Question 103

The earth’s movement from west to east on its own

axis is known as
Options
A) friction
B) revolution
C) gravitation
D) rotation
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Question 104
which of the following instruments is used to
measure wind Speed
Options
A) thermometer
B) barometer
C) hygrometer
D) anemometer
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Question 105
All these are the examples of urban settlement
except
Options
A) towns
B) village
C) conurbation
D) megalopolis.
Explanation:

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Question 106
Name the climate represented by the data:
J F MAM J J A S O N D
Temp oC 14 17 23 28 33 34 31 30 29 26 20 15
Rain mm 23 18 13 18 13 74 180 174 117 10 3 10
Options
A) Equatorial climate
B) Mediterranean climate
C) Monsoon climate
D) Tropical climate
E) Sub-tropical climate

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Question 107

Which of the following statements is not borne out

by the pie graph?
Options
A) Asia is the world's largest producer of natural
rubber
B) Africa is a major producer of natural rubber
C) Natural rubber comes mainly from developing
countries
D) The developed countries are not producers of
natural rubber
E) Natural rubber is a product of the hot lands of the
world

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Question 108
A spring is an outlet for
Options
A) streams in karst region
B) rain water
C) underground water in limestone
D) rivers
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Question 109
loam is the best type of soil for crop production
because
Options
A) it has a high percentage of clay which prevents
leaching
B) it has a high humus content retention capacity
C) porous and has good water retention capacity.
D) gravels which obstruct implements are absent
from it.

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Question 110
Which of the following planets has no satellite
Options
A) Venus
B) Uranus
C) Neptune
D) Jupiter

Question 111
when it is 9:00am in Munich, Western Germany
(longitude 110E) the time in Calcutta India
(longitude 960E) is
Options
A) 4:20am
B) 2:40am
C) 2:40pm
D) 5:40pm
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Question 112
which of the following statement is not true about
the solar system
Options
A) the ray of the sun gives energy to the system
B) all the planet rotate round the sun
C) the planets revolve around the sun
D) the sun is at the Centre of the system
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Question 113
-------- refers to water bodies like rivers, and lakes
Options
A) canal
B) ditch
C) Drainage
D) ocean
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Question 114
All the following are important timber producing
countries in Africa except
Options
A) Ghana
B) Cote d’lvorie
C) Nigeria
D) Mauritania.
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Question 115
All of these are the features of lower course of a
River except
Options
A) flood plain
B) V shaped valley
C) levees
D) ox-box lake

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Question 116
The point at which the shock originates is called
Options
A) focus
B) vent
C) caldera
D) crater
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Question 117
Density,mortality, birth rate are factors that affect
Options
A) population
B) dominance
C) cover
D) habitat
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Question 118
very low animal rainfall, sparse vegetation, high day
temperature and cold nights are the characteristics of
the ---------
Options
A) a swamp
B) tropical forest
C) southern guinea savanna
D) desert
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Question 119
----------- is a type of mass movement or mass
wasting
Options
A) steep slope
B) landslides
C) hills
D) tableland
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Question 120
the method of mining crude method oil is
Options
A) open cast
B) underground method
C) shaft method
D) drilling method

Question 121
---------- is the instrument used in the measurement
of rainfall
Options
A) rainguage
B) thermometer
C) hydrometer
D) barometer
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Question 122
The factors which determine the type of vegetation a
particular habitat will support are related to the
following except
Options
A) nature of the soil particles
B) amount of rainfall
C) farming activities
D) depth of the water-table
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Question 123
The busiest canal in the world is
Options
A) Suez canal
B) Panama Canal
C) the North Pacific Route
D) Cape Route
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Question 124
the most urbanized parts of Nigeria is
Options
A) North/central
B) north/east
C) south/west
D) south/south
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Question 125
All these are the characteristic Nigerian rivers except
Options
A) seasonal flooding
B) development of rapids and cataracts
C) shallowness
D) presence of misfit
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Question 126
All the following are forms of subsistence farming in
west Africa except
Options
A) rotational bush farming
B) permanent cultivation
C) plantation agriculture
D) mixed farming
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Question 127
Desert plants are usually called
Options
A) hydrophytes
B) mesophytes
C) xerophytes
D) sporophytes
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Question 128
a great circle can best be described as
Options
A) a circle whose plane passes through Centre of the
globe.
B) a line of longitude
C) the equator
D) the shortest distance between two point
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Question 129
earthquake that destroyed about 30,000 people in
Turkey happened in the year
Options
A) 1755
B) 1906
C) 1920
D) 2003
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Question 130
The longitudinal extent of Nigeria is
Options
A) 00
B) 110
C) 200
D) 120

Question 131
The liquid portion of the earth’s crust is called
Options
A) biosphere
B) hydrosphere
C) mesosphere
D) atmosphere
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Question 132
In which of the following areas is fruit farming least
important
Options
A) Morocco
B) Egypt
C) Algeria
D) Uganda
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Question 133
Stratified rocks are
Options
A) metamorphic rock
B) plutonic rocks
C) igneous rock
D) sedimentary rocks
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Question 134
Which of the following is not important in defining
soil?
Options
A) color
B) capillary
C) permeability
D) texture
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Question 135
The area around the earth where life activities go on
is referred to as -------
Options
A) biosphere
B) lithosphere
C) habitat
D) ecosystem
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Question 136
Nigeria is in ------ Africa
Options
A) east
B) north
C) west
D) south
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Question 137
The type of transport that is mostly affected by
climatic condition is
Options
A) land transport
B) water transport
C) road transport
D) air transport
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Question 138
Which of the following represents the correct
sequences in which denudation occurs?
Options
A) Weathering –deposition-erosion
B) weathering –erosion –deposition
C) erosion –weathering –deposition
D) deposition -erosion – weathering
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Question 139
Because of its shape, the earth is best described as a
Options
A) Gerald
B) geosphere
C) sphere
D) circle
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Question 140
The following are abiotic components of the
ecosystem except
Options
A) bacteria
B) topography
C) water
D) wind
Question 141
Which of the following human activities has a
beneficial effect on soil
Options
A) grazing
B) strip-cultivation
C) bush burning
D) over-cropping
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Question 142
the degree of saltiness or concentration of salt
solution in oceans or seas is referred to as -----
Options
A) ocean deep
B) ocean ridge
C) deep sea plain
D) salinity of the ocean
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Question 143
All of these are elements of weather and climate
except
Options
A) temperature
B) altitude
C) Rainfall
D) sunshine
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Question 144
------------- is one of the reasons of high population
density
Options
A) fertile soil
B) unemployment
C) unfavorable climate
D) presence of some insects.
The correct answer is A.
Explanation:
A is correct. Because high fertile soil i.e. alluvial soil
is one of the reasons of high population density
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Question 145
a given map is enlarged 3 times its original size
which is 1;150,000 what will be the new scale?
Options
A) 1 : 50,000
B) 1 : 75,000
C) 1 : 100,000
D) 1 : 450,000
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Question 146
Which of the following is not a biotic factor
Options
A) parasite
B) predator
C) grazer
D) pressure
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Question 147
water pollution is caused by all the following except
Options
A) increased silt load
B) sewage deposit
C) sand filling
D) industrial effluent
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Question 148
--------------- is referred to as landlocked country
Options
A) Burkina Faso
B) Guinea
C) Nigeria
D) Ghana
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Question 149
The most important cash crops in the irrigated Nile
Basin is
Options
A) cotton
B) millet
C) sugarcane
D) groundnut
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Question 150
The density of sial is -----------------
Options
A) 2
B) 2.7
C) 3
D) 5
Question 151
the angular distance of a point on the earth’s surface
measured in degrees from the Centre of the earth is
known as
Options
A) orbit
B) latitude
C) axis
D) longitude
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Question 152
Desert is found where?
Options
A) Southern coast
B) northern Mali
C) northern Nigeria
D) Senegal
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Question 153
An intrusion of magma along a bedding plane is
called
Options
A) batholith
B) dyke
C) lava plain
D) sill