TOPIC: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY (MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY)
DIRECTION: Choose the correct answers from the lettered options.
1.Which location is best for a bakery?
A.Near a source of good clean water
B.Near a large market for bread
C. In an area of cheap labour
D.Near a regular source
The correct answer is option [B]
2. Which of the options is not under the classification of industries?
A. Heavy industries.
B. Light industries.
C. Producer goods industries.
D. Consumer goods industries.
The correct answer is option [C]
3. A theory of management that analyses and synthesizes processes to improve labour productivity is ______ .
A. scientific management
B. Fordism
C. paradigm shift
D. holistic approach
The correct answer is option [A]
4. What is the name for the process whereby a manufacturing enterprise produce goods which form raw materials for other manufacturing enterprises?
A. Forward linkage
B. Value added
C. Backward linkage
D. Sub-contracting
The correct answer is option [A]
5. What can hinder the dominance of light industries in developing countries?
A. Inadequate light industries
B. Inadequate capital
C. High energy consumption
D. No land for industries
The correct answer is option [B]
6. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Industrial development in West African countries is usually concentrated in a few zones within the country.
B. The industrial areas mainly manufacture goods for exportation.
C. Industrial development in West Africa is most prominent in Nigeria.
D. Many of the industries in West Africa are manufacturing industries and not assembling plants.
The correct answer is option [A]
7. What are the world’s three leading countries in manufacturing?
A. Japan, USA and Israel
B. Japan, USA and Western Germany
C. China, Japan and Korea
D. USA, Britain and Hong-kong
The correct answer is option [B]
TOPIC: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY (TRANSPORTATION)
DIRECTION: Choose the correct answers from the lettered options.
1.What is the busiest shipping route in the world?
A.North Atlantic
B.Trans pacific
C. South Atlantic
D.Panama canal
The correct answer is option [A]
2. What is meant by the term gauge in rail transport?
A. It is the length of the rails in a country.
B. It is the weight of the vehicles that the rails can bear.
C. It is the amount of rainfall experienced along the rails.
D. It is the distance between rails of a track.
The correct answer is option [D]
3. The group of products that is transported in large quantities to the St Lawrence Great lakes water – ways are _____, _______ and _________.
A. crude oil, wheat, cotton
B. iron ore, bauxite, cattle
C. wheat, iron ore, crude oil
D. wheat, iron ore, banana
The correct answer is option [D]
4. Which of the following countries operated its railways on three different gauges?
A. Australia
B. India
C. South Africa
D. U.S.A
The correct answer is option [A]
5. Major African rivers have limited value for transportation because_______.
A. the river channels are interrupted by rapids, falls and sandbars
B. the river courses are too narrow for vessels
C. rail transport is cheaper than water transport
D. the rivers flow through sparsely populated areas
The correct answer is option [A]
6. In an effort to improve road transportation in Nigeria, bridges have been built across the river Niger at Jebba, Koton karfe, Onitsha and ______
A. Ajaokuta
B. Patani
C. Baro
D. Idah
The correct answer is option [B]
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