In which one of the following sections of a hill slope would you expect the soil to be deepest and most moist? The
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footslope
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A volcanic eruption is most likely to be violet when?
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(C)
lava is viscous
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Poorly drained soils are good for the growth of?
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(B)
surgarcane
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Which of the following factors CANNOT be used to explain the nature and pattern of distribution of savannah vegetation in Africa?
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crop cultivation
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Which of these is NOT a weathering process?
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The formation of clay minerals from feldspars in granites
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A map measures 10cm by 6cm.If the map is enlarge such that its area is 240 sq. cm, the map is enlarged?
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four times
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Which of the following statements is true of the Sahara Desert, the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of North America?
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(D)
The enviroment is very harsh for both man and animal
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The major mountain belts of the world were produced through?
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folding
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Which of the following statements bests describes the weathering process known as exfoliation?
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(B)
The peeling away of rocks in thin layers acid
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Which of the instruments is used in measuring wind speed?
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(C)
Cup anamometer
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Which of the following features is NOT commonly associated with a river at the floodplain stage?
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(D)
Knickpoint
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The 'Mediterranean type' of climate refers to?
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(B)
wet winter, dry summer, temperature varies from about 6°C in winter to about 20°C in summer and precipitation ranges between 700 and 1,000mm per year
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A river deposits its load of sediment if the?
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(B)
river flows from a mountain area onto a plain
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In which vegetation zone is Abuja, the new Federal Capital, location?
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Southern Guinea savannah
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Which of these statements is NOT true of the great circle?
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(B)
The great circle is the largest circle one can draw on a sphere
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Which of these best explains the rapid rise in world population during the twentieth century?
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(B)
Decline in death rates
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Which of the following areas is subject to frequent earthquarkes?
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(A)
The Canandian Shield
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Within the last few years Alaska, Mexico and the North Sea have become important in the production of?
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(B)
petroleum
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The direct flight from town X on longitude 42°30'E to town Y on longitude 5°E takes 4(1/2) hours. If an aeroplane leaves town X at 10.00 a.m local time, what will be the local time in town Y when it arrives there?
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2.30 p.m
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Examples of folded structures in Africa include the Atlas Mountains, the Cape Rangers and the?
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Akwapim Hills
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How is the mean annual rainfall of a given place calculated using records for 35 years?
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by summing the yearly total rainfall figures dividing by 35
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The three leading manufacturing countries of the world are?
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(E)
Japan, USA and Western Germany
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Ivory Coast has become famous in recent years for its modern agricultural development projects especially in respect of?
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cocoa and fruit growing
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In which of the following vegetation types do you expect to find reindeer?
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(C)
Tundra
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Which ONE of the following regions has the world's largest potential water power resources, but has the least developed water power?
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(A)
Africa
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Which of the following is the main export from Uganda?
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(E)
Coffee
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Tropical cyclones arise in the belts of the?
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(A)
doldrums
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The dominant pattern pattern of seasonal labour migration in West Africa is form?
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the interior to the coastal belt
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Which of the following factors best accounts for the sparse population of the interior parts of Kenya and Tanzania?
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(B)
the rift valleys are rugged and uninhabitable
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The two major air masses affecting the climate of West Africa are the?
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(C)
tropical continental and the tropical maritime
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Which of the following shipping routes carries the world's heaviest ocean traffic?
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(E)
Western Europe - southern Africa - Australia
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Which of these three west Africa countries have economic deposit of iron ore?
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(C)
Nigeria, Guinea and Sierral Leone
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Which of these best accounts for the decline in railway transport in Nigeria in the last two decades?
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(C)
Competition from road transport
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Which of the following is NOT true of most developing countries?
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(B)
They have the highest level of agricultural productivity
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In terms of both the area of the land cultivated and the volume of production, the most important cereal crop in Nigeria is?
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maize
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The major areas of mixed farming in the world are also areas of?
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dense population and numerous large urban centres
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Which ONE of the following areas is an important wet season grazing areas for Fulani cattle?
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(A)
Benue Valley
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In Nigeria, Landforms of volcanic and intrusive structures can be seen near each other in one of the following areas. Which one?
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(C)
The Cross - River Plains
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The commonest means of transporting logs from the forest to the mills and markets throughout the world is?
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(A)
trucks
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Towns in developing countries today are growing very rapidly, mainly through?
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migration from rural areas
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The following major dam projects are located in Nigeria. Identify them?
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(B)
Kainji, Bakolori, Shiroro and Tiga
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Which of these is NOT characteristic of the tropical rain forest?
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(E)
Epiphytes are rare
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The world's richest fishing grounds are to be found?
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(B)
on the continental shelves
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In the area covered by the contour map above, six men standing various places. Which of the men at J, K, L, M and N will NOT be able to see the man at X? (Assume that there is no vegetable cover; contours are in metres). The man is at
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N
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Which of the following statements is NOT true?
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(C)
In the higher latitudes, warm ocean currents wash the western sides of the continents
