Which of the following is an effect of rural-urban migration on the source region?
Rural unemployment
- A. Rural unemployment
- B. Rural depopulation
- C. urban depopulation
- D. Rural congestion
The tourist centre of Ogbunike cave is located near
- A. Ikeja in Lagos state
- B. Yankari in Bauchi state
- C. Onitsha in Anambra state
- D. Kainji in Niger State
All the following are advantages of the bush fallowing system in West Africa except that it
- A. is very economical in the use of land
- B. reduces the need for the use of artificial fertilizers
- C. allows land to regain its fertility during fallow
- D. could lead to soil erosion
The equatorial diameter of the earth is approximately
- A. 14.76km
- B. 6.760km
- C. 14.67km
- D. 8.760km
The development of hydro-electric power in Nigeria is least affected by the
- A. a regular supply of water
- B. availability of suitable sites for dams
- C. rapid increase in demand for electricity
- D. presence of high mountains
The major problem facing the utilization of human resources in West Africa is
- A. unemployment
- B. housing for all by the year 2000
- C. soil infertility
- D. emigration
The outer layer of the earth is called the
- A. crust
- B. mantle
- C. barysphere
- D. hemisphere
The world’s busiest shipping routes are on the
- A. Indian ocean
- B. Pacific ocean
- C. Atlantic ocean
- D. Antarctic circle
Nigeria is located between longitude
- A. 1oE and 10°E
- B. 3°E and 10°E
- C. 3°E and 15°E
- D. 2°E and 15°E
Which of the following is not a proof to show that the earth is spherical in shape?
- A. twilight and dawn
- B. lunar eclipse
- C. aerial photograph
- D. sunrise and sunset
All the following are members of the ECOWAS except
- A. Cote d'Ivoire
- B. Cameroun
- C. Burkina Faso
- D. Senegal
If the local time at a place X is 12.00 noon when the G.M.T is 5.00a.m then X is located on longitude
- A. 75°W
- B. 10°W
- C. 105°E
- D. 75°E
Which of the following best accounts for the decline in the importance of rail transport in Africa?
- A. Low volume of goods available for transportation
- B. Short distances covered by railways
- C. High competition from road transport
- D. Threat of retrenchment of railway workers
Which of the following are best explains the drift of population from rural to the cities in Nigeria?
- A. There is food scarcity in the rural areas
- B. There are more job opportunities in the cities
- C. Better recreational facilities are available in the cities
- D. The cost of living in the cities is very high
A large expanse of low, level land, formed due to an uplift of part of the sea floor bordering a continent is called
- A. a deltaic plain
- B. an outwash plain
- C. flood plain
- D. Da coastal plain
Which of the following rock types is coal associated with?
- A. Mechanically-formed sedimentary rocks
- B. Plutonic igneous rocks
- C. Organically-formed sedimentary rocks
- D. Hard crystalline rocks
When the sun is directly overhead at the tropic of Capricorn (23 %, °) on 22nd December, the Northern Hemisphere experiences it’s
- A. twilight
- B. spring equinox
- C. winter solstice
- D. summer solstice
Temperatures of adjacent coastlands are reduced when on – shore winds blow over cold currents because the
- A. current increases the total rainfall in such areas
- B. current influences the temperature of the prevailing winds
- C. rainfall in sunny areas is usually heavy
- D. current influences the air pressure
All the major industrial zones of Nigeria owe their origin mainly to
- A. influx of migrant labour
- B. self-help projects
- C. the abundance of water resources
- D. the presence of cash crops
A conurbation is a settlement
- A. with about 500.000 people
- B. where a large number of town join together over a considerable area
- C. in which two or more towns have joined together with each retaining its identity
- D. whose people are predominantly farmers
Which of the following dams in Africa provides both irrigation water and hydro-electricity?
- A. Gezira
- B. Kainji
- C. Cabora Bassa
- D. Akosombo