WAEC Commerce 2007 Question 3

Question 3

Occupation

Which of the following is classified as an extractive industry?

  1. A.Digging for minerals
  2. B.Digging for road building
  3. C.Canning of Tomato purée
  4. D.Assembling of cars.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: A (Digging for minerals)

Explanation

Mining minerals takes resources from nature.