JAMB and WAEC Geography questions: Transport and communication networks

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1. Question 21· Transport and communication networks· JAMB

   The busiest seaport in Nigeria is

   • AOnne
   • BCalabar
   • CWarri
   • DLagos (Apapa and Tin Can)

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2. Question 22· Transport and communication networks· WAEC

   The Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge railway improves

   • Apipeline flow
   • Bair travel
   • Criver navigation
   • Dmovement of passengers and freight between the port and hinterland

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3. Question 23· Transport and communication networks· WAEC

   The Lagos–Kano railway is an example of a

   • Ainland waterway
   • Bpipeline route
   • Ctrunk line linking the coast to the interior
   • Dair corridor

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4. Question 24· Transport and communication networks· WAEC

   Inland waterway transport in Nigeria is mainly on the

   • AAtlantic Ocean
   • BSokoto and Kaduna rivers only
   • CLake Chad only
   • DNiger and Benue rivers

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5. Question 25· Transport and communication networks· WAEC

   Inland waterway transport in Nigeria uses mainly the

   • AChad and Sokoto rivers only
   • BNiger and Benue rivers
   • COgun river only
   • DKaduna river only

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6. Question 26· Transport and communication networks· WAEC

   A problem of road transport in Nigeria is

   • Atoo many railways
   • Bpoor maintenance of roads
   • Clack of vehicles
   • Dcheap fuel at all times

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7. Question 27· Transport and communication networks· JAMB

   A transport network with many links between its nodes has high

   • Agradient
   • Bconnectivity
   • Cpopulation density
   • Daltitude

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8. Question 28· Transport and communication networks· WAEC

   A disadvantage of pipeline transport is that it

   • Ais affected by traffic
   • Bis very slow
   • Ccan carry only liquids and gases
   • Dneeds many workers

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9. Question 29· Transport and communication networks· WAEC

   Most inland waterways in Nigeria are provided by the rivers

   • AKaduna and Sokoto
   • BOgun and Osun
   • CNiger and Benue
   • DImo and Kwa Ibo

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