2021 JAMB Geography Past Questions & Answers

Question 1

A line joining all points of equal salinity is an

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C. Isohaline

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A. isopalh

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B. Isopleth

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D. isobar

Question 2

The following are seaports used in the North Atlantic sea route except

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C. Lagos-Southampton

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A. Lagos-Antwerp

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B. Lagos-Montreal

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D. Lagos-Rotterdam

Question 3

Which of the following is not a factor that favours industrial concentration in Western Nigeria?

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C. Creativity of people in the area

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A. Availability of raw materials

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B. Closeness to major importing and exporting ports

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D. Good road network

Question 4

In Nigeria, which of the following vegetation zones is best known for timber exploitation?

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D. Rain forest

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A. Fresh water swamp forest

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B. Fresh water swamp forest

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C. Montane vegetation

Question 5

Where the salinity of an ocean is high;

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B. the ocean water is dense and creeps at the bottom of the ocean towards low salinity areas

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A. the ocean water is dense and flows at the ocean surface towards a low salinity area

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C. the ocean water is light and flows at the area surface towards a high salinity area

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D. the ocean water is light and flows at the ocean surface towards a low salinity area

Question 6

Nigeria is located between longitudes

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A. 3°E and 15°E

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B. 2°E and 15°E

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C. 1°E and 10°E

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D. 3°E and 10°E

Question 7

________is the failure of the end point of a closed traverse to fall exactly on the point of origin of the transverse

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C. Error of closure

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A. Error of compass

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B. Traverse error

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D. Field error

Question 8

Which of the following is not a sea route?

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A. London - moscow - Baghdad

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B. London - Capetown - melbourne

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C. New york - London - Rotterdam

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D. Sydney - Suez - London

Question 9

The best solution to the rapid depletion of forest resources in West Africa is to

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B. Introduce forest conservation techniques

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A. reserve hectares of land for plantations

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C. Import wood from other countries

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D. Employ more forest guards

Question 10

Which of the following towns is not a precolonial town

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C. Enugu

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A. Ilorin

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B. Bida

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D. Ibadan

Question 11

One of the following surveying instruments is used to set out lines at right angles to the main chain line

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A. Optical square

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B. Station pegs

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C. Offset staff

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D. Steel Band

Question 12

If the scale of two maps are (a;1:100,000 and b;1:400,000) what is the ground distance if the distance between two towns on the maps is 10cm

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A. 10km, 40km

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B. 5km, 20km

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C. 2.5km, 10km

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D. 20km, 80km

Question 13

Which of the following is a vegetation characteristics of the Tropical rainforest?

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A. Trees are not in pure stand

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B. Tough, small, leathery, hairy leaves to guard against excessive transpiration

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C. Trees are conical in shape

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D. there is high undergrowth

Question 14

Jos plateau is an example of a

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B. Dissected plateau

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A. Volcanic plateau

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C. Tectonic plateau

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D. Bassalt Plateau

Question 15

_______ is the condition of the lower atmosphere of a place over a short period

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B. weather

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A. climate

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C. cloud

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D. humidity

Question 16

In the desert region the most prominent agent of erosion is

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D. Wind

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A. Thunder storms

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B. Rain fall

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C. Rivers

Question 17

A settlement located where two rivers meet is called a

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B. confluence town

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A. nucleated settlement

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C. linear settlement

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D. nodal town

Question 18

Which of the following is an importance of the atmosphere to living organisms?

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B. It provides oxygen for animals and plants for respiration

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A. It provides water for industrial uses

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C. It provides shelter in form of timber for man

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D. It aids transportation through construction of roads and railways

Question 19

_______ is defined as the total surrounding or medium of any organism in a given area

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C. Environment

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A. Biotic component

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B. Abiotic component

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D. Ecosystem

Question 20

On maps, lines drawn to join all places in the ocean having equal degree of salinity are called

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A. isohalines

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B. isobars

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C. isosalines

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D. isossal

Question 21

Which of the following has the highest salinity

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B. dead sea

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A. south atlantic

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C. red sea

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D. Mediterranean Sea

Question 22

Which of the following is a way of controlling soil erosion

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B. Contour ploughing

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A. Overgrazing

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C. Deforestation

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D. Bush burning

Question 23

Which of the following zones is the least industrialized in Nigeria?

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A. Lokoja - Ajaokuta

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B. Lagos - Ikeja

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C. Port harcourt - Aba

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D. Abeokuta - Ibadan

Question 24

Which of the following tourist centres is wrongly paired?

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A. Eiffel Tower - Germany

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B. Pyramids - Egypt

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C. The colosseum - Italy

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D. Victoria falls - Zambia

Question 25

What is the process of lowering and levelling of the earth surface by gradual breaking and wearing away of such earth's surfaces.

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B. Denudation

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A. Weathering

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C. Relief

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D. Mass wasting

Question 26

Which of the following lakes owes its origin mainly to faulting?

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C. Lake Malawi

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A. Lake Chad

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B. Lake Superior

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D. Lake Victoria

Question 27

Exports from Mali are most likely to pass through the Sea port at

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B. Dakar

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A. Lagos

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C. Banjul

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D. Abidjan

Question 28

The correct arrangement of the layers of the earth crust from the surface to the interior is

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D. sial, sima, mantle and core

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A. sial, mantle, sima, core

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B. sima, sial, core, mantle

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C. core, mantle, sima and sial

Question 29

One of the following is not a problem involved in harnessing solar energy?

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B. Adequacy of capital

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A. Poor technological know-how

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C. Unreliability

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D. Fear of competition with established energy sources

Question 30

The system of agriculture referred to as "Land rotation" is

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A. Bush fallow

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B. Crop rotation

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C. Mixed farming

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D. Shifting cultivation

Question 31

A major percentage of the world's exports of citrus fruits is from the

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D. Mediterranean region

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A. Tropical region

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B. Cool temperate region

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C. Polar region

Question 32

Sparse population in the middle belt of Nigeria can not be attributed to

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C. Poor soil

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A. Absence of major industries

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B. Absence of major minerals

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D. Slave trade

Question 33

Which of the following is a sedimentary rock.

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B. shale

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A. Graphite

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C. marble

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D. schist

Question 34

The function performed by urban to the rural settlement in supply of

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D. maufactured goods

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A. Industrial raw materials

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B. medicinal herbs

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C. food

Question 35

The following are volcanic mountains except

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D. Monadnock of USA

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A. Cotopaxi of Ecuador

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B. Midcrop of Sumatra

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C. Fuji of Japan

Question 36

Which of the following is not a graphical representation of statistical data?

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C. Shaded map

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A. Choropleth map

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B. Dot map

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D. Star graph

Question 37

The type of water left in the soil after excess water has been drained off, following heavy rainfall is known as

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A. Field capacity

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B. Field capacity

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C. gravitational water

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D. hygroscopic water

Question 38

An important mineral deposit in south Africa which has attracted a large number of white settler is

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C. Gold in Witwatersrand

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A. Iron in Durban

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B. Copper in Cape Town

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D. Aluminium in Johannessburg

Question 39

The part labelled X in the soil profile above is known as

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A. top soil

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B. sub soil

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C. parent materials

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D. bedrock

Question 40

Which of the following countries is located in North Africa.

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D. Algeria

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A. Zaire

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B. Ruwanda

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C. Namibia

Question 41

The dam which is not used in the gezira is the

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A. A swan

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B. Sennar

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C. Roseires

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D. Jebel Azula

Question 42

Which of the following statements is true of the North Atlantic Sea route?

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D. It links North America with Europe

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A. It is the busiest sea route

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B. It links Nigeria with Europe

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C. Goods carried on the route include grains

Question 43

Which of the following processes leads to the loss of carbon from the air

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D. photosynthesis

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A. combustion

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B. combustion

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C. putrifaction

Question 44

Geo-referencing in GIS is referred to as

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A. Assigning spatials location to a data

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B. Data acquisition

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C. Data Management

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D. Manipulation and analysis

Question 45

Kossou Dam is located on River

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B. Bandama

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A. Volta

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C. Ginene

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D. Nile

Question 46

The following are the importance of highland in Nigeria except

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A. occupy good land

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B. settlement sites

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C. source of minerals

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D. source of rivers

Question 47

One of the features of wind deposition is

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A. a barchan

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B. a ventifact

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C. an inselberg

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D. a messa

Question 48

Nigeria's major export commodity is

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D. Petroleum

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A. Coal

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B. Cocoa

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C. Cotton

Question 49

The outer structure of the earth is made up of the following except?

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A. mesosphere

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B. atmosphere

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C. biosphere

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D. Hydrosphere

Question 50

___________ is a layer of very fine wind-deposited sand and silt?

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A. loess

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B. seif

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C. barchan

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D. bajada

Question 51

Which of the following is not an element of climate

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A. Attitude

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B. Temperature

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C. Air pressure

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D. Precipitation

Question 52

The following are responsible for the concentration of industries in eastern United States of America except

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C. Inadequate capital

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A. Large market

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B. Natural resources

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D. High technology

Question 53

Which of the following farming activity best describes the rearing of only animals like cattle, sheep and goat mainly in the savanna belt of the north?

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C. pastoral farming

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A. mixed farming

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B. animal farming

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D. intensive farming

Question 54

Which of the following is associated with savanna vegetation

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C. Scrub

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A. Shallow - rooted trees

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B. Trees that grow throughout the year

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D. Dense vegetation

Question 55

Which of the following is a problem of landlocked countries

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A. security of goods

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B. political stability

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C. low freight cost

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D. political indepedence

Question 56

Tropical savanna vegetation is characterized by

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A. drought - resistant trees

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B. trees with broad leaves and fleshy bark

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C. palm trees and thorny scrub

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D. scattered every green trees

Question 57

__________ is a highland area which seperates the headstreams of rivers flowing in different directions but rising from the same mountainous source

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C. watershed

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A. flood plain

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B. cuesta

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D. plateau

Question 58

The soil gains nitrogen through one of the following except

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A. Denitrification

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B. Application of organic manure

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C. Electrical discharge

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D. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Question 59

Which of the following gives the correct full meaning of G.I.S?

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D. Geographic Information System

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A. Geographic Internet Solution

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B. Geographic Internet System

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C. Geographic Information Spread

Question 60

If the scale of a map is 2cm to 1km, what is the ground distance if the distance between two towns on the map is 20cm

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C. 10km

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A. 5km

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B. 2.5km

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D. 20km

Question 61

These are areas of crude oil production in Nigeria except

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A. Afam

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B. Egbema

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C. Oloibiri

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D. Ughelli

Question 62

A device for transferring information from analogue map into computer for further manipulation is

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B. Digitizer

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A. Aerial photograph

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C. Global positioning system

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D. Plotter

Question 63

An example of a coastline of emergence is

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A. a raised beach

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B. an estuarian coast

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C. a dalmatian coast

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D. a ria coast

Question 64

The benefits of international trade to developing nations include the following except

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C. Strains international trade relation

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A. Encourages specialisation in production

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B. Encourages healthy competition

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D. Enables nations to move from subsistence to mechanized economy

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