Geography Past Questions And Answers
If the distance between two places on a map is 2cm, while the distance on land is 4km, the scale of the map is
- A. 1:100,000
- B. 1:200,000
- C. 1:50,000
- D. 1:150,000
Which of the following is best used to check flooding in coastal low lands?
- A. Contour ploughing
- B. Strip cultivation
- C. Terracing
- D. Channelisation
One of the soil- related problems of irrigation in the savannah region is increasing?
- A. salinization
- B. erosion
- C. desiccation
- D. exhaustion
The leading trading regions of the world by volume of import and export trade are?
- A. Western Europe and Canada
- B. Western Europe and Russia
- C. Western Europe and the U.S.A
- D. Western Europe and Anglo-America
The two most important factors which account for the pattern of population distribution in West Africa are?
- A. historical antecedence and regional migration
- B. economic properity and regional migration
- C. favourable physical conditions and human inertia
- D. economic prosperity and favourable physical coditions
These are areas of crude oil production in Nigeria except
- A. Afam
- B. Egbema
- C. Oloibiri
- D. Ughelli
Sedimentary rocks are usually
- A. crystalline
- B. impervious
- C. stratified
- D. brittle
Which factor for location of industries explains the establishment of cement industries near areas of limestone deposits?
- A. Market orientation
- B. Income source
- C. Source of raw material
- D. Availability of capital
Cement factory is usually located near
- A. sourec of capital
- B. source of labour
- C. source of raw materials
- D. the market
The main industry associated with the Ruhr Valley region is?
- A. iron and steel
- B. oil refining
- C. food manufacturing
- D. ship building

