Jamb Geography Past Questions For Year 2012

Question 21

Accelerated soil erosion result from a combination of?

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  • A. bad farming practice and mulching
  • B. intensive cultivation and cover crops
  • C. bad farming practices and fertilizers
  • D. intensive cultivation and overgrazing
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Question 22

The standard railway guage is most common in?

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  • A. North America and Europe
  • B. Europe and Africa
  • C. Africa and North America
  • D. South America and Africa
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Question 23

The lack of access to food in some parts of the world emanates from?

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  • A. low development of natural resources
  • B. educational inequality
  • C. poor transport
  • D. economic inequality
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Question 24

An industry is optimally located where?

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  • A. profit is minimized
  • B. cost is maximized
  • C. revenue is maximized
  • D. profit is maximized
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Question 25

Fertile plains are usually characterized by a pattern of settlement referred to as?

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  • A. nucleated and concentric
  • B. nucleated and elongation
  • C. dispersed
  • D. nodal
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