GEOGRAPHY

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION

SSS ONE

Use the map of MUNTI DISTRICT at the back of the question to answer question 1-10

1. The scale of the map is (a) 1:1,000 (b) 1:20,000 (c) 1:200,000 (d)1:1,000,000 (e) 1:2,000,000
2. The distance between Munti and Patako by footpath is approximately (a) 7cm (b) 14cm (c) 71cm (d) 14cm
(e) 16km
3. If the map is enlarged to five times its present size, the scale of the new map will be___ (a) 1:1,000,000 (b)
1:250,000 (c) 1:100,000 (d)1:40,000 (e) 1:20,000
4. The major occupation of the people of Munti is most likely to be (a) fishing (b) hunting (c) trading (d)
mining (e) lumbering
5. The total area of Munti District mapped area is approximately______ (a) 720km 2 (b) 180km2 (c) 150km2
(d) 320km2
6. The distance between Patako and IroiKo as crow fly is approximately _______ (a) 24cm (b)17cm (c) 17km
(d) 16cm
7. The contour interval on the map is ______ (a) 50m (b) 100m (c) 150m (d) 200m
8. Which of the folowing crops is most likely to be grown in the flood plain of River Offa directly to west of
Munti? (a) coffee (b) cocoa (c) wheat (d) yam (e) rice
9. The major occupation of the peoople of Ilaja settlement on the N.East of the map is likely to be (a)
lumbering (b) farming (c) hunting (d) mining
10. The total distance of the road in the south border of the map is approximately (a) 23km (b) 23cm (c) 34cm
(d) 33km
11. The planet often considered as earth’s twin because of the close similarity in size, mass and density is _____
(a) mercury (b) venus (c) jupiter (d) saturn
12. The equatorial diameter of the earth is approximately ______ (a) 6,760km (b) 8,760km (c) 10,760km
(d)12,760km (e) 14,760km
13. When the sun is directly overhead at the tropic of capricorn (23 1/2 0s) on 22nd december, northern
hemisphere experiences its (a) twilght (b) winter solstice (c) autumn solstice (d) spring equinox (e)
autumn and equinox
14. If the local time at a place x is 12:00 noon when the GMT is 5:00a.m then x is located on longitude ____(a)
1050E (b) 1050W (c) 750W (d) 750E (e) 1800E
15. On which of the following dates is the sun vertically at the tropic of cances? (a) 21 st january (b) 21st march
(c) 1st june (d) 23rd september (e) 22nd december
16. Which of the following may explain why there is darkness in new york while it is day time in nigeria (a) both
are not on the same longitude (b) they are on the same longitude (c)it is due to the rotation of the earth (d)
it is due to the revolution of the earth
17. The earth rotates through_______ (a) 50 minutes in 1 minute (b) 10 in minutes (c) 150 in 2 minutes (d)
30 in 15minutes
18. Which of the following shows that the earth rotates on its axis? (a) length of the dday and night varies from
one place to another (b) at any time one half of the earth is in darkness (c) the location of the tropics are
fixed (d) each year consists of four season
19. The hottest planet in the solar system is believed to be the (a) pluto (b) neptune (c) mercury (c) jupiter (d)
venus
20. The surface temperature of the sun is approximately to be _____ (a) 7000 0c (b) 80000c (c) 1,000,0000c (d)
6,0000c (e) none of the above
21. The planet which shortest orbit round the sun is (a) venus (b) jupiter (c) neptune (d) mercury
22. When the sun at noon is vertically at the equator, it is termed (a) full moon (b) winter solstice (c) summer
solstice (d) equinox
23. The drawing of maps and charts is known as (a) photography (b) cartography (c) geaographic (d)
seismorgraph
24. The two word ‘geo’ and ‘graph’ are coined from _____ language (a) french (b) greek (c) german (d)
portugese
25. Which of the following is not a proof that the earth is spherical? (a) the earth horizon as seen from a ship
(b) plane tary bodies observed from the telescopes (c) the earth’s shadow on the moon during eclipse (d)
the four season
26. The movement of the earth from west to east on its axis is known as (a) revolution (b) rotation (c)
sphericity (d) circumnavigation of the earth
27. Which oof the following is known as the land of mid-night sun during summer oin the northern hemisphere?
(a) tropic of cancer (b) arctic circle (c) antartical circle (d) tropic of capricorn
28. Which of the fooollowing planet revovles round the sun in clockwise direction (a) mercury (b) jupiter (c)
uranus (d) neptune
29. The diagram below shows a hypothetical representation of population of seleceted countries in 2007,2008
and 2009. Use the diagram to answer question 30-32

30. The diagramatic representation above is a __________ (a) venn diagram (b)line graph (c) pie chart (d)bar
graph
31. The population of canada in 2008 is (a) 190 million (b) 400million (c) 650 million (d) 750 million
 32. By how much did the population of germany grow between 2008 and 2009? (a) 10 million (b) 50 million (c)
120 million (d) 400 million
33. What will be the local time in Nigeria 150E when the time is 7:00p.m in town Y 300W? (a) 9:00a.m (b)
10:00p.m (c) 10:36a.m (d) 10:36p.m
34. The earth is inclined to the plane of ecliptic of an gle of ______ (a) 23 ½ 0 (b) 900 (c) 66 ½ 0 (d) 600
35. The venus complete its revolution round the sun in _______ days (a) 88 (b) 255 (c) 225 (d) 365 ¼
36. The short period between between the darkness and total daylight is termed_____ (a) down (b) sunrise (c)
sunset (d) twilght
37. The autumn equinox occurs every ______ of the year (a) 21 st september (b) 21st june (c) 22nd december (d)
23rd march
38. The longitudinal location of Nigeria is between is between ____ and ____ (a) 4 0N and 140N (b)50E and 150E
(c) 30E and 150E (d) 50N and 150N
39. The country which shares boundary with Nigeria in west Africa is ____ (a) Cameroun (b) Benin (c) Chad (d)
Ghana
40. The longest river in Nigeria is (a) Limpopo (b) river Kaduna (c) river Benue (d) River Niger
41. The first landing on the moon took place in the year (a) 1966 (b) 1968 (c) 1969 (d) 1965
42. An eclipse of the sun occurs when (a) the earth cast its shadow on the sun (b) the moon comes between
the earth and the sun (d) the earth comes between the sun and the moon
43. The scale of the map 1:25,000 in the statement scale will become (a) 1cm rep4km (b) 4cm rep 1km (c)
2cm rep 1km (d) 2cm rep 3km
44. The release of harmful substances into the environment is called (a) flooding (b) drought (c) harmattan
(d) pollution
45. Because of the shape of the earth, it is best described as a (a) geosphere (b) geoid (c) spherical (d) sphere
46. Rural settlement depend on urban areas for the following reasons except (a) employment (b) information
(c) market (d) industrial raw materials (d) manufactured goods
47. Seasonal changes in weather and climate are caused by (a) rotation of the earth on its axis (b) direct
overhead sun on the tropic of capricorn (c) direct overhead sun on the tropic of cancer (d) revolution of the
earth round the sun
48. The map that show small area but detail information of the features is said to be (a) large scale map (b)
small scale map (c) meduim scale map (d) topographical map
49. The weather chart produced by meterologist is more useful to a (a) schools for research purpose (b)
aviation industries (c) military studies (d) road transporters/travellers
50. We need to study the geography of our immediate environment for the following reasons except (a) for the
physical endowmnet/ mineral deposit (b) for easy movement/control of traffic (c) for knowing the time to
sleeep and awake (d) for the purpose of chossing a carier

THEORY (SECTION A)

Answer all the question in this section

1. What is Geography?
b. Explain the scope of Geography
c. Give 5 Reasons why you need to study Geography.
 2. a) Explain 3 proof with diagrams to show that the earth is spherical.
b) Explain 3 proof that the earth rotates.
3. Draw the diagram showing the position of the earth to the sun during the revolution of the earth
b. Explain the effects of revolution whenever the altitude of the mid day sun changes in the Northern
Hemisphere.
4. What is Settlement?
b. Describe the physical features of a town
c. State 3 ways Urban Settlement depends on the Rural Settlement.
5. What is Transportation?
b. State the means of transportation
c. State 4 advatnages of road transport. Over other means of transport
d. State 4 disadvantages of road transport
SECTION B
6. Draw the map of Nigeria and show
a. Longitude 30E and 1080E
b. Latitude 40N and 140N
c. FCT
d. River niger and Benue
e. Lagos, Sokoto and Delta state
f. Describe the size of Nigeria

MAP READING

Study the map below and answer the questions that follows
 1. What is the scale of the map in the statement scale?
2. What is the scale of the new map, if the map is reduced three times?
3. What is the area of the map?
4. Calculate the length of the road between settlement A and B.
5. Convert the following scale to statement scale: a. 1:50,000 b. 1:20,000
6. Mention 3 socio cultural features on the map.

GEOGRAPHY (SECTION A)

SSS TWO

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION

Study the map of Magoko district at the back of the question to answer question 1-10

1. The scale of the map is (a) 1cm to 8km (b) 1cm to 3km (c) 1cm to 2 km (d) 1cm to ½ km
2. What is the appropraite distance by road from Ute to Ibara? (a) 2.25km (b) 3.50km (c) 5.50km (d) 6.00km
3. The angular bearing of Busa from Abara is approximately (a) 30 0 (b) 400 (c) 600 (d) 500
4. The relief feature in the North western part of the map is called___ (a) ridge (b) plateau (c) conical hill (d)
dissected highland
5. The feature marked A-B is called (a) headland (b) ridge (c) spur (d) Cliff
6. In which of the following town ia a palm oil processing factory to be located (a) Abara (b) Magoko (c) Ute
(d) Bara
7. Ute and Ugbo can best be described as (a) farm settlement (b) mining settlement (c) port settlement (d)
fishing settlement
8. The highest contour line on the magic (a) 600m (b) 550m (c) 500m (d) 450m
9. Which of the following towns is not visible from Ibara? (a) Ute (b) ugbo (c) Magoko (d) Abara
10. The total area covered by the map is approximately (a) 250.00km 2 (b) 120.25km2 (c) 90.45km2 (d)
66.25km2
Study the climatic data for station X below and use it to answer question 11-13

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Rainfall (mm) 50 70 130 170 1200 300 350 300 350 250 200 150
Temperature 21 20 22 20 20 20 20 20 21 22 22 22

11. The total annual rainfall for the station X is (a) 210mm (b) 300m (c)2500mm (d) 2520mm
12. The mean annual temperature for the station is (a) 25.0 0c (b) 22.00c (c) 20.80c (d) 2.00c
13. What is the annual temperature range for station X? (a) 2.0 0c (b) 3.00c (c) 4.00c (d) 5.00c
14. The combination of Sial and Sima constitute the ____ (a) hydrosphere (b) biosphere (c) lithosphere (d)
atmosphere
15. Chalk is a good example of ______ (a) plutonic igneous rock (b) organically formed sedimentary rock (c)
mechanically formed sedimentary rock (d) extrusive igneous rock
16. Which of the following is not a metamorphic rock? (a) gril (b) schist (c) marble (d) slate
17. As a valley ball match was being played in town? The referee observed that the local time was noon while the
GMT was 22:00hours on the same day. What is the longitude of town Y (a) 20 0E (b) 200W (c) 1450W (d)
1500W
18. Fold mountain are basically formed as a result of (a) coriolis force (b) tensional force (c) compression
force (d) gravitational force
19. Which of the following is not a depositional lake? (a) flood plain (b) ox- bow lake (c) barrier lake (d) crater
lake
20. Which of the following resources is renewable (a) coal (b) natural gas (c) peat (d) petroleum (e) solar
energy
21. If left in the open, weyt clothes take a longer time to dry when (a) relative humidity is high (b) pressure is
low (c) relative humidity is low (d) cloud are slow moving (e) the wind blows from the south
22. Diurnal range of temperature is the difference between the (a) highest and the lowest temperature
recorded in a station every year (b) highest and the lowest temperature recorded in a station everyday (c)
hiughest and lowest temperature recorded in a station every month (d) reading of the wet bulb and the day
dry bulb thermometer (e) maximum and the minimum of
23. The trees are evergreen, forming canopy with butress roots and climbers and creepers. Which of the
following vegetation types does this statement refers to? (a) savanna (b) equatorial (c) tropical desert (d)
mediterranean
24. A mercury barometer is used for measuring (a) wind (b) speed (c) temperature (d) sunshine (e)
atmospheric pressure
25. Lines joinig places with the same mean annual rainfall are called (a) isohyets (b) isohels (c) isohalines (d)
isotherms
26. The part of the lithosphere which forms the ocean floor is (a) sial (b) sima (c) nikel (d) nife
27. The nothern and southern limits of the apparent movement of the sun is marked by the ____ (a) tropic of
capricorn and equator (b) tropic of cances and capricorn (c) horse latitude (d) north pole and south pole
28. Which of the following lines could be described as a great circle? (a) tropic of cancer (b) tropic of capricorn
(c) equator (d) artic circle
29. It is possible to harness solar energy in all the following countries except_____ (a) Angola (b) Australia (b)
Greenland (d) Thailand
30. The smallest ocean in the world is the (a) Indian ocean (b) Pacific ocean (c) Artic ocean (d) Atlantic ocean
31. Which of the following represents oredr in the size of settlement? (a) isolated farmstead-harmlet-village-
town (b) town- village-hamlet- isolated farmstead (c) isolated farmstaed- village- hamlet-town (d) hamlet-
village-town-isolated farmstead
32. In which of the following vegetation belts is lumbering an important economic activity? (a) Sahel savannah
(b) Tindra (c) Sudan savannah (d) Tropical savannah
33. Lumbering is a very important activity in (a) Libya (b) Namibia (c) Liberia (d) Algeria
34. Which of the following is not a form of precipitation (a) hail (b) dust (c) dew (d)snow
35. Sea tides are caused mainly by the influence of _____ (a) earth’s rotation (b) asteroids (c) revolution (d) the
sun

Use the diagram above to answer question 36-38

36. The diagram above is a ______ (a) dot map (b) pie chart (c) flow chart (d) bar graph
37. How many people are in village X? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 35 (d) 40
38. The most populated village has (a) 120 people (b) 95 people (c) 80 people (d) 60 people
39. Aw in Koppen’s classification of climate refers to (a) steppe (b) tropical (c) mediterranean (d) polar
40. Which of the following does not encourage the formation of rainfall? (a) converging wind (b) ascending wind
(c) descending wind (d) warm wind
41. Which of the following in the lower atmosphre is of little use to man, plants and animals (a) carbondioxide
(b) nitrogen (c) oxygen (d) argon
42. The busiest and most important ocean trade route is (a) Indian ocean route (b) Cape route (c) North
atlantic route (d) Suez canal route
43. Which of nthe following landforms may occur when large scale horizontal earth movement and stresses are
set up in the earth’s crust? (a) block mountain (b) fold mountain (c) volcanic mountain (d) residual
mountain
44. A piece of land almost surrounded by water is called (a) Isthmus (b) Penisula (c) headland (d) Island
45. Convectional rainfall are typical of (a) polar areas (b) mediterranean areas (c) monsoon areas (d)
equatorial areas
46. When wet and dry bulb thermometers record the same temperature it means (a) air is dry (b) air is
saturated (c) humidity is high (d) humidity is low
47. Coal and mineral are usually found embedeed in _____ (a) crytalline rock (b) igneous rocks (c) metamorphic
rock (d) sedimentary rock
48. An advatage of air transport in the world is its (a) high patronage (b) ability to carry bulky goods (c)
affordability to the masses (d) speedy movement of goods and passengers
49. The longitude that joins longitude 180 0 at the opposite side of the globe to form a great circle is (a) long 0 0
(b) long 300E (c) long 15000W (d) long 1700W
 50. The time in town X on longitude 150 0E is 4:00p.m. what will be the time in town Y on longitude 15 0W? (a)
2:00p.m (b)2:00a.m (c) 6:00p.m (d) 6:00a.m

THEORY

SECTION A

Element of practical and physical Geography

1. The data below shows the number of farmers who cultivated the under listed crops in Ajok region from 2005
to 2007

Years Cassava Maize Rice Yam

2005 50 60 45 80
2006 40 62 55 48
2007 48 58 70 35

a. Draw a divided bar graph to represent the data

b. Calculate the number of farmers who cultivated rice from 2005 to 2007
c. What is the major differences between simple bar graph and the component bar graph.
2. Describe any four ways in which water is useful as an environmental resource
b. Highlight any 4 major problems resulting from water pollution
c. list any four sources of water
3. What is a Mountain?
b. List types of mountains with examples
c. Describe the formation of block mountain.
d. List any 4 importance of mountains to man
4. Describe the Af climate by Koppen under the following sub-headings:
a. Location
b. Climatic features
c. Vegetation
d. Human activities

SECTION B

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Answer only one question in this section

5. What is manufacturing industry?

b. state 3 characteristics of manufacturing industries in developing countries.
c. state 3 characteristics of a light industry
d. discuss any 3 contibutions of manufacturing industries to the economy of a nation
6. What is settlement?
b. Discuss the characteristics of the following settlements
 i. nucleated settlement ii. Homestead iii. Dispersed settlement
c. in what 3 ways does rural settlement depends on urban settlement

NIGERIA (

Answer any two questions from this section

7. Draw a sketch map of Nigeria on it show and indicate the climatic zones.
b. Discuss the
i. state 3 climatic features of each of the climatic zones shown in your map
ii. in what 3 ways did rainfall affect the practice of agriculture in the south west political zones.

8. Draw a sketch map of Nigeria and on the map show

a. Western upland
b. Udi hill
c. Biu plateau
d. Rivers Niger and Benue, cross river, Kaunji river, Haduja, Sokoto
e. Discuss any 3 importance of Highlands in Nigeria
f. Highlight 3 problems of mining of petroleum in Nigeria
9. Draw the sketch map of Nigeria showing the railway from Lagos to Maiduguri and major terminus along the
railway
b. Highlight 3 major problems facing the development of railway transport in Nigeria
c. Suggest 3 solutions to the problems highlighted above