2015 JAMB Geography Past Questions & Answers

Question 1

the instrument used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake is called

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D. seismograph

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A. Epicenter

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B. Ismograph

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C. thermometer

Question 2

the following are the effect of overgrazing except

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C. epidemic of cattle diseases

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A. completion of useful folder crops

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B. soil and wind erosion of pasture land

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D. scarcity of good pasture land.

Question 3

All these are ways of representing relief on maps

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C. dot map

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A. contour

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B. form lines

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D. hachures

Question 4

The density of sial is -----------------

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B. 2.7

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A. 2

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C. 3

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D. 5

Question 5

All the following crops involve in the plantation agriculture except

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B. wheat

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A. rubber

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C. cocoa

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D. Howbell

Question 6

The earth’s movement from west to east on its own axis is known as

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D. rotation

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A. friction

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B. revolution

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C. gravitation

Question 7

All of these are major industrial zones in Nigeria except

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C. the north central industrial zone

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A. the western industrial zones

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B. the south east industrial zone

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D. the south/south industrial zone

Question 8

An intrusion of magma along a bedding plane is called

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D. sill

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A. batholith

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B. dyke

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C. lava plain

Question 9

which of the following statement is not true about the solar system

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B. all the planet rotate round the sun

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A. the ray of the sun gives energy to the system

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C. the planets revolve around the sun

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D. the sun is at the Centre of the system

Question 10

-------------is the movement of weathered materials under the force of gravity

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B. mass movement

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A. weathering

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C. catastrophe

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D. mountains

Question 11

The satellite of the earth is

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B. the moon

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A. the sun

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C. mars

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D. Saturn

Question 12

soil factor in an ecosystem are referred to as -----

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D. edaphic

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A. topographic

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B. climatic

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C. biotic

Question 13

a given map is enlarged 3 times its original size which is 1;150,000 what will be the new scale?

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A. 1 : 50,000

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B. 1 : 75,000

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C. 1 : 100,000

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D. 1 : 450,000

Question 14

the axis of the earth is inclined at plane of the ecliptic at angle of

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A. 66°

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B. 23°

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C. 90°

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D. 180°

Question 15

All of these are the processes of chemical weathering except

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C. alternating of wet and dry land

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A. solution

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B. oxidation

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D. carbonation

Question 16

Which of the following planets has no satellite

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A. Venus

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B. Uranus

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C. Neptune

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D. Jupiter

Question 17

Which of the following represents the correct sequences in which denudation occurs?

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B. weathering –erosion –deposition

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A. Weathering –deposition-erosion

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C. erosion –weathering –deposition

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D. deposition -erosion – weathering

Question 18

Density,mortality, birth rate are factors that affect

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A. population

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B. dominance

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C. cover

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D. habitat

Question 19

Stratified rocks are

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D. sedimentary rocks

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A. metamorphic rock

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B. plutonic rocks

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C. igneous rock

Question 20

The liquid portion of the earth’s crust is called

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B. hydrosphere

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A. biosphere

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C. mesosphere

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D. atmosphere

Question 21

which of the following is not important in defining soil .

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B. capillary

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A. color

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C. permeability

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D. texture

Question 22

lines of longitude can be best be described as

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A. imaginary line on the earth’s surface joining the north and the south pole

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B. the distance of a place east or west of Greenwich meridian

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C. the angular distance of a place north or south of the equator

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D. great circles number from 0 to 90

Question 23

All the following are important timber producing countries in Africa except

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D. Mauritania.

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A. Ghana

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B. Cote d’lvorie

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C. Nigeria

Question 24

All the following are forms of subsistence farming in west Africa except

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C. plantation agriculture

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A. rotational bush farming

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B. permanent cultivation

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D. mixed farming

Question 25

-------------is the longest river in West Africa

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B. river Niger

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A. river Benue

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C. river Volta

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D. river Senegal

Question 26

The area around the earth where life activities go on is referred to as -------

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A. biosphere

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B. lithosphere

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C. habitat

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D. ecosystem

Question 27

when it is 9:00am in Munich, Western Germany (longitude 110E) the time in Calcutta India (longitude 960E) is

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C. 2:40pm

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A. 4:20am

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B. 2:40am

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D. 5:40pm

Question 28

The following are abiotic components of the ecosystem except

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A. bacteria

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B. topography

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C. water

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D. wind

Question 29

Sharp, slender, and downward growing pinnacles in underground limestone is called

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D. stalactites

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A. limestone george

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B. uvala

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C. polje

Question 30

the angular distance of a point on the earth’s surface measured in degrees from the Centre of the earth is known as

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B. latitude

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A. orbit

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C. axis

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D. longitude

Question 31

west Africa is located between latitudes-----------and --------------of the equator

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A. 40 N and 200 N

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B. 30 N and 150 N

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C. 20 N and 100 N

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D. 100 N and 150 N

Question 32

On September 23rd, all towns or cities in the northern hemisphere can never experience

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C. longer nights and shorter nights

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A. equal length of day and night

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B. complete daylight

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D. longer days and shorter nights

Question 33

Which of the following human activities has a beneficial effect on soil

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B. strip-cultivation

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A. grazing

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C. bush burning

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D. over-cropping

Question 34

The longitudinal extent of Nigeria is

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D. 120

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A. 00

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B. 110

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C. 200

Question 35

which of the following instruments is used to measure wind Speed

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D. anemometer

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A. thermometer

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B. barometer

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C. hygrometer

Question 36

Desert plants are usually called

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C. xerophytes

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A. hydrophytes

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B. mesophytes

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D. sporophytes

Question 37

water pollution is caused by all the following except

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C. sand filling

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A. increased silt load

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B. sewage deposit

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D. industrial effluent

Question 38

-------- refers to water bodies like rivers, and lakes

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C. Drainage

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A. canal

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B. ditch

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D. ocean

Question 39

The factors which determine the type of vegetation a particular habitat will support are related to the following except

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C. farming activities

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A. nature of the soil particles

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B. amount of rainfall

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D. depth of the water-table

Question 40

All these are the examples of urban settlement except

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B. village

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A. towns

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C. conurbation

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D. megalopolis.

Question 41

Which of the following is not a biotic factor

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D. pressure

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A. parasite

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B. predator

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C. grazer

Question 42

the most urbanized parts of Nigeria is

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C. south/west

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A. North/central

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B. north/east

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D. south/south

Question 43

tall trees with buttress root are associated with -----------

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A. rain forest

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B. guinea savanna

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C. Sudan savanna

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D. Sahel savanna

Question 44

----------- is a type of mass movement or mass wasting

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B. landslides

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A. steep slope

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C. hills

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D. tableland

Question 45

population growth rate may be define as the

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A. mortality rate per unit area over a period

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B. number of times an organism occurs with a given period

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C. number of particular species per units area

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D. net rate of mortality rate per unit area over a period

Question 46

All of these are the features of lower course of a River except

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B. V shaped valley

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A. flood plain

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C. levees

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D. ox-box lake

Question 47

--------------- is referred to as landlocked country

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A. Burkina Faso

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B. Guinea

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C. Nigeria

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D. Ghana

Question 48

Which of the following is not a way of conserving natural resources?

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D. encouraging poaching

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A. adopting good farming practices

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B. establishing forest reserves

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C. establishing game reserves

Question 49

loam is the best type of soil for crop production because

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C. porous and has good water retention capacity.

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A. it has a high percentage of clay which prevents leaching

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B. it has a high humus content retention capacity

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D. gravels which obstruct implements are absent from it.

Question 50

The most important cash crops in the irrigated Nile Basin is

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A. cotton

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B. millet

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C. sugarcane

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D. groundnut

Question 51

In which of the following areas is fruit farming least important

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D. Uganda

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A. Morocco

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B. Egypt

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C. Algeria

Question 52

Nigeria is in ------ Africa

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C. west

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A. east

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B. north

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D. south

Question 53

in the southern hemisphere, the autumnal equinox occurs on

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A. 21st March

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B. 23rd September

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C. 22nd December

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D. 21st June

Question 54

------------- is one of the reasons of high population density

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A. fertile soil

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B. unemployment

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C. unfavorable climate

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D. presence of some insects.

Question 55

The following are natural resources except

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D. cellphane

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A. rubber

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B. soil

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C. water

Question 56

The busiest canal in the world is

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A. Suez canal

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B. Panama Canal

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C. the North Pacific Route

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D. Cape Route

Question 57

The predominant systems of agriculture among rural farmers in Nigeria is

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D. bush fallowing

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A. terrace farming

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B. irrigation farming

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C. plantation agriculture

Question 58

Because of its shape, the earth is best described as a

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A. Gerald

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B. geosphere

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C. sphere

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D. circle

Question 59

earthquake that destroyed about 30,000 people in Turkey happened in the year

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D. 2003

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A. 1755

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B. 1906

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C. 1920

Question 60

---------- is the instrument used in the measurement of rainfall

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A. rainguage

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B. thermometer

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C. hydrometer

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D. barometer

Question 61

All these are the characteristic Nigerian rivers except

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D. presence of misfit

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A. seasonal flooding

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B. development of rapids and cataracts

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C. shallowness

Question 62

The point at which the shock originates is called

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A. focus

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B. vent

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C. caldera

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D. crater

Question 63

All the following are fertile plains except

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C. erosional plains

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A. loess plains

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B. alluvial plains

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D. flood plain

Question 64

The current world population is estimated at about

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B. 7.0 billion

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A. 2.0 billion

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C. 6 .0 billion

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D. 4.0 billion

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