Which of the following criteria is used to classify settlements into rural or urban?
Answer
(B)
function
2
The broad-leafed evergreen and dense equatorial forest of the Amazon basin is called
Answer
(C)
selvas
3
River regime is best described as the
Answer
(D)
rate at which a river flows
4
Nigeria major export commodity is
Answer
(B)
petroleum
5
Which of the following has the highest salinity?
Answer
(A)
Dead sea
6
A settlement where two rivers meet is called a
Answer
(D)
confluence town
7
Plateaux formed together with fold mountains are best described as
Answer
(C)
intermoutau
8
Which of the following rocks is organically formed?
Answer
(C)
shale
9
Kossou Dam is located on river
Answer
(C)
badama
10
A major function performed by rural settlement is
Answer
(D)
agriculture
11
A line joining all points of equal salinity is an
Answer
(D)
isohaline
12
The highest concentration of industries in Nigeria is found in the
Answer
(C)
Western zone
13
Which of the following is not a process of chemical weathering?
Answer
(A)
frost action
14
The coastal regions of Sierra Leone record an annual rainfall of over
Answer
(C)
4,800mm
15
Buying and selling of goods and services within a country is termed as
Answer
(D)
internal trade
16
Which of the following is a wind deposited land form?
Answer
(C)
loess
17
Which of the following represents the correct sequence in which denudation occurs?
Answer
(D)
Weathering → erosion → deposition
18
The table above shows the temperature and rainfall distribution of station Z. Study and use it to answer the question.
What is the annual range of temperature for station Z
Answer
(A)
\(10^o\)C
19
The table above shows the temperature and rainfall distribution of station Z. Study and use it to answer the question.Which month of the year has the highest temperature
Answer
(A)
April
20
The table above shows the temperature and rainfall distribution of station Z. Study and use it to answer the question.The wettest month of the year is
Answer
(D)
August
21
Water vapour is turned into water droplets by the process of
Answer
(D)
condensation
22
What is the population density of a country with a total population of 140,000,000 and a total land area of 500,000 (\Km^2\)?
Answer
(D)
280 persons per \(km^2\)
23
Which of the following rocks is produced by the solidification of magna within the earth crust
Answer
(C)
plutonic rocks
24
Urban type of settlement is best described as
Answer
(C)
nucleated
25
Crater lakes are usually associated with areas
Answer
(C)
that have extinct volcanoes
26
Which of the following is associated with savanna vegetation?
Answer
(D)
scrub
27
The instrument used to measure relative humidity is called
Answer
(A)
hygrometer
28
Which of the following is not a problem militating against political and economic integration in West Africa?
Answer
(A)
currency
29
Which of the following landforms is associated with parallel vaulting?
Answer
(B)
Rift valley
30
An example of a coastline of emergence is
Answer
(A)
a raised beach
31
Which of the following is not a plantation crop?
Answer
(D)
rye
32
Soil erosion by action of rain can be caused y all the following except
Answer
(B)
aridity
33
The sparse population in the middle belt of West Africa can be traced to all of the following except
Answer
(D)
concentration of industries
34
When weathering occurs on hill slopes, rock debris usually pile up at the bottom of the hill slope to form
Answer
(D)
scrcee
35
Jos plateau is an example of a
Answer
(B)
Volcanic plateau
36
The world's greatest gold producer is
Answer
(B)
Ghana
37
Which of the following is a major boost of tourism?
Answer
(A)
adequate publicity about natural scenery
38
Africa has the largest potential reserve of hydro-electric power in the world because
Answer
(A)
it is surrounded by large oceans
39
Great Britain and Germany are trading partners of west African countries from
Answer
(A)
Western Europe
40
Under the Greek system of climate classification, the world is divided into
Answer
(D)
torrid, temperate and frigid zones
41
Which of the following is a feature of heavy industries?
Answer
(A)
capital intensive
42
Which of the following is not true of the North Atlantic sea route?
Answer
(C)
Goods carried on the route include grains
43
Soil erosion by action of rain can be caused by all of the following except
Answer
(D)
aridity
44
In which erosional plain is an inselberg commonly found
Answer
(B)
flood plain
45
The largest ocean in the world is the
Answer
(D)
Pacific ocean
46
The type of energy that is most environmentally friendly is
Answer
(D)
solar
47
Rocks are said to be crystalline when the atoms forming them are
Answer
(C)
arrenged in a deposit pattern
48
The part of the earth crust covered by water bodies is known as the
Answer
(A)
hydrosphere
49
The coastal regions of Sierra Leone record an annual rainfall of over
Answer
(C)
4,800mm
50
Which of the following pairs of landforms can be found in the desert areas?
Answer
(B)
Zeugens and rock pedestals
51
Which of the following sources of power supply is renewable?
Answer
(D)
cone
52
Which of the following is not correct about the great circle?
Answer
(B)
The Greenwich Meridian and the International Date Line are the only lines of latitude forming a Great Circle
53
The main reason for which most manufacturing industries in West Africa are concentrated in cities and towns along the coast is that they have
Answer
(A)
a large number of warehouses
54
The type of agriculture in which water is conserved in a year so that crops can be grown in succeeding years by ploughing, mulching or harrowing is known as
Answer
(D)
dry farming
55
One of the features of wind deposition is
Answer
(B)
an inselberg
56
Which of the following stations is situated in a region of tropical monsoon climate?
Answer
(C)
Bombay(Munbai)
57
The instrument used to measure the duration of sunshine is the
Answer
(A)
campbell-stokes recorder
58
The land-use activities which can be considered responsible for soil erosion in the tropics are
Answer
(C)
industrialization, monoculture and lumbering
59
The sun is vertically overhead at the tropic of Caprison in
Answer
(D)
December 22nd
60
Barchan dunes move
Answer
(A)
at right angle to the prevailing wind
61
The major crop grown in the El juf Basin of Mali is
Answer
(A)
Cotton
62
What is the temperature around an aeroplane flying at an altitude of 4000metres if the temperature on the earth's surface is \(40ºc\)?
Answer
(A)
\(14^0C\)
63
A block mountain is formed as a result of
Answer
(D)
faulting
64
Quartz, fieldspar and mica are three principal mineral that can easily be seen in
Answer
(D)
granite
65
The difference in time between two longitudes is approximately
Answer
(D)
4 minutes
66
The dam which is not used in Gezira is the
Answer
(C)
Jebal Azula
67
The most common form of migration experienced in countries of Tropical Africa is
Answer
(D)
rural-urban migration
68
A slope is said to be even when the contours are
Answer
(D)
equally placed
69
Which of the following distinguishes rotation from revolution?
Answer
(D)
The earth rotates on its axis while it revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit
70
Countries in the northern hemisphere experience shorter days and longer nights when the sun is overhead on the
