WAEC Geography questions: Agriculture, industry and trade

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1. Question 1· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

   Nigeria's hydroelectric power stations include

   • AEgbin and Afam
   • BKainji, Jebba and Shiroro
   • CSapele and Ughelli
   • DOkpai and Geregu

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2. Question 2· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

   Cocoa is grown mainly in

   • Athe far north
   • Bsouth-western Nigeria
   • Cthe Jos Plateau
   • Dthe Chad Basin

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3. Question 3· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

   Banking and transport are

   • Atertiary activities
   • Bprimary activities
   • Csecondary activities
   • Dextractive activities

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4. Question 4· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

   Shifting cultivation becomes difficult to practise when

   • Aland is plentiful
   • Bpopulation pressure on land increases
   • Crainfall is high
   • Dsoils are fertile

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5. Question 5· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

   Fishing is important along Nigeria's

   • ASahara
   • Bcoast, creeks and rivers
   • CJos Plateau
   • Dsand dunes

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6. Question 6· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

   Which of these is a tertiary economic activity?

   • Abanking
   • Bmining
   • Cfishing
   • Dfarming

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7. Question 7· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

   Groundnut pyramids were once a famous sight in

   • ACalabar
   • BLagos
   • CEnugu
   • DKano

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8. Question 8· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

   The Kainji Dam is on the River

   • ABenue
   • BNiger
   • COgun
   • DCross

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9. Question 9· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

   Mining and fishing are examples of

   • Aquaternary activities
   • Bsecondary activities
   • Ctertiary activities
   • Dprimary activities

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10. Question 10· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

    Nomadic herding is practised mainly by the

    • AYoruba cocoa farmers
    • BIjaw of the Delta
    • CFulani of the savanna
    • DEfik fishermen

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11. Question 11· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

    Lumbering in tropical forests is difficult because

    • Athere is no demand
    • Btrees are small
    • Cuseful trees are scattered among many species
    • Dforests are flat and easy

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12. Question 12· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

    Manufacturing is classified as a

    • Atertiary activity
    • Bprimary activity
    • Csecondary activity
    • Dextractive activity

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13. Question 13· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

    Columbite is mined mainly on the

    • AOgoja plains
    • BNiger Delta
    • CJos Plateau
    • DSokoto plains

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14. Question 14· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

    Shifting cultivation becomes unsuitable when

    • Asoils are fertile
    • Brainfall rises
    • Cpopulation increases and land becomes scarce
    • Dthere are few people

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15. Question 15· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

    Nomadic herding is common in

    • Adry grasslands of northern Nigeria
    • Bthe rainforest
    • Cthe Niger Delta swamps
    • Dthe Jos tin fields only

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16. Question 16· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

    Tourism in Nigeria is attracted by

    • Aoil wells only
    • Bsites such as Yankari Game Reserve and Obudu
    • Cfactories
    • Ddeserts only

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17. Question 17· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

    A characteristic of commercial grain farming in temperate grasslands is

    • Ashifting cultivation
    • Btiny plots worked by hand
    • Crice paddies
    • Dextensive farms using heavy machinery

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18. Question 18· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

    A factor favouring the location of the iron and steel industry at Ajaokuta is

    • Athe Atlantic coast
    • Bthe nearby iron ore at Itakpe
    • Cdesert climate
    • Dtin deposits

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19. Question 19· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

    A factor that favours the location of a cement factory is

    • Aforest cover
    • Bnearness to the sea only
    • Clarge rainfall
    • Dnearness to limestone deposits

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