Geography SS2 3rd Term
  • 1. Latitude 66˚S marks the
A) Tropic of Capricorn
B) Tropic of cancer
C) Antarctic circle
D) Arctic circle
  • 2. During the equinoxes
A) There is a complete darkness for 24hours
B) there is continuous daylight for 24 hours at the pole
C) days and nights are equal in length throughout the world
D) they are 6hours of darkness and 18hours of the daylight in the northern hemisphere
  • 3. Rural settlement types includes all the following except
A) Nucleated
B) Dispersed
C) Linear
D) Dormitory
  • 4. When the ship appears over the distant horizon the
A) The mast is seen before the hull
B) The whole body of ship would be seen
C) Mask is seen before the hull
D) Cabin is seen before the mask
  • 5. When does lunar eclipse occurs ?
A) When the Earth comes between the sun and the moon
B) during the period of summer solstice
C) when the sun is overhead at noon
D) At spring equinox
  • 6. What is the distance of town B located on latitude 60ᵒ N and longitude 30ᵒE from the equator?
A) 3330km
B) 30000 km
C) 6660 km
D) 9990 km
  • 7. Which of the following statements is not accurate
A) The largest planet in the solar system is Jupiter
B) All the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits
C) The nearest planet to the sun is the earth.
  • 8. The Core of the earth is also called
A) Lithosphere
B) Hydrosphere
C) barysphere
D) Mesosphere
  • 9. The biggest member of the solar system is
A) Jupiter
B) The sun
C) Moon
D) Mars
  • 10. Which of the following line of latitudes divides the earth into two hemispheres?
A) The equator
B) Tropic of Capricorn
C) Antarctic circle
D) Tropic of cancer
  • 11. Which of the following is not a proof of the earth’s sphericity?
A) Deflection of winds
B) The circular horizon
C) Circumnavigation of the earth
D) Ship visibility
  • 12. What is the distance between Accra, Latitude 50N and London Latitude510N?
A) 5106 km
B) 5,306 km
C) 5216 km
D) 5,406 km
  • 13. Nigeria is located between latitude
A) 4˚N and 14˚N
B) 6˚N and 16˚N
C) 10˚N and 20˚N
D) 3˚N and 15˚N
  • 14. All the following towns are producing cocoa except
A) Port Harcourt
B) Minna
C) Ogun
D) Ondo
  • 15. In the Northern part of Nigeria, cattle rearing is practiced mainly in
A) Ibadan
B) Enugu
C) Zaria
D) Benin city
  • 16. Nigeria lies between
A) Tropic of cancer and Capricorn
B) North Pole and South Pole
C) Arctic and antarctic
D) Arctic and antarctic
  • 17. Vegetation resources can be utilized by man for the following except
A) Timber
B) Habitat
C) Food
D) Medicine
  • 18. Which of the following are the most valuable products of Equatorial forest?
A) Tea, banana,oranges
B) Cassava, plantain,rice
C) Ginger, coffee, sisal
D) Cocoa, rubber, oil palm
  • 19. The greatest hydro-electric power potential in Nigeria is found in the
A) Niger Benue trough
B) Sokoto plains
C) Chad basin
D) Cross river basin
  • 20. The mountain vegetation is most widespread on the
A) Shebsi hill
B) Oban hlll
C) Idanre hills
D) Adamawa highland
  • 21. town located at the confluence of the two rivers in Nigeria is
A) Makurdi
B) Onisha
C) Aba
D) Lokoja
  • 22. All the following high lands in Nigeria are composed of basement complex rocks except the
A) Western highland
B) North central highland
C) Udi -Nsukka plateau
D) Eastern highland
  • 23. The standard railway gauge is
A) 153 cm
B) 143cm
C) 150 cm
D) 134 cm
  • 24. Port Harcourt is a typical example of a
A) Gap town
B) Satellite town
C) Confluence town
D) Terminal point
  • 25. Wheat can be grown in large quantities in all the following except
A) Rivers
B) Oyo
C) Plateau
D) Kwara
  • 26. Most imports to Nigeria are
A) Perishable goods
B) Consumer goods
C) Primary goods
D) Raw materials
  • 27. Which of the following is sometimes a major problem for incoming for air craft at Sokoto airport?
A) presence of soft, marshy land
B) Poor visibility
C) smoke from industrial buildings
D) lack of a wide level space for landing
  • 28. The Lagos-Kano railway crosses the River Niger at
A) Makurdi
B) Lokoja
C) Jebba
D) Aba
  • 29. Which of the following towns is not on the railway line from Port Harcourt to Kaduna
A) Jebba
B) Aba
C) Makurdi
D) Kanfanchan
  • 30. Ports that specialize in receiving and redistributing goods to neighboring countries are called
A) Entreport
B) Riverport
C) Inland port
D) Out ports
  • 31. Air transportation has a low patronage because it is
A) Useful in war time
B) Costly
C) Fast
D) Irregular
  • 32. One of the disadvantage of water transportation is that
A) It's relatively save
B) Is used for carrying agricultural goods
C) Causes atmospheric pollution
D) Seasonal fluctuation of water
  • 33. The relative advantage of road transportation over other modes of transport is that
A) Comfortability
B) Safety
C) Flexibility
D) Very fast
  • 34. The busiest and most important ocean route in the world is the
A) Transpacific
B) North Atlantic
C) Cape route
D) South Atlantic
  • 35. Which of the following is a service industry?
A) Banking
B) Farming
C) Petroleum
D) Leather processing
  • 36. The term dispersed settlement refers to a settlement
A) Along the road
B) Transverse by major route ways
C) Scattered and separate homestead
D) Densely populated
  • 37. A town located two or more roads meet is called
A) Nucleated
B) Linear
C) Confluence
D) Nodal
  • 38. A high populated density means a large number of
A) Person per unit
B) Person Per unit area
C) Persons in relation to available resources
D) Person over a large area of land
  • 39. Which of the following is a measure aimed at controlling world population growth?
A) Migration
B) Family planning
C) Early marriage
D) Decrease in food production
  • 40. An area is said to be over populated if
A) It's inhabitants are not controlling birth
B) There is enough food to cater for the population
C) Available resources are not enough for the people in the area
D) There is rural migration
  • 41. Which of the following desert landforms is associated with wind deposition?
A) Buttes
B) Yardang
C) Deflation hollows
D) Barchan
  • 42. A feature commonly found in the youthful stage of a river is
A) Meander
B) George
C) Interlocking spur
D) Delta
  • 43. A crescentic depositional feature found in a desert area is
A) Barchan
B) Zeugen
C) Yardang
D) Rock pedestal
  • 44. Wind erosion is most common in
A) Riverrine areas
B) Rocky areas
C) Arid areas
D) Humid areas
  • 45. The feature marked Pp is a / an
A) Eroded debris
B) Waterfall
C) Scree
D) Plunge pool
  • 46. The feature marked X is a / an
A) Waterfall
B) Plunge pool
C) Eroded debris
D) Screen
  • 47. The feature marked A is a / an
A) Waterfall
B) Eroded debris
C) Eroded
D) Depth
  • 48. Desert areas experience high daily range of temperature because
A) They are generally low lying
B) The wind blow off shore at night
C) They experience very high atmospheric pressure
D) The cloud is cloudiness
  • 49. Which of the does not encourage the formation of rainfall?
A) Converging wind
B) Warm wind
C) Descending wind
D) Ascending wind
  • 50. One of the problems of manufacturing industries in tropical African is
A) Inadequate raw materials
B) High cost of labor
C) High demand for manufactured products
D) High quality of industrial labor
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