GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS School Portal NG51 years agoExams Past Questions (Senior Classes) 0 355 Views 0% 6 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 presence of gorges in the upper section of rivers is due to the fact that? the volume of the river is small the rocks in the upper course are less resistant hanging valleys join the main valley as waterfalls to cause the gorges the upper course has has a steep gradient 2 / 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 3 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not important in defining soil? Texture Capillary water Colour Permeability 4 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following statements is not correct? Igneous rocks occur in layers and contain fossils Basalts and granties contain small and large crystals respectively Rocks changed by great heat and pressure are known as metamorphic rocks Sedimentary rocks which are hardened by compressions are called stratified rocks 5 / 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 soya bean groundnut coffee sugarcane 6 / 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 lesser weight consists of a leser mixture of gases has a greater weight originates from the sea 7 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following combinations of processes is associated with the formation of a rift valley?(i)Tension or compression forces(ii)Resistance and faulting(iii)Emergence of the middle crust of rocks(iv) Submergence of the middle crust of rocks ii, iii and iv only i, ii and iv only i, iii and iv only i, ii and iii only 8 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The term gauge in railway transport refers to the? weight of vehicle that rails can bear distance between rails of a track length of the rails in a country measurement of gradient along the side slopes of the rails 9 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Rock pedestals are most likely to found in? arid areas where wind abrasion has modified rocks of reisitance arid area where wond deflation has scooped out the suraface region where wave hydraulic action has taken ace regions where river erosion has taken place 10 / 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 newer fold mountains, in contrast to the older ones, are made up of more resistance rocks The older fold mountains have been subjectd to the forces of denudation for longer, geological periods The newer fold mountains are situated in areas of active earth movements The effects of earth movements resulting in mountain building are much greater nowadays than they were during the period of folding 11 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following statements best explains the absence or sparcity of undergrowth in the equatorial rain forest? The taller trees cut off most of the sunlight Very little rain reaches the ground because of the dense vegetation Most of the precipitation is usually cleared by run-off after heavy thunderstorms There is too much precipitation which destroys the undergrowth 12 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The use of water transport is limited by all the following except floating vegetation seasonality wide valleys waterfalls 13 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The soil in a typical natural rainforest remains fertile and suitable for arable agriculture because? 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 there is absence of plant cover the vegetation is luxuriant 14 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Jos experiences a moderate temperature compared with other places on the same latitude in Nigeria because it lies at the convergence of two different air masses is close to the River Niger which exerts some moderating influence on its weather receives relief rain most of the time is on a high altitude 15 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Residual mountains are those caused by denudation residue faulting vulcanicity 16 / 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 17 / 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 Hydrogical cycle, mineral nutrient cycle, evironmental controls Food chain, hydrological cycle, mineral nutrient cycle Mineral nutrient cycle, hygrological cycle, ecosystem controls 18 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Salinity is mainly dependent onI. evaporationII. the amount of fresh water addedIII. ocean currentsIV winds II and IV only I and II only II and III only I, II and III only 19 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The world's highest population growth rates are recorded by countries that produce inadequate food are technologyically developed have cool climates produce surplus food 20 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Bush fallowing ensures that artificial fertilizers are used only one crop is cultivated at a time the land regains its fertility naturally modern agricultural machinery are used 21 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following pair is not correct in the development of land and sea breeze? Rainfall with raingauge Temperature wiyh thermometer Humidity with hydrometer Pressure with anemometer 22 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Lines of longitude can best be described as the distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian 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 23 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not typical submarine relief feature? Roche moutonnee Continental shelf Continental slope Deep sea plain 24 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following poses the greatest problem to agriculture in the north-estern part of Nigeria? Sparse farming population Lack of mechanised tools Desert encroachment Land tenure system 25 / 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 heavy machinery availability of cotton 26 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not likely to be cultivated in the north-west of the river Yate valley is sugar beet rubber millet pineapple 27 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is a product of chemical weathering? Exfoliation dome Grike Stack Scree 28 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS A study of the ecosystem will show the inter-relationship between vegetation and soils man and the environment climate and vegetation man and natural vegetation 29 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following human actves has a beneficial effect on soils? Strip cultivation Bush burning Grazing Slopewise cultivation 30 / 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. Cocoa Maize Rice Cotton 31 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The South-eastern scarplands of Nigeria can best be described as lying west of the Cross River basin west of the wester uplands north of the plateau of Chad basin south of the southern coastland 32 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS When a plateau is enclosed by fold mountains it is alled a volcanic plateau a dissected pleteau a tectonic pleteau an intermont pleteau 33 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS What is the local time of a place on longitude 640E ? when the GMT is 10.00a .m? 4.16 p.m 2.16 a.m 5.44 a.m 2.16 p.m 34 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The following conditions are favourable for the formation of deltas except absence of large lakes in the river course active vertical erosion in the upper course of the river sheltered and almost tideless coast strong current running at right angles to the river mouth 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? Coat Tin Copper Gold 36 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following Nigeria rivers provides the longest distance of internal waterways? Siluko Cross Benue Ogun 37 / 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 rain drops are deflected by the wind in an open place it is much more easily accessible to the observer 38 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS All the following are characteristics of a limestone region except? stony and broken surface adequate luxuriant vegetation cover absence of surface drainage rugged topography 39 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following favours the growth of olives in the Mediterranean region of Africa? Heavy rainfall High temperature and humidity Abundant supply of skilled labour Cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers 40 / 40 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Isothermal maps give information about? wind rainfall pressure temperature Your score is LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart quiz Send feedback School Portal NG 0
