San Francisco
C New York and Warri
D Kampala and Mombasa
Western Europe and North Eastern U.S.A. are the most industrialization regions of the world because they?
A have abundant human and natural resources
B are density populated
C are on either side of the Altantic Ocean
D have high per capita income
The population of a town in 1975 was 210,000 but grew to 280,000 in 1980. What was the the annual growth rate?
A 15.0%
B 6.7%
C 33.3%
D 26.7%
The main problem faced by export crop producers in developing countries is?
A pests and diseases
B widely fluctuating prices
C high cost of inputs
D lack of capital
The basic raw materials for the textile industry include?
A cotton, wool, jute and rubber
B flax, wool, pulp and papyrus
C cotton, wool, pulp and papyrus
D flax, wool, silk and cotton
The world's leading producer of cocoa is?
A Ecuador
B Ghana
C Brazil
D Nigeria
High tides are produced when the?
A moon is perpendicular to the earth's axis
B earth completes a revolution round the sun
C earth, the moon and the sun are on a straight line
D sea level rises because of the earth's rotation
An igneous rock with distinct grains of mica, feldspar and quartz is?
A schist
B basalt
C rhyolite
D granite
The Dead Sea is the most saline lake in the world because?
A it is surrounded by saline rocks
B sea water seeps into it
C no river flows out of it
D it is located in the desert
High temperatures and heavy rainfall throughout the year describe the climate of?
A India, Uganda and Ethiopia
B Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Ghana
C Democratic Republic of Congo, Brazil and Indonesia
D Britain, North and South Korea and Nambia
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