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Nigeria's three steel rolling mills will be located around?
AEnugu, Asaba and Ajaokuta
BKatsina, Oshogbo and Jos
Cllesha, llorin and Kaduna
DCalabar, Agbor and Yola
EAladja, Ajaokuta amd Gombe
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Question 1892
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Which of the following is NOT an objective of industrialization in Nigeria?
AAbsorbing rural labour
BEncouraging migration from the rural areas
CProviding a source of income
DEarning foreign exchange
ERaising the standard of living
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Question 1893
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Each of the following pairs consist of a region of high population density and a region of very low population. Which is an appropriate pair?
AJava, Mauritania
BChina, Namibia
CCanadian Shield, Lower, Rhine Valley
DThe lower Nile Valley Ganges Delta
ESouthern Japan, Greenland
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Question 1894
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Of the following regions, the one that has the highest potentiality for the production of softwood timber for manufacture of paper is the?
ASelva of Brazil
Bequatorial forest of the Congo
Cevergreen board-leaf forests of Japan
Dtemperate deciduous forests of France
Econiferous forest of Scandinavia
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Question 1895
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Which of the following conditions leads to rapid population growth?
AA declining death rate and an increasing birth rate
BA low death rate and a low birth rate
CA declining death rate and a static birth rate
DAn increasing death rate and a declining birth rate
EA declining death rate and rapid emigration
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Question 1896
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Which of the following economic activities involves the use of machinery, much land, but few people?
ACommercial grain agriculture
BCommercial dairy agricuture
CCommercial gardening
DNomadic herding
ELivestock ranching
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Question 1897
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For which of the following pairs of economic activities is the Ukraine (in the U.S.S.R) famous
ACommercial grain agriculture and livestock ranching
BCommercial grain farming and industry
CCommercial gardening
DFishing and lumbering
EPrimitive subsistence agriculture and nomadic herding
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Question 1898
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Which of the following pairs of natural resources is most vital for the development of heavy industries?
ACotton and timber
BGold and diamonds
CIron ore and coal
DNatural gas and copper
EBauxite and chrome ore
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Question 1899
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Uganda's exports and imports pass through the port of?
AMombassa
BMaputo
CMogadishu
DDar-es-Salaam
EMatadi
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Question 1900
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Which of the following is NOT a reason for migration in West Africa?
ATo increase the population in cities
BTo seek employment
CTo further their education
DTo run away from poverty
ETo seek for pleasure
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Question 1901
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The greatest volume of shipping across the Atlantic Ocean is?
Abetween Africa and South America
Bbetween Africa and North America
Cbetween North America and South America
Dbetween Europe and North America
Ebetween Europe and Africa
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Question 1902
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Which of the following problems has posed the greatest threat to farmers in Anambra State?
AAcid soils
BDrought
CGully erosion
DPests, particularly monkeys
ELateritic soils `
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Question 1903
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Which of these statements about Africa is NOT true?
AOver two-thirds of Africa lies within the tropics, Africa is therefore a warm continent in which snowfall is everywhere unknown
BAfrica has a high rate of population increase
CAfrica is the least unbanized continent although urbanization started early in Africa
DThe forest regions of Africa are richer in hardwood than softwood timber
EAfrica has several large rivers but they are of very limited use for navigation
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Question 1904
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Only one of these statements about West Africa is true. Which is it?
AClimate and agricultural belts as well as political regions in West Africa generally run east to west
BSeasonal production of crops in the interior of West Africa is due more to the constraints of rainfall than to temperature
CNigeria alone has just half as much population as the rest of West Africa put together
DThe coastal regions of West Africa do not in any way stand in contrast to the inland regions
EInter-regional trade in West Africa is ompossible because the countries of West Africa have similar agricultural products
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Question 1905
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All but ONE of the following raw materials needed for Nigeria's iron and steel industry are available locally?
AIron ore
BCoal
CLimestone
DHydro-electric power
EManganese
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Question 1906
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Which of these does NOT lie in the principal earthquake regions of the world?
APeru
BAlaska
CNew Guinea
DJapan
EMali
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Question 1907
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Which town does NOT properly belong to the group?
ALagos
BForcados
CCalabar
DWarri
EOnitsha
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Question 1908
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Elements of weather and climate include all but ONE of the following:
ATemperature
BPrecipitation
CWind
DAltitude
EAir pressure
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Question 1909
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Chemicals weathering processes include all except ONE of the following?
AOxidation
BTransportation
CCarbonation
DHydration
ESolution
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Question 1910
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Which climate type is characterized by (i) very high temperature (over 330C) during the period of high sun; (ii)moderately high annual temperature range 17-120C and very high daily range 20-30°C. (iii) annual rainfall less than 4cm; and (iv)annual evaporation from a free water surface exceeding 200cm?
