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Which of the following expresses the main advantages of road transportation?
A Capacity for the transportation of heavy and bulky goods
B Low operating costs
C Fast and safe passenger transportation
D Flexibility and maxium access along transport routes
A manufacturing industry would tend to be market-oriented if the?
A finished products lose weight in the process of production
B industry requires a large pool of labour
C industry requires regular power supply
D finished goods are highly perishable
Which of the following industries is likely be located at the source of its major raw materials?
A Brewing
B Aluninium smelting
C Textile
D Cement manufacturing
Which of these sets of economic activities is completely primary?
A Farming, transprotation, fishing and manufacturing
B lumerbering, banking, transportation and farming
C Fishing, lumbering,farming and mining
D Mining, trade, farming and lumbering
Fishing is the mainstay of the economy of?
A Libya
B kuwait
C Argentina
D Iceland
The major world exporters of wool are?
A New Zealand, Uruguay, Australia and Argentina
B Australia, India, Paraguay and Argentina
C Bristian, Australia, Mediterrance Europe , Uruguay and South Africa
D New Zealand, India, Uruguay and Peru
Four elements of the natural environment which influence rural land use are?
A rock type, rellief, land tenure system and climate
B climate, relief soil and vegetation
C slope, mineral resources, ground water and farm implements
D markets, size of agricultural land , pest and diseases
Urban centers originate mainly as zones of?
A transport concentration
B greater social intercourse
C tourist attraction
D non-primary economic activity
Which of these economic activities is LEAST characteristic of a typical urban centre?
A Manufacturing
B Quarrying
C Commerce
D Transportation
The level of urbanization in a country means the?
A absolute number of people in the country `living in urban areas
B number of urban centres in the country
C proportion of the country's population living in urban areas
D number of urban centres in the country divided by the of rural settlements
Which of the following farming systems is likely to give rise to nucleated rural settlements?
A Grazing
B Large-scale farming
C Subsistence farming
D Irrigation farming
The most obvious evidence of over population in some parts of south eastern Nigeria is the?
A highrate of urbanization
B extensive land degradation
C scarcity of potable water
D low crop yield
Growth of world population over anyone period of time is best explained by?
A changes in technology and social organization
B advances in the knowedge of medicine
C positive balance between birth rate and death rate
D increased food production
The best soil conservation practices are those aimed at?
A reclaiming depleted soils
B prolonging the fallow period
C sustaining the productivity of the soil
D managing soil erosion
The direct effect of sheet erosion on soils is the?
A exposure of the surface to intense insolation
B washing away of the fine clay and humus particles
C leaching of nutrients down the soil profile
D mixing of infertile materials with the soil
Under which of the following vegetation types would you expect to find soils which have a B horizon rich in calcium carbonate?
A Temperature grassland
B Coniferous forest
C Tundra
D Tropical rain
In which of the following types of vegetation would cork oak and Aleppo pine be found?
A Savvannah woodland
B Temperate rain forest
C Monsoon forest
D Mediterranean woodland
Mangrove vegetation is found along the coast of?
A Namibia
B Somalia
C Tanzania
D Morocco
The rain forest of South America is often referred to as?
A Campos
B Selvas
C Pampas
D illanos
Which of these is a major controlling factor of the climate of a place?
A Temperature
B Rainfall
C Air-mass
D Humidity
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