JAMB and WAEC Geography questions: Agriculture, industry and trade

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1. Question 21· Agriculture, industry and trade· JAMB

   Groundnut production in Nigeria is concentrated in the

   • Asouth-east
   • Bnorth
   • CNiger Delta
   • Dcoastal belt

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2. Question 22· 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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3. Question 23· Agriculture, industry and trade· JAMB

   Cocoa in Nigeria is grown mainly in the

   • Anorth-east
   • Bsouth-west
   • Cnorth-west
   • DChad basin

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4. Question 24· Agriculture, industry and trade· JAMB

   Oil palm in Nigeria is grown mainly in the

   • Asouth-east
   • Bfar north
   • CSahel zone
   • DJos Plateau

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5. Question 25· Agriculture, industry and trade· JAMB

   Plantation agriculture is characterised by

   • Alarge estates growing one cash crop
   • Bsmall family plots
   • Cnomadic herding
   • Dshifting cultivation

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6. Question 26· 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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7. Question 27· Agriculture, industry and trade· JAMB

   Von Thünen's model explains the location of

   • Acities
   • Bindustries
   • Cseaports
   • Dagricultural land uses around a market

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8. Question 28· Agriculture, industry and trade· JAMB

   The Ajaokuta Steel Complex is in

   • ADelta State
   • BKogi State
   • CKano State
   • DLagos State

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9. Question 29· Agriculture, industry and trade· JAMB

   Nomadic herding in Nigeria is practised mainly by the

   • AYoruba
   • BIjaw
   • CFulani
   • DIgbo

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10. Question 30· Agriculture, industry and trade· WAEC

    Manufacturing is classified as a

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

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11. Question 31· Agriculture, industry and trade· JAMB

    Crude oil and natural gas in Nigeria are produced mainly in the

    • ASokoto Basin
    • BNiger Delta
    • CJos Plateau
    • DLake Chad area

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12. Question 32· Agriculture, industry and trade· JAMB

    Groundnut is mainly a crop of

    • Athe Niger Delta
    • Bthe northern savanna, especially around Kano
    • Cthe rainforest belt
    • Dthe mangrove swamps

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13. Question 33· 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 34· 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 35· Agriculture, industry and trade· JAMB

    Solid minerals mined at Itakpe in Kogi State include

    • Atin
    • Biron ore
    • Cgold
    • Dbitumen

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16. Question 36· Agriculture, industry and trade· JAMB

    The leading cocoa-producing area of Nigeria is

    • Athe Sahel
    • Bthe north-east
    • Cthe Niger Delta
    • Dthe south-west (e.g. Ondo, Osun, Ogun)

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17. Question 37· 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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18. Question 38· 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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19. Question 39· 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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20. Question 40· Agriculture, industry and trade· JAMB

    Cattle rearing by the Fulani is mostly of the

    • Aranching type in the rainforest
    • Bnomadic or transhumant type
    • Cdairy factory type
    • Dfeedlot type only

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