Geography SS2 3rd Term - Quiz
  • 1. Latitude 66˚S marks the
A) Antarctic circle
B) Arctic circle
C) Tropic of Capricorn
D) Tropic of cancer
  • 2. During the equinoxes
A) days and nights are equal in length throughout the world
B) they are 6hours of darkness and 18hours of the daylight in the northern hemisphere
C) There is a complete darkness for 24hours
D) there is continuous daylight for 24 hours at the pole
  • 3. Rural settlement types includes all the following except
A) Dispersed
B) Dormitory
C) Nucleated
D) Linear
  • 4. When the ship appears over the distant horizon the
A) Cabin is seen before the mask
B) Mask is seen before the hull
C) The whole body of ship would be seen
D) The mast is seen before the hull
  • 5. When does lunar eclipse occurs ?
A) during the period of summer solstice
B) At spring equinox
C) when the sun is overhead at noon
D) When the Earth comes between the sun and the moon
  • 6. What is the distance of town B located on latitude 60ᵒ N and longitude 30ᵒE from the equator?
A) 9990 km
B) 6660 km
C) 3330km
D) 30000 km
  • 7. Which of the following statements is not accurate
A) All the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits
B) The largest planet in the solar system is Jupiter
C) The nearest planet to the sun is the earth.
  • 8. The Core of the earth is also called
A) Lithosphere
B) barysphere
C) Mesosphere
D) Hydrosphere
  • 9. The biggest member of the solar system is
A) The sun
B) Mars
C) Moon
D) Jupiter
  • 10. Which of the following line of latitudes divides the earth into two hemispheres?
A) Antarctic circle
B) The equator
C) Tropic of Capricorn
D) Tropic of cancer
  • 11. Which of the following is not a proof of the earth’s sphericity?
A) Deflection of winds
B) Ship visibility
C) Circumnavigation of the earth
D) The circular horizon
  • 12. What is the distance between Accra, Latitude 50N and London Latitude510N?
A) 5,406 km
B) 5,306 km
C) 5106 km
D) 5216 km
  • 13. Nigeria is located between latitude
A) 6˚N and 16˚N
B) 10˚N and 20˚N
C) 3˚N and 15˚N
D) 4˚N and 14˚N
  • 14. All the following towns are producing cocoa except
A) Ogun
B) Ondo
C) Port Harcourt
D) Minna
  • 15. In the Northern part of Nigeria, cattle rearing is practiced mainly in
A) Zaria
B) Enugu
C) Benin city
D) Ibadan
  • 16. Nigeria lies between
A) North Pole and South Pole
B) Arctic and antarctic
C) Tropic of cancer and Capricorn
D) Arctic and antarctic
  • 17. Vegetation resources can be utilized by man for the following except
A) Timber
B) Medicine
C) Habitat
D) Food
  • 18. Which of the following are the most valuable products of Equatorial forest?
A) Ginger, coffee, sisal
B) Cocoa, rubber, oil palm
C) Cassava, plantain,rice
D) Tea, banana,oranges
  • 19. The greatest hydro-electric power potential in Nigeria is found in the
A) Niger Benue trough
B) Cross river basin
C) Chad basin
D) Sokoto plains
  • 20. The mountain vegetation is most widespread on the
A) Shebsi hill
B) Idanre hills
C) Adamawa highland
D) Oban hlll
  • 21. town located at the confluence of the two rivers in Nigeria is
A) Makurdi
B) Aba
C) Lokoja
D) Onisha
  • 22. All the following high lands in Nigeria are composed of basement complex rocks except the
A) Udi -Nsukka plateau
B) North central highland
C) Eastern highland
D) Western highland
  • 23. The standard railway gauge is
A) 143cm
B) 153 cm
C) 134 cm
D) 150 cm
  • 24. Port Harcourt is a typical example of a
A) Terminal point
B) Satellite town
C) Gap town
D) Confluence town
  • 25. Wheat can be grown in large quantities in all the following except
A) Kwara
B) Plateau
C) Rivers
D) Oyo
  • 26. Most imports to Nigeria are
A) Raw materials
B) Consumer goods
C) Perishable goods
D) Primary goods
  • 27. Which of the following is sometimes a major problem for incoming for air craft at Sokoto airport?
A) smoke from industrial buildings
B) lack of a wide level space for landing
C) Poor visibility
D) presence of soft, marshy land
  • 28. The Lagos-Kano railway crosses the River Niger at
A) Lokoja
B) Makurdi
C) Aba
D) Jebba
  • 29. Which of the following towns is not on the railway line from Port Harcourt to Kaduna
A) Aba
B) Jebba
C) Kanfanchan
D) Makurdi
  • 30. Ports that specialize in receiving and redistributing goods to neighboring countries are called
A) Entreport
B) Inland port
C) Riverport
D) Out ports
  • 31. Air transportation has a low patronage because it is
A) Irregular
B) Fast
C) Useful in war time
D) Costly
  • 32. One of the disadvantage of water transportation is that
A) Seasonal fluctuation of water
B) Causes atmospheric pollution
C) Is used for carrying agricultural goods
D) It's relatively save
  • 33. The relative advantage of road transportation over other modes of transport is that
A) Flexibility
B) Very fast
C) Safety
D) Comfortability
  • 34. The busiest and most important ocean route in the world is the
A) Cape route
B) North Atlantic
C) South Atlantic
D) Transpacific
  • 35. Which of the following is a service industry?
A) Farming
B) Banking
C) Petroleum
D) Leather processing
  • 36. The term dispersed settlement refers to a settlement
A) Scattered and separate homestead
B) Densely populated
C) Along the road
D) Transverse by major route ways
  • 37. A town located two or more roads meet is called
A) Linear
B) Confluence
C) Nodal
D) Nucleated
  • 38. A high populated density means a large number of
A) Person over a large area of land
B) Persons in relation to available resources
C) Person per unit
D) Person Per unit area
  • 39. Which of the following is a measure aimed at controlling world population growth?
A) Migration
B) Decrease in food production
C) Family planning
D) Early marriage
  • 40. An area is said to be over populated if
A) It's inhabitants are not controlling birth
B) Available resources are not enough for the people in the area
C) There is enough food to cater for the population
D) There is rural migration
  • 41. Which of the following desert landforms is associated with wind deposition?
A) Yardang
B) Buttes
C) Deflation hollows
D) Barchan
  • 42. A feature commonly found in the youthful stage of a river is
A) Meander
B) George
C) Delta
D) Interlocking spur
  • 43. A crescentic depositional feature found in a desert area is
A) Barchan
B) Zeugen
C) Rock pedestal
D) Yardang
  • 44. Wind erosion is most common in
A) Riverrine areas
B) Humid areas
C) Rocky areas
D) Arid areas
  • 45. The feature marked Pp is a / an
A) Plunge pool
B) Scree
C) Waterfall
D) Eroded debris
  • 46. The feature marked X is a / an
A) Screen
B) Plunge pool
C) Waterfall
D) Eroded debris
  • 47. The feature marked A is a / an
A) Eroded debris
B) Waterfall
C) Eroded
D) Depth
  • 48. Desert areas experience high daily range of temperature because
A) They are generally low lying
B) The cloud is cloudiness
C) The wind blow off shore at night
D) They experience very high atmospheric pressure
  • 49. Which of the does not encourage the formation of rainfall?
A) Warm wind
B) Converging wind
C) Ascending wind
D) Descending wind
  • 50. One of the problems of manufacturing industries in tropical African is
A) High quality of industrial labor
B) High demand for manufactured products
C) High cost of labor
D) Inadequate raw materials
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