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