A typical example of landforms produced by marine erosion is a
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(A)
stack
2
The main advantage of the chain survey over the prismatic compass survey is that the former
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(B)
yields relatively more accurate results
3
On a population map of the world, all but one of the following appear generally as regions of low population density
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(A)
The Island of Java
4
Which of the following type of agriculture would you expect to find around a big city in an industrial society, such as in Europe?
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(A)
Dairy farming
5
Smooth oval hills composed mainly of boulders or glacial sands and gravels are known as
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(B)
drumlins
6
Name the most important industrial mineral of Ghana
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(C)
Gold
7
Which of the following zones is the least industrialized in Nigeria?
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(B)
Lokoja-Ajaokuta
8
Which of the following most accurately describes the climate of coastal lands which are adjacent to cool ocean currents?
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(B)
winter rain, summer drought
9
Two factors that promote rapid chemical weathering in the tropics are
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(A)
high temperature and high humidity
10
Which of the following factors must account for the rapid increase in world population during the twentieth century?
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(C)
Death rates have decreased rapidly
11
Which of the following towns is NOT a pre-colonial town?
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(D)
Enugu
12
Mixed farming implies
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(A)
growing crops and rearing animals on a given land area
13
In which of the following countries is commercial grain farming an important occupation?
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(B)
Canada
14
The main use of the Abney Level in surveying is to determine the
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(A)
angle of inclination
15
Which of the following phenomena is not directly related to the rotation of the Earth?
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(C)
seasonal changes
16
Which of the following phenomena is not directly related to the rotation of the Earth?
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(C)
seasonal changes
17
Temperature is to isotherms as air pressure is to
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(A)
isobars
18
Which of the following factors least explains the fast-growing population in Africa?
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(C)
improvement in transportation
19
What does subsistence agriculture mean?
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(A)
Agricultural production for household consumption
20
Pick out the incorrect statement
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(A)
Scandinavia is noted for its hardwood timber
21
Which statement is NOT true of the Middle Belt in Nigeria
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(D)
none of the above
22
Which of the following has the highest mean annual rainfall?
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(C)
Freetown
23
Which is not exported by the Republic of South Africa?
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(C)
Coffee
24
Which pair of activities would you NOT find in an equatorial climate? 1. Commercial grain farming. 2. rice cultivation. 3. lumbering. 4. plantation agriculture. 5. dry farming
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(D)
1 and 5
25
Which of the following currents has a warming influence upon the coast along which it flows?
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(D)
Mozambique current
26
Inter-regional trade between countries in West Africa is promoted mainly by
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(C)
deliberate government policies in recent times
27
What is the Nile Valley best known for?
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(C)
Hydro-electricity
28
How were the major mountain belts of the world produced?
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(C)
By Folding
29
Which ONE of the following statements about the railway lines of Africa is false?
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(C)
Africa's railway lines are all of uniform gauge
30
The Middle Belt of West Africa is NOT characterised by one of the following. Which one?
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(C)
Much export crop production
31
The length of a year is 365(\(\frac{1}{4}\))days because that is the time it takes.
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(C)
the earth to revolve once round the sun
32
Which of the following gradients is the steepest?
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(C)
1 in 153
33
When the gradient of a river channel changes from a steep to a gentle angle, the main activity of the river will be
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(B)
depositing
34
Which one of the following countries has an export trade which is dominated by a single mineral?
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(A)
Zambia
35
Which of the following lakes owes its origin mainly to faulting?
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(C)
Lake Malawi
36
If a map at a scale of 1:50,000 is reduced by half, what is the new scale of the map?
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(B)
1:25,000
37
The wearing away of the sides and bottom of a river's channel is called
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(D)
hydraulic action
38
The greatest volume of shipping across the Atlantic Ocean is
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(A)
between Europe and North America
39
Which of the following provides the best location for a bakery?
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(A)
Near a large market for bread
40
Which purpose is NOT served by the Kainji Dam?
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(D)
generation of electricity for use all over Nigeria
41
Industries are broadly classified into
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(A)
primary, secondary, and tertiary
42
Great Britain and Germany are trading partners of West African countries from
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(C)
West Europe
43
The most significant factor which accounts for the rapid growth in the population of the capital cities of West Africa is
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(C)
rural-urban migration
44
What is the temperature around an aeroplane flying at an altitude of 4000 metres if the temperature on the earth surface is 40 ºC?
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(B)
14 °C
45
Which of the following wave actions is a process of erosion
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(C)
hydraulic
46
Which of the following factors is a major boost to tourism?
Adequate publicity about natural scenery. Promoting a destination's natural beauty can significantly boost tourism.
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(A)
Adequate publicity about natural scenery
47
The heavy, dark soil associated with floodable valley bottoms is a
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(B)
hydromorphic soil
48
Urban floods are mainly caused by
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(A)
blockage of drains and waterways
49
A feature produced by water in desert areas is
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(C)
wadis
50
Which of the following are characteristics of most large cities? They I. have large populations II. are administrative centers III. are religious centers IV. are commercial centers
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(C)
I and IV only
51
A block mountain is formed as a result of
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(B)
faulting
52
Which of the following is an important line of longitude?
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(B)
Prime Meridian
53
The temperature reading at the peak of a volcano is 6ºC. What will be the temperature at the foot of the volcano, which is 3000 metres from the surrounding low land?
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(A)
25.5°C
54
Which of the following is not a process of chemical weathering?
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(A)
Frost action
55
Which of the following distinguishes rotation from revolution?
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(B)
The earth rotates on its axis while it revolves round the sun on an elliptical orbit
56
Which of the following is not a plantation crop?
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(C)
Rye
57
Which of the following best describes the characteristics of a rural settlement
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(C)
primary activities
58
On March 21 each year, all towns in the southern hemisphere experience?
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(C)
equal length of day and night
59
Which of the following is a major environmental problem in heavily industrialized regions?
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(D)
Acid rain
60
Which of the following is a wind deposited landforms? Loess is a type of sedimentary deposit formed from wind-blown dust.
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(A)
Loess
61
The vegetation of the warm Temperate Eastern Margin is characterized by
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(C)
mixed deciduous and coniferous forests
62
Which of the following criteria is used to classify settlements into rural or urban?
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(C)
Function
63
The industrial belt of Japan produces
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(A)
ships, electronics, and motor vehicles
64
Which of the following features is associated with the upper course of a river?
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(D)
Waterfall
65
More Hydroelectric Power projects should be constructed in Tropical Africa because
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(C)
there is an increasing demand for power
66
Which of the following landforms is associated with parallel faulting?
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(D)
Rift valley
67
The rock which has the capacity to retain underground water is?
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(B)
permeable
68
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\(^2\)?
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(C)
280 persons per km\(^2\)
69
The most common form of migration experienced in countries of Tropical Africa is.
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(B)
rural-urban migration
70
The sun is overhead at the tropic of Capricorn on
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(B)
December 22
71
What is the highest contour line in the mapped area?
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(A)
400 metres
72
The scale of the map in representative fraction(RF) is
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(B)
1:50,000
73
An example fossil fuel is
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(A)
coal
74
Which month in the station has the highest rainfall?
