Geography Past Questions And Answers
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The growth of an industry largely depends on the size of the?
- A. capital
- B. market
- C. raw materials
- D. manpower
452
The dry winds that blow out of the Sahara desert towards the southern parts of West Africa is known as
- A. fohn
- B. sirroco
- C. mistral
- D. harnattan
453
Vegetation resources can be utilized by man for all the following except
- A. food
- B. habitat
- C. timber
- D. medicine
454
Farming is common in
- A. North Western part of the map
- B. North Eastern part of the map
- C. South Western part of the map
- D. South Eastern part of the map
455
One of the problems of soil management in a humid areas is?
- A. leaching of minerals
- B. waterlogging
- C. lack of oxygen in the soil
- D. alkalinity
456
Relief rainfall is mostly associated with
- A. lowlands
- B. peneplains
- C. highlands
- D. deserts
457
Laterization is a soil-forming process prominent in
- A. hot humid tropics
- B. cool temperate zones
- C. warm temperature zones
- D. temperature grassland
458
Water erosion in arid regions produces
- A. yardangs
- B. canyons
- C. inselbergs
- D. deflation hollows
459
One of the following is the most correct in regards to desert erosional landforms
- A. Yardang
- B. Barchan
- C. Loess
- D. Self dunes
460
Lines of the longitude can best be described as
- A. parallel lines that show the angular distance of a place north or south of the equator
- B. imaginary lines on the earth's surface running from the north pole to the south pole and at right angles to the parallels
- C. semi-circles on the globe
- D. the distance of a place east or west of the prime meridian