Geography Past Questions And Answers
The type of vegetation found on the Mambila Plateau is?
- A. guinea savanna
- B. sudan savanna
- C. high forest
- D. montane
(a) On an outline map of West Africa show and name:
(i) two countries important for the production of rubber
(ii) one important town in the rubber producing area in each country
(iii) two countries important for the production of groundnuts
(iv) one important town in the groundnut producing area in each country
(b) Describe the process of production of either rubber or groundnuts, in the country shown on your map
(c) Explain any three factors which hinder the large scale production of either rubber or groundnuts in WestAfrica.
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The layer of earth found immediately beneath the crust is called
- A. hydrosphere
- B. lithosphere
- C. mesosphere
- D. barosphere
The distance as the crow flies from Bukola to Balu is approximately
- A. 2.8km
- B. 3.8km
- C. 4.8km
- D. 7.8km
The farming technique which can be adopted as a method of soil conservation is?
- A. bush fallowing
- B. monoculture
- C. shifting cultivation
- D. cover cropping
Open cast mining often leads to the?
- A. degradation of the topsoil
- B. replenishment of the soil
- C. production of fetile soils
- D. extinction of animals
An area is said to be over-populated if
- A. there is not enough food to clear for the population
- B. its inhabitants are not using birth control methods
- C. it has more people than its developed physical and human resources can support
- D. there is massive rural-urban migration
The number of people living in a unit area of land is termed its
- A. Birth rate
- B. Death rate
- C. Dependency ratio
- D. Population density
The system of agriculture which combines the growing of crops and rearing of animals is known as
- A. dairy farming
- B. mixed cropping
- C. mixed farming
- D. shifting cultivation
Which of the following factors accounts for large-scale fishing off the east coast of Canada?
- A. High technological development
- B. Abundance of plankton
- C. Presence of cold ocean water
- D. Presence of warm currents