GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS APP Leave a Comment / Android Question Bank (SSCE/NECO/GCE/NABTEB) / By Acadlly / Geography, Geography Past Questions GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS 0% SSCE/NECO/GCE (GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS) GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS APP Questions will be picked at random from the question bank.You can use the NEXT button to move to the next question, use the PREV button to move to the previous question, the CLEAR button to clear any answer of your choice and you have the FINISH button to end the exam if you choose to.Any question not answered before the end of the exam time, will be marked as wrong and the exam will end by itself. so try to attempt all questions on time.Goodluck! 1 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following favours the growth of olives in the Mediterranean region of Africa? Heavy rainfall Cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers High temperature and humidity Abundant supply of skilled labour 2 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The South-eastern scarplands of Nigeria can best be described as lying west of the Cross River basin north of the plateau of Chad basin west of the wester uplands south of the southern coastland 3 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The angular distance of a point of the earth surface measured in degrees from the centre of the earth is known as? international date line orbit latitude longitude 4 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Foliage is ever green with thin undergrowth,the leaves are small, thick, leathery and needle-shaped. This description is that of the? temperate woodland tropical rainforest coniferous forest temperate grassland 5 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The liquid portion of the earth may be referred to as the hydroshere biosphere lithosphere atmospere 6 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which if the following minerals is most likely to be absent in a region consisting mainly of igneous and metamorphic rocks? Tin Copper Gold Coat 7 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS What is the local time of a place on longitude 640E ? when the GMT is 10.00a .m? 2.16 p.m 2.16 a.m 4.16 p.m 5.44 a.m 8 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not typical submarine relief feature? Deep sea plain Continental slope Roche moutonnee Continental shelf 9 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Loss of farmland can be contributed to all the following except? leaching desertification sedimentation sheet erosion 10 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not important in defining soil? Colour Texture Capillary water Permeability 11 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following human actves has a beneficial effect on soils? Slopewise cultivation Grazing Bush burning Strip cultivation 12 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following best explains why the older fold mountains are much lower and less rugged than the newer ones? The newer fold mountains are situated in areas of active earth movements The newer fold mountains, in contrast to the older ones, are made up of more resistance rocks The older fold mountains have been subjectd to the forces of denudation for longer, geological periods The effects of earth movements resulting in mountain building are much greater nowadays than they were during the period of folding 13 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The world's highest population growth rates are recorded by countries that have cool climates produce inadequate food are technologyically developed produce surplus food 14 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following statements is not correct? Rocks changed by great heat and pressure are known as metamorphic rocks Igneous rocks occur in layers and contain fossils Basalts and granties contain small and large crystals respectively Sedimentary rocks which are hardened by compressions are called stratified rocks 15 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Residual mountains are those caused by residue vulcanicity denudation faulting 16 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The presence of gorges in the upper section of rivers is due to the fact that? the volume of the river is small the upper course has has a steep gradient the rocks in the upper course are less resistant hanging valleys join the main valley as waterfalls to cause the gorges 17 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following Nigeria rivers provides the longest distance of internal waterways? Siluko Benue Ogun Cross 18 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Air pressure at sea levels is higher than at the top of mountain because the air at sea level consists of a leser mixture of gases has a lesser weight has a greater weight originates from the sea 19 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The monthly range of temperature is the differences between the highest and lowest daily tempareture for the month average of the highest and lowest daily temperatures for the month total daily temperatures for the month divided by 30 sum of the daily temperature readings for the month 20 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS All the following are characteristics of a limestone region except? adequate luxuriant vegetation cover rugged topography stony and broken surface absence of surface drainage 21 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS When it is 9:00am in Munich, Germany(longitude 11°E), the time in Calcutta, India (longitude 96°E). is? 5.40a.m 4.20a.m 2.40p.m 2.40a.m 22 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is a product of chemical weathering? Grike Stack Scree Exfoliation dome 23 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS A rain gauge is kept in an open place in the observatory because? rain drops are deflected by the wind in an open place rain drops get into the funnel without any obstruction rain falls heavily in the open space it is much more easily accessible to the observer 24 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following combinations can be regarded as sub-systems within the ecosystem? Mineral nutrient cycle, hygrological cycle, ecosystem controls Food chain, hydrological cycle, mineral nutrient cycle Ecosystem controls, food chain, hydrological cycle Hydrogical cycle, mineral nutrient cycle, evironmental controls 25 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS A daily mean temperature of about 24oC, an annual rainfall of about 500mm which should fall in the growing period of about five months, and well-drained soils. These are the requirements for cultivation of groundnut sugarcane soya bean coffee 26 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Mass movement of weathered materials may be gradual or sudden depending on theI. gradient of the slope and gravitational force11. weight of the weathered debrisIII. supply of lubricating moisture by rainwater coupled with gravitation forceIV. type of weathering which has taken place ll and lV only l,ll and lll l, ll and lV l and lV only 27 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which if the following crops below requires the following conditions for successful cultivation?i. Heavy rainfall of between 1270mm (50 ins) and 2000mm (80 ins) during the 4 to 6 months growing periods.ii. High mean temperature of 18° to 27°C (65° to 80°F) no cold season.iii. A warm, dry period for harvesting.iv. Loamy or clayey soil and an almost level ground.v. Cheap and abundant labour. Maize Cocoa Cotton Rice 28 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following pair is not correct in the development of land and sea breeze? Rainfall with raingauge Pressure with anemometer Humidity with hydrometer Temperature wiyh thermometer 29 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The greatest hydro-electricity potential in Nigeria is found in the Cross-River Basin Sokoto plains Niger Benue Trough Eastern highlands 30 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Lines of longitude can best be described as great circles numbered from 0 degrees to 90 degrees the distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian imaginary lines on the earth's surface joining the north and south poles the angular distance of a place north or south of the Equator 31 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The instrument used for recording the direction of the prevailing wind of a place over a period of one month is called? a wind vane a wind rose speedomoter an anemometer 32 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Rock pedestals are most likely to found in? arid area where wond deflation has scooped out the suraface arid areas where wind abrasion has modified rocks of reisitance regions where river erosion has taken place region where wave hydraulic action has taken ace 33 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following combinations of processes is associated with the formation of a rift valley?(i)Tension or compression forces(ii)Resistance and faulting(iii)Emergence of the middle crust of rocks(iv) Submergence of the middle crust of rocks i, iii and iv only i, ii and iv only ii, iii and iv only i, ii and iii only 34 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS A good example of the tropical grassland is the vegetation found around Buenos Aires (Argentina) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Kano (Nigeria) Massawa (Ethiopia) 35 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The use of water transport is limited by all the following except seasonality floating vegetation waterfalls wide valleys 36 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Salinity is mainly dependent onI. evaporationII. the amount of fresh water addedIII. ocean currentsIV winds I, II and III only I and II only II and IV only II and III only 37 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS When a plateau is enclosed by fold mountains it is alled an intermont pleteau a tectonic pleteau a dissected pleteau a volcanic plateau 38 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Jos experiences a moderate temperature compared with other places on the same latitude in Nigeria because it lies at the convergence of two different air masses receives relief rain most of the time is close to the River Niger which exerts some moderating influence on its weather is on a high altitude 39 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS A study of the ecosystem will show the inter-relationship between man and the environment man and natural vegetation climate and vegetation vegetation and soils 40 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The following conditions are favourable for the formation of deltas except sheltered and almost tideless coast absence of large lakes in the river course active vertical erosion in the upper course of the river strong current running at right angles to the river mouth 41 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Bush fallowing ensures that artificial fertilizers are used only one crop is cultivated at a time the land regains its fertility naturally modern agricultural machinery are used 42 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The term gauge in railway transport refers to the? length of the rails in a country distance between rails of a track measurement of gradient along the side slopes of the rails weight of vehicle that rails can bear 43 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following poses the greatest problem to agriculture in the north-estern part of Nigeria? Land tenure system Lack of mechanised tools Sparse farming population Desert encroachment 44 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Textiles industries are best located in the northern part of Nigeria because of the availability of cotton high demand for cotton materials availability of heavy machinery availability of capital 45 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not likely to be cultivated in the north-west of the river Yate valley is sugar beet pineapple rubber millet 46 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following statements best explains the absence or sparcity of undergrowth in the equatorial rain forest? The taller trees cut off most of the sunlight Very little rain reaches the ground because of the dense vegetation There is too much precipitation which destroys the undergrowth Most of the precipitation is usually cleared by run-off after heavy thunderstorms 47 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not an environmental hazard? Flooding Sedimentation Deforestation Earthquake 48 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Rocks which do not allow water to pass through them are impermeable rocks porous rocks pervious rocks impervious rocks 49 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The term relative location of a settlement refers to an imaginery point on the settlement the position of a settlement in relation to others a settlement inhabited by relatives the nature of the land on which the settlement is located 50 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Isothermal maps give information about? pressure rainfall wind temperature Your score is 0% Restart quiz
