GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Leave a Comment / Exams Past Questions (Senior Classes) / By Acadlly / Geography, Past Questions (SSS) 0% 17 SSCE/NECO/GCE (GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS) GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS You have 40 questions picked from the question bank. Answer all 40 question within 1 hour.Use the NEXT, PREV, CLEAR and FINISH button to navigate around the CBTGoodluck 1 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Jos experiences a moderate temperature compared with other places on the same latitude in Nigeria because it receives relief rain most of the time lies at the convergence of two different air masses is on a high altitude is close to the River Niger which exerts some moderating influence on its weather 2 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The presence of gorges in the upper section of rivers is due to the fact that? the upper course has has a steep gradient hanging valleys join the main valley as waterfalls to cause the gorges the rocks in the upper course are less resistant the volume of the river is small 3 / 40 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? Coat Gold Tin Copper 4 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS When a plateau is enclosed by fold mountains it is alled a dissected pleteau a volcanic plateau an intermont pleteau a tectonic pleteau 5 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The term gauge in railway transport refers to the? measurement of gradient along the side slopes of the rails weight of vehicle that rails can bear length of the rails in a country distance between rails of a track 6 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS A good example of the tropical grassland is the vegetation found around Massawa (Ethiopia) Kano (Nigeria) Buenos Aires (Argentina) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) 7 / 40 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 latitude orbit longitude 8 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS When it is 9:00am in Munich, Germany(longitude 11°E), the time in Calcutta, India (longitude 96°E). is? 4.20a.m 2.40p.m 2.40a.m 5.40a.m 9 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not being exported by Nigeria at present? Columbite Cocoa Coffee Kaolin 10 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following pair is not correct in the development of land and sea breeze? Humidity with hydrometer Rainfall with raingauge Temperature wiyh thermometer Pressure with anemometer 11 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Lines of longitude can best be described as 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 great circles numbered from 0 degrees to 90 degrees the angular distance of a place north or south of the Equator 12 / 40 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 grassland temperate woodland coniferous forest tropical rainforest 13 / 40 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 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 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 14 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The use of water transport is limited by all the following except seasonality wide valleys floating vegetation waterfalls 15 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS A study of the ecosystem will show the inter-relationship between man and the environment climate and vegetation vegetation and soils man and natural vegetation 16 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following favours the growth of olives in the Mediterranean region of Africa? Cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers Heavy rainfall High temperature and humidity Abundant supply of skilled labour 17 / 40 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 l, ll and lV l,ll and lll ll and lV only l and lV only 18 / 40 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. Cocoa Maize Cotton Rice 19 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not an environmental hazard? Earthquake Flooding Deforestation Sedimentation 20 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The world's highest population growth rates are recorded by countries that have cool climates are technologyically developed produce surplus food produce inadequate food 21 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The planet with the longest orbit around the sun is Mars The Earth Jupiter Pluto 22 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The South-eastern scarplands of Nigeria can best be described as lying south of the southern coastland west of the Cross River basin north of the plateau of Chad basin west of the wester uplands 23 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS What is the local time of a place on longitude 640E ? when the GMT is 10.00a .m? 2.16 a.m 2.16 p.m 5.44 a.m 4.16 p.m 24 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The term relative location of a settlement refers to a settlement inhabited by relatives an imaginery point on the settlement the nature of the land on which the settlement is located the position of a settlement in relation to others 25 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Rocks which do not allow water to pass through them are pervious rocks impervious rocks impermeable rocks porous rocks 26 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following poses the greatest problem to agriculture in the north-estern part of Nigeria? Land tenure system Sparse farming population Desert encroachment Lack of mechanised tools 27 / 40 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 an anemometer speedomoter 28 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The monthly range of temperature is the total daily temperatures for the month divided by 30 average of the highest and lowest daily temperatures for the month differences between the highest and lowest daily tempareture for the month sum of the daily temperature readings for the month 29 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Textiles industries are best located in the northern part of Nigeria because of the availability of heavy machinery availability of capital availability of cotton high demand for cotton materials 30 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Bush fallowing ensures that the land regains its fertility naturally only one crop is cultivated at a time modern agricultural machinery are used artificial fertilizers are used 31 / 40 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 i, ii and iii only ii, iii and iv only 32 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not likely to be cultivated in the north-west of the river Yate valley is rubber sugar beet millet pineapple 33 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Air pressure at sea levels is higher than at the top of mountain because the air at sea level originates from the sea consists of a leser mixture of gases has a greater weight has a lesser weight 34 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS A rain gauge is kept in an open place in the observatory because? it is much more easily accessible to the observer rain falls heavily in the open space rain drops get into the funnel without any obstruction rain drops are deflected by the wind in an open place 35 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The following conditions are favourable for the formation of deltas except absence of large lakes in the river course sheltered and almost tideless coast active vertical erosion in the upper course of the river strong current running at right angles to the river mouth 36 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not important in defining soil? Permeability Texture Capillary water Colour 37 / 40 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 soya bean coffee sugarcane groundnut 38 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The greatest hydro-electricity potential in Nigeria is found in the Niger Benue Trough Eastern highlands Sokoto plains Cross-River Basin 39 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is a product of chemical weathering? Grike Exfoliation dome Scree Stack 40 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following Nigeria rivers provides the longest distance of internal waterways? Benue Cross Siluko Ogun Your score is LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Send feedback BUSH FALLOWING IN WEST AFRICA NATURAL SATELLITES Commerce Past Questions financial accounting
