2023 MOCK 2 GEOGRAPHY 1

PAPER 1
Answer all questions

Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D. Find the correct option for each question. Shade in
pencil on your answer sheet, the answer space which bears the same letter as the option you have chosen. Give
only one answer to each question.

Study the map of ADAGOLE District below and use it to answer the questions below

1. The scale of the map in statement form is

A. 1: 100000
B. 1: 50000
C. 1: 25000
D. 1: 10000
2. Farming is common in the
A. North western part of the map
B. North eastern part of the map
C. South western part of the map
D. South eastern part of the map

3. The western part of R. Gembeh flows through

A. a delta
B. a gorge
C. a levee
D. an undulating plain

4. The point where R. Isbo meets R. Gembeh is called

A. an entreport
B. a watershed
C. a lagoon
D. a confluence
5. The contour interval on the map is
A. 50 metres
B. 100 metres
C. 150 metres
D. 200 metres
6. The lowest point in the mapped area is in the
A. South-east
B. North-east
C. South-west
D. North-west
7. The distance, air from Ifeze to Bebe is
A. 9.00km
B. 8.00km
C. 7.00km
D. 6.00km
8. The bearing of Bodel from Bebe
A. 25.00
B. 255.00
C. 115.00
D. 150.00
9. Which of the following statement is true about the drainage of the mapped area?
A. The watershed from which the rivers take their sources is in the north-west.
B. R. Isbo and R. Gembeh are the two rivers that drain the district.
C. R. Gembeh has many distributaries.
D. An ox-bow lake has been formed at the point of intersection of R. Isbo and R. Gembeh.
10. The common modes of transportation in the mapped area
A. Railway and water
B. Pipeline and railway
C. Road and water
D. Air and water

11 Which of the following is known as the land of the midnight sun during summer in the Northern
Hemisphere?
A. Tropic of cancer.
B. Arctic circle.
C. Antarctic circle.
D. Tropic of Capricorn.
12. What will be the time at a place located on longitude 90oE when it is 1:00pm Greenwich Mean Time?
A. 7: 00pm.
B. 7: 00am.
C. 6: 00am.
D. 6: 00pm.
13. If the distance between Town A (7 oN) and Town B is 4,773km, calculate the latitude of Town B if both
towns are in the same hemisphere.
A. 36 oN
B. 50 oN
C. 50 oS
D. 36 oS
14. Which of the following planets has twelve satellites?
A. Uranus.
B. Mars.
C. Neptune.
D. Jupiter.
15. An intrusive volcano that lies concordant to the bedding plane of a sedimentary rock is known as
A. Dyke.
B. Sill.
C. Lopolith.
D. Batholith.
16 Which of the following is a characteristic of igneous rock?
A. Loose in composition.
B. Arranged in layers.
C. Crystalline in nature
D. Porous in granular structure.
17. Slate is a metamorphic rock formed from
A. clay.
B. schist.
C. limestone.
D. granite.
18. The wearing away of the sides and bottom of a river’s channel by the load carried by a river’’ is called
A. corrosion.
B. attrition.
C. corrasion
D. transportation
19. Which one of the following best explains the formation of canyons?
A. a large volume of water.
B. greater vertical erosion by a glacier of a main valley than of the tributary valleys.
C. pronounced Earth movements.
D. vertical erosion in the valley of a river crossing an arid plateau.
20. Down folded layers of chalk or limestone sandwiched between impermeable rock layers and containing trapped
water is referred to as
A. canal.
B. oasis.
C. river basin.
D. artesian basin.
21. A well will always contain water if
A. it is on a spring line.
B. it is located in a rainy region.
C. the bottom of the well is far below the water-table.
D. it is sunk at the bottom of a hill.
22. Hot springs that gushes out water intermittently is referred as
A. Geyser.
B. Vadose.
C. Yellowstone spring.
D. Resurgence.
23. Which of the following is not a form of precipitation?
A. dew
B. hail
C. haze
D. snow
24. A line on a map which joins places having the same rainfall is called an
A. isohyet.
B. isotherms.
C. isohel.
D. isobar.
25. If the temperature at sea level is 7o C, the temperature of the air at a height of 2 kilometres will be about
A. 15 o C
B. 20 o C
C. -6 o C
D. 6 o C
26. If rainfall is measured in millimetres, what is the unit of measurement for clouds?
A. Oktas.
B. Knot.
C. Millibar.
D. Hours or Minutes.
27. An area that contains a chain or group of islands scattered in lakes, rivers, or the ocean is called
A. Tombolo.
B. Stack.
C. Archipelago.
D. Notch.
28. The part of the earth’s crust that is covered by oceans and seas is called
A. biosphere.
B. hydrosphere.
C. ionosphere.
D. stratosphere.
29. One of the following is not an example of a fold mountain.
A. Rockies.
B. Kilimanjaro.
C. Himalayas.
D. Andes.
30. A rift valley is formed mainly by
A. the subsidence of the floor of a river valley.
B. the formation of fold mountains.
C. the over-deepening of a valley by ice action.
D. forces of tension in the Earth’s crust.
31. Another name for residual mountain is
A. volcanic mountain.
B. mountain of elevation.
C. mountain of denudation.
D. mountain of intrusion.
32. A plunge pool can be found at the
A. lower course of a river.
B. confluence of two rivers.
C. foot of a waterfall.
D. centre of a crater lake.

33. The gradual breakdown of rocks in situ by either physical or chemical process is called
A. denudation.
B. weathering.
C. mass wasting.
D. erosion.
34. Ash and cinder cones are associated with
A. ozone depletion.
B. hurricane’s activities.
C. earthquakes.
D. volcanic eruption.

35. Which of the following is not a process of chemical weathering?

A. Exfoliation.
B. Hydrolysis.
C. Chelation.
D. Carbonation.
36. Which of the following does not limit the use of river transport in Africa?
A. Waterfall
B. High volume of water
C. Floating vegetation
D. Seasonality of rivers
37. Despite the rapid development in air transport, its services is still useful to only proportion of the
world's population because
A. many countries do not have airlines
B. people fear air disaster
C. it cost more to travel by air
D. other forms of transport are quicker
38. Industrial which use more of perishable goods should best be located near
A. the source of power
B. source of labour
C. source of raw materials.
D. high population density areas
39. All these factors determine what a country can produce, except
A. size of country
B. technology
C. climate
D. natural endowment
40. The export trade of West African countries consists of
A. machinery
B. primary product
C. processed goods
D. dairy products
41. The busiest ocean trade route is the
A. Cape route.
B. Panama canal route
C. Suez canal route.
D. North Atlantic route
42. One of the problems limiting the achievement of ECOWAS is
A. the use of common currency
B. strong colonial ties
C. climate difference
D. similarity in languages
43. One relative advantage of water transport over road transport is its
A. a great speed over long distances
B. capacity for carrying bulky goods
C. ability to link all parts of a country
D. ability to withstand bad weather.
44. Which of the following best explains the high rate of population growth in West Africa?
A. Birth control polices
B. High birth rate and low death rate
C. Low birth rate and high death rate
D. High rate of immigration
45. Irrigation projects are commonly found in area of
A. low and unreliable rainfall
B. high surface fluctuations
C. low rate of evaporation.
D. high volume of rainfall
46. Which of the following features distinguishes heavy industries from light industries?
A. complexities of processing techniques
B. amount of waste products generated
C. ownership structure of the firm
D. source of raw materials
47. Which of the following environmental resources is non-renewable?
A. Rain.
B. Mineral
C. Water
D. Oxygen
48. The major causes of change in population size are
A. births, deaths and migration.
B. births, marriage and deaths.
C. births, accidents and deaths.
D. migration, fertility and marriage.
49. One outstanding benefit of lumbering to an economy is that it
A. leads to depletion of forest.
B. earns foreign exchange.
C. leads to soil erosion.
D. causes flooding.
50. Which of the following countries is and-locked?
A. Tanzania
B. Cameron
C. Burkina Faso
D. Liberia
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