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