2023 JAMB Geography Past Questions & Answers

Question 1

Water vapour is turned into water droplets by the process of

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D. condensation

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A. convection

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B. evaporation

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C. liquefaction

Question 2

The coastal regions of Sierra Leone record an annual rainfall of over

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B. 3000mm

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A. 5,000mm

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C. 4,800mm

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D. 6,500mm

Question 3

The type of agriculture in which water is conserved in a year so that crops can be grown in succeeding years by ploughing, mulching or harrowing is known as

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D. dry farming

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A. arable farming

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B. intensive cultivation

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C. extensive cultivation

Question 4

The sun is vertically overhead at the tropic of Caprison in

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D. December 22nd

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A. September 23rd

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B. March 21st

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C. June 21st

Question 5

In which erosional plain is an inselberg commonly found

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A. pediplain

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B. flood plain

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C. penaplain

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D. outerwash plain

Question 6

The largest ocean in the world is the

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D. Pacific ocean

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A. Arctic ocean

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B. Atlantic ocean

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C. Indian ocean

Question 7

Kossou Dam is located on river

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C. badama

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A. nile

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B. volta

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D. cunene

Question 8

"An open forest with evergreen, thick leathery leaves and woody stems with deep roots" is known as

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A. mediterranean vegetation

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B. montane vegetation

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C. hot desert vegetation

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D. tropical rainforest

Question 9

Which of the following pairs of landforms can be found in the desert areas?

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B. Zeugens and rock pedestals

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A. Barchans and tombolos

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C. Sauddoars and tombolos

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D. Yardangs and batholiths

Question 10

The main reason for which most manufacturing industries in West Africa are concentrated in cities and towns along the coast is that they have

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B. large urban market

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A. a large number of warehouses

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C. a large pool of unskilled labour

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D. numerous banks

Question 11

The highest concentration of industries in Nigeria is found in the

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C. Western zone

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A. South-eastern zone

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B. North-central zone

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D. Mid-western zone

Question 12

The major crop grown in the El juf Basin of Mali is

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A. Cotton

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B. cashew

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C. cocoa

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D. coffee

Question 13

The difference in time between two longitudes is approximately

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D. 4 minutes

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A. 15 hours

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B. 4 hours

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C. 40 minutes

Question 14

Urban type of settlement is best described as

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A. isolated

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B. dispersed

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C. nucleated

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D. nucleated

Question 15

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

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D. Weathering → erosion → deposition

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A. erosion → weathering → deposition

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B. weathering → deposition → erosion

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C. deposition → weathering → erosion

Question 16

Under the Greek system of climate classification, the world is divided into

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D. torrid, temperate and frigid zones

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A. hot, temperate and dry zones

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B. temperate, fridgid and hot zones

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C. torrid, equatorial and tropical zones

Question 17

A major function performed by rural settlement is

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D. agriculture

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A. commercial

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B. industrial

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C. administrative

Question 18

An example of a coastline of emergence is

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A. a raised beach

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B. a dalmation coast

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C. a ria coast

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D. an estuarian coast

Question 19

Which of the following landforms is associated with parallel vaulting?

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B. Rift valley

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A. Gorge

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C. Inselberg

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D. Dyke

Question 20

Which of the following is not correct about the great circle?

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B. The Greenwich Meridian and the International Date Line are the only lines of latitude forming a Great Circle

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A. The Equator is a Great Circle among the latitudes

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C. The Great Circle divides the earth into two equal spheres

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D. The centre of the Great Circle is also the centre of the earth

Question 21

The most common form of migration experienced in countries of Tropical Africa is

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D. rural-urban migration

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A. urban-rural migration

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B. rural-rural migration

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C. urban-urban migration

Question 22

Barchan dunes move

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B. in the same direction as the prevailing winds

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A. at right angle to the prevailing wind

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C. in the same direction as the prevailing winds

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D. in a circular direction

Question 23

Africa has the largest potential reserve of hydro-electric power in the world because

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C. it has copious rainfall and many water falls

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A. it is surrounded by large oceans

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B. many of the areas are not accessible

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D. Africans have not developed the use of hydro-electric

Question 24

Which of the following is associated with savanna vegetation?

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D. scrub

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A. shallow-rooted trees

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B. Trees that grow throughout the year

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C. dense vegetation

Question 25

One of the features of wind deposition is

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D. barchan

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A. a mesa

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B. an inselberg

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C. a ventifact

Question 26

A piece of evidence that confirms that the earth is spherical is

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C. moon's eclipse

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A. solar system

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B. earth's orbit

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D. standard time

Question 27

The instrument used to measure the duration of sunshine is the

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A. campbell-stokes recorder

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B. cup-anemometer

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C. aneroid barometer

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D. aneroid barometer

Question 28

Countries in the northern hemisphere experience shorter days and longer nights when the sun is overhead on the

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D. Tropic of Capricorn

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A. Equator

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B. Artic Circle

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C. Tropic of Cancer

Question 29

What is the temperature around an aeroplane flying at an altitude of 4000metres if the temperature on the earth's surface is $40ºc$?

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A. $14^0C$

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B. $66^0C$

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C. $26^0C$

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D. (\12^0C\)

Question 30

Which of the following sources of power supply is renewable?

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C. solar

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A. gas

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B. nuclear

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D. cone

Question 31

Plateaux formed together with fold mountains are best described as

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C. intermoutau

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A. dissected

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B. tactonic

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D. piedmout

Question 32

Which of the following criteria is used to classify settlements into rural or urban?

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B. function

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A. age

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C. site

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D. location

Question 33

A tremendous pressure or temperature change may lead to the formation of

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A. gnesis

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B. clay

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C. limestone

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D. granite

Question 34

A line joining all points of equal salinity is an

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D. isohaline

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A. isoplech

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B. isopach

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C. isoba

Question 35

River regime is best described as the

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A. seasonal variation in the volume of water in a river

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B. period a river overflows its bank

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C. amount of load a river carries

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D. rate at which a river flows

Question 36

The dam which is not used in Gezira is the

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A. Aswan

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B. Jebal Azula

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C. Jebal Azula

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D. Sennar

Question 37

What is the population density of a country with a total population of 140,000,000 and a total land area of 500,000 (\Km^2\)?

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D. 280 persons per $km^2$

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A. 200 persons per $km^2$

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B. 500 persons per $km^2$

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C. 350 persons per (\km^2\)

Question 38

The sparse population in the middle belt of West Africa can be traced to all of the following except

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D. concentration of industries

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A. inter-ethnic war

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B. tsetse fly infestation

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C. Arab slave trade in the North

Question 39

Which of the following is a feature of heavy industries?

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A. capital intensive

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B. small scale plants

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C. consumer goods production

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D. low turn-over

Question 40

Nigeria major export commodity is

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B. petroleum

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A. cocoa

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C. coal

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D. cotton

Question 41

Which of the following is a major boost of tourism?

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A. adequate publicity about natural scenery

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B. variation in mode of transportation

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C. higher dependency ratio of the population

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D. specialization in labour force

Question 42

When weathering occurs on hill slopes, rock debris usually pile up at the bottom of the hill slope to form

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D. scrcee

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A. creep

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B. levee

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C. pebbles

Question 43

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

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D. dakar

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A. Banjul

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B. Abidjan

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C. Lagos

Question 44

The instrument used to measure relative humidity is called

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A. hygrometer

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B. anemometer

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C. barometer

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D. thermometer

Question 45

Which of the following rocks is organically formed?

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A. coal

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B. grit

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C. shale

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D. gypsum

Question 46

Crater lakes are usually associated with areas

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C. that have extinct volcanoes

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A. that have heavy fault lines

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B. that have active volcanoes

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D. where subsidence has taken place

Question 47

Which of the following distinguishes rotation from revolution?

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D. The earth rotates on its axis while it revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit

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A. Revolution causes day and night while rotation causes season

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B. Rotation causes variation in the lengths of day and night while revolution causes rising and falling of tides

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C. A complete revolution takes 24 hours while rotation makes a year

Question 48

The type of energy that is most environmentally friendly is

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D. solar

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A. Thermal

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B. Nuclear

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C. hydro electric

Question 49

The land-use activities which can be considered responsible for soil erosion in the tropics are

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D. bush fallowing, overgrazing and monoculture

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A. irrigation, terrace farming and crop rotation

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B. mining, bush fallowing and market gardening

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C. industrialization, monoculture and lumbering

Question 50

The broad-leafed evergreen and dense equatorial forest of the Amazon basin is called

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C. selvas

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A. blanos

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B. campos

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D. pampas

Question 51

A block mountain is formed as a result of

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D. faulting

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A. fission

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B. vulcanisity

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C. differential erosion

Question 52

Quartz, fieldspar and mica are three principal mineral that can easily be seen in

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D. granite

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A. limestone

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B. basalt

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C. coal

Question 53

Which of the following stations is situated in a region of tropical monsoon climate?

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C. Bombay(Munbai)

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A. Valencia

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B. In salah

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D. Durban

Question 54

A settlement where two rivers meet is called a

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D. confluence town

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A. nodal town

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B. linear settlement

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C. nucleated settlement

Question 55

A slope is said to be even when the contours are

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D. equally placed

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A. concentric

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B. irregularly spaced

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C. closely spaced

Question 56

Which of the following is not a process of chemical weathering?

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A. frost action

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B. hydrolysis

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C. oxidation

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D. carbonation

Question 57

Great Britain and Germany are trading partners of west African countries from

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A. Western Europe

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B. South America

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C. North America

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D. The far east

Question 58

The world's greatest gold producer is

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A. South Africa

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B. Ghana

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C. Nigeria

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D. Canada

Question 59

Soil erosion by action of rain can be caused by all of the following except

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D. aridity

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A. tropical rainstorms

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B. scanty vegetation

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C. steep slopes

Question 60

Buying and selling of goods and services within a country is termed as

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D. internal trade

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A. international trade

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B. barter

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C. foreign trade

Question 61

Which of the following is not a plantation crop?

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D. rye

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A. cocoa

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B. oil palm

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C. rubber

Question 62

Jos plateau is an example of a

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B. Volcanic plateau

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A. Basalt plateau

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C. Plutonic plateau

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D. Tectonic plateau

Question 63

Which of the following has the highest salinity?

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A. Dead sea

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B. Mediterranean sea

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C. Red sea

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D. South Atlantic ocean

Question 64

Soil erosion by action of rain can be caused y all the following except

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B. aridity

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A. scanty vegetation

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C. tropical rainstorms

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D. steep slopes

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