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Industrialization: NECO Economics Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Industrialization

Our summary: Types of industry, where industries locate, and how industrialization drives development.

  • Meaning and types of industry
  • Definition of industrial concepts: plant, firm, industry and industrial estates
  • Location of industry, localization, role of industrialization in economic development
  • Strategies of industrialization
  • Problems of industrialization
  • The link between agricultural and industrial development

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NECO Economics questions on Industrialization

  1. NECO 2009The process of building up country’s capacity to process raw materials for the production of goods is known as
  2. NECO 2009These are the objectives of industrial strategies in Nigeria EXCEPT
  3. NECO 2009The concentration of firms in one area is referred to as of … . industries.
  4. NECO 2009One of the roles of industrialization in economic development of Nigeria is
  5. NECO 2007The Industrial strategy of producing locally those goods that could have been imported is known as
  6. NECO 2007Which of the following is NOT an advantage of localization of industry?
  7. NECO 2005Which of the following is a disadvantage of localization of industries?
  8. NECO 2004The main industrial cities in Nigeria are
  9. NECO 2004Which of the following is NOT a factor to be considered in siting an industry in a particular area?
  10. NECO 2003Which of the following is NOT a reason for the absence of an industry in the rural areas?
  11. NECO 2003The aim of indigenization policy was to
  12. NECO 2003In economics, electricity, water supply, communication networks, road, etc are known as
  13. NECO 2002The Nigerian indigenization decree process involves

Years with Industrialization questions in DeeepSolve's question bank

From the past questions DeeepSolve holds, not a count of everything the exam body has set.

  • 2009
  • 2007
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002