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The main reason for importing crude for the Kaduna refinery is to produce?
Akerosene
Bgas
Clubricants
Dinsecticides
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Question 12
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Which of the following is noted for its extrusive volcanic landforms?
AJos plateau
BThe Nsukka escarpment
CIdanre Hills
DAbuja plains
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Question 13
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In Sudan Savannah of Nigeria, grazing and cutting promote?
Aimmigration
Bindustrialization
Cland fragmentation
Dland degradation
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Question 14
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What do the the cement manufacturing industry at Ukpilla, the iron and steel industry at Ajaokuta, the raffia works at Ikot Ekpene and the garri processing industry at Nekede have in common?
AThey are located near sources of raw materials
BThey are located near their major markets
CAll their raw materials are locally sourced
DThey are primary activities
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Question 15
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The problems of irregular levels of water in river navigation may be solved by?
Astraightening river courses
Bcontrolling the currents
Cproviding dams, canals and locks
Dchanging the diretion of river flow
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Question 16
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Markets is the rural areas play an important role in the domestic production process because they?
Aenable people buy their needs
Bmake it necessary to build rural roads
Cbring people together from far and near
Dserve as collecting and distributing centers for rural products
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Question 17
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The waters off the east coast of Canada are rich in fish because?
Aof the abundance of plankton
Bthey are pollution-free
Cthey are deep and warm
Dthey are rarely distributed by ocean-going vessels
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Question 18
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Pastoral nomadism was not native to the American continents or Australia because?
Apasture lands were sparse
BThey were heavily infested by tsetse fly
Cthe natives were more interested in hunting
Dthe environments were unfavourable for animal rearing
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Question 19
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Commercial grain farming is practiced mainly in the?
Asteppes and prairie lands of the middle latitudes
Bsavannah and grasslands of the low latitudes
Ctundra and grassland of the high latitudes
Dmontane and grasslands of the high altitudes
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Question 20
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The world's first cities developed in areas noted for?
Amineral production
Bfishing and hunting
Cindustrial development
Dagriculture by irrigation
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Question 21
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Which of the following landscapes is mostly likely to promote rural settlement nucleation?
AOpen, flat country
BRugged, hilly country
CExtensive arable land
DWell-drained plain
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Question 22
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Villages develop into urban centers when they?
Aattract more people
Bproduce enough food
Cestablish educational institutions
Dgrow in commerce and industry
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Question 23
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World population distribution is characterized by?
Aconcentration in the western hemispheres
Bextreme unevenness
Cbalanced distribution between the northern and southern hemisphere
Duniform density in all hemispheres
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Question 24
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Which of the following population characteristics is associated with developed countries?
ADecline birth rate and high death rate
BHigh birth rate and declining death rate
CHigh birth rate and low death rate
DLow birth rate and low death rate
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Question 25
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Which of the following factors has been of particular importance in promoting population growth in developing countries?
ARising level of industrial development
BImprovement in health-care delivery
CIncrease farm yield per hectare
DRising standard of education
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Question 26
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Which of the following farming practices may be used to check soil erosion?
APloughing of land upslope
BContour ploughing
CBush burning
DShifting cultivation
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Question 27
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Time, as a factor of soil formation, influences mainly soil?
Atexture
Borganisms
Cnutrients
Dmaturity
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Question 28
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Which of the following is used to describe soil reaction?
ApH
Bcation exchange
Cclay content
Dtexture
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Question 29
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Vegetation regeneration on a fallow land is typical example of?
Anature conservation
Bsecondary succession
Creafforestation
Dforest reservation
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Question 30
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Plants that grow submerged of floating in water bodies are known as?
