GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS School Portal NG51 years agoExams Past Questions (Senior Classes) 0 256 Views 0% 2 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 The term relative location of a settlement refers to an imaginery point on the settlement a settlement inhabited by relatives the position of a settlement in relation to others the nature of the land on which the settlement is located 2 / 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? latitude international date line orbit longitude 3 / 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 groundnut coffee sugarcane soya bean 4 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not being exported by Nigeria at present? Cocoa Kaolin Coffee Columbite 5 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Air pressure at sea levels is higher than at the top of mountain because the air at sea level has a greater weight has a lesser weight originates from the sea consists of a leser mixture of gases 6 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following human actves has a beneficial effect on soils? Slopewise cultivation Grazing Bush burning Strip cultivation 7 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following statements is not correct? Rocks changed by great heat and pressure are known as metamorphic rocks Sedimentary rocks which are hardened by compressions are called stratified rocks Igneous rocks occur in layers and contain fossils Basalts and granties contain small and large crystals respectively 8 / 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 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 older fold mountains have been subjectd to the forces of denudation for longer, geological periods The newer fold mountains, in contrast to the older ones, are made up of more resistance rocks 9 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following Nigeria rivers provides the longest distance of internal waterways? Siluko Cross Ogun Benue 10 / 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 p.m 4.16 p.m 5.44 a.m 2.16 a.m 11 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following combinations can be regarded as sub-systems within the ecosystem? Ecosystem controls, food chain, hydrological cycle Food chain, hydrological cycle, mineral nutrient cycle Mineral nutrient cycle, hygrological cycle, ecosystem controls Hydrogical cycle, mineral nutrient cycle, evironmental controls 12 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The soil in a typical natural rainforest remains fertile and suitable for arable agriculture because? there is absence of plant cover the vegetation is luxuriant the soil nutrient is continously being replenished y the decay of the dense undergrowth and fallen leaves there is abundant supply of sunshine and rainfall which leach the soil 13 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS A good example of the tropical grassland is the vegetation found around Massawa (Ethiopia) Buenos Aires (Argentina) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Kano (Nigeria) 14 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Rock pedestals are most likely to found in? regions where river erosion has taken place arid areas where wind abrasion has modified rocks of reisitance region where wave hydraulic action has taken ace arid area where wond deflation has scooped out the suraface 15 / 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? 2.40a.m 2.40p.m 5.40a.m 4.20a.m 16 / 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. Maize Cocoa Cotton Rice 17 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not typical submarine relief feature? Roche moutonnee Deep sea plain Continental shelf Continental slope 18 / 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 ll and lV only l,ll and lll l and lV only l, ll and lV 19 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Residual mountains are those caused by residue denudation faulting vulcanicity 20 / 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? coniferous forest tropical rainforest temperate woodland temperate grassland 21 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Lines of longitude can best be described as great circles numbered from 0 degrees to 90 degrees the angular distance of a place north or south of the Equator imaginary lines on the earth's surface joining the north and south poles the distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian 22 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The liquid portion of the earth may be referred to as the atmospere lithosphere hydroshere biosphere 23 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The following conditions are favourable for the formation of deltas except sheltered and almost tideless coast strong current running at right angles to the river mouth absence of large lakes in the river course active vertical erosion in the upper course of the river 24 / 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 rose speedomoter an anemometer a wind vane 25 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is a product of chemical weathering? Grike Exfoliation dome Stack Scree 26 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not an environmental hazard? Deforestation Earthquake Sedimentation Flooding 27 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The greatest hydro-electricity potential in Nigeria is found in the Niger Benue Trough Cross-River Basin Sokoto plains Eastern highlands 28 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not important in defining soil? Capillary water Colour Texture Permeability 29 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS A rain gauge is kept in an open place in the observatory because? rain drops get into the funnel without any obstruction rain falls heavily in the open space it is much more easily accessible to the observer rain drops are deflected by the wind in an open place 30 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The monthly range of temperature is the average of the highest and lowest daily temperatures for the month sum of the daily temperature readings for the month differences between the highest and lowest daily tempareture for the month total daily temperatures for the month divided by 30 31 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following favours the growth of olives in the Mediterranean region of Africa? Abundant supply of skilled labour Heavy rainfall Cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers High temperature and humidity 32 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Loss of farmland can be contributed to all the following except? leaching sheet erosion desertification sedimentation 33 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Bush fallowing ensures that only one crop is cultivated at a time the land regains its fertility naturally artificial fertilizers are used modern agricultural machinery are used 34 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Textiles industries are best located in the northern part of Nigeria because of the availability of capital high demand for cotton materials availability of cotton availability of heavy machinery 35 / 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? Gold Coat Copper Tin 36 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS All the following are characteristics of a limestone region except? rugged topography stony and broken surface absence of surface drainage adequate luxuriant vegetation cover 37 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The presence of gorges in the upper section of rivers is due to the fact that? the volume of the river is small hanging valleys join the main valley as waterfalls to cause the gorges the upper course has has a steep gradient the rocks in the upper course are less resistant 38 / 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 Pressure with anemometer Temperature wiyh thermometer 39 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following statements best explains the absence or sparcity of undergrowth in the equatorial rain forest? Most of the precipitation is usually cleared by run-off after heavy thunderstorms There is too much precipitation which destroys the undergrowth The taller trees cut off most of the sunlight Very little rain reaches the ground because of the dense vegetation 40 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Isothermal maps give information about? temperature pressure wind rainfall Your score is LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart quiz Send feedback 0 Recommeded Lessons:ENGLISH POST UTME (PRO)INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHYCHEMISTRY POST UTME (PRO)HISTORY POST UTME (PRO)BECE BASIC TECHNOLOGY PAST QUESTIONS
