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