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