SS 3 GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) HomeWAEC/NECO Exam Past QuestionsSS 3 GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) 0% SSCE/NECO/GCE (GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS) GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS APP Questions will be picked at random from the question bank. You can use the NEXT button to move to the next question, use the PREV button to move to the previous question, the CLEAR button to clear any answer of your choice and you have the FINISH button to end the exam if you choose to. Any question not answered before the end of the exam time, will be marked as wrong and the exam will end by itself. so try to attempt all questions on time. Goodluck! 1 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The soil in a typical natural rainforest remains fertile and suitable for arable agriculture because? there is abundant supply of sunshine and rainfall which leach the soil the vegetation is luxuriant there is absence of plant cover the soil nutrient is continously being replenished y the decay of the dense undergrowth and fallen leaves 2 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS When it is 9:00am in Munich, Germany(longitude 11°E), the time in Calcutta, India (longitude 96°E). is? 2.40p.m 4.20a.m 2.40a.m 5.40a.m 3 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Rock pedestals are most likely to found in? regions where river erosion has taken place arid area where wond deflation has scooped out the suraface arid areas where wind abrasion has modified rocks of reisitance region where wave hydraulic action has taken ace 4 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not being exported by Nigeria at present? Coffee Kaolin Columbite Cocoa 5 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS All the following are characteristics of a limestone region except? absence of surface drainage adequate luxuriant vegetation cover stony and broken surface rugged topography 6 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The term relative location of a settlement refers to the position of a settlement in relation to others an imaginery point on the settlement a settlement inhabited by relatives the nature of the land on which the settlement is located 7 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following combinations of processes is associated with the formation of a rift valley? (i)Tension or compression forces (ii)Resistance and faulting (iii)Emergence of the middle crust of rocks (iv) Submergence of the middle crust of rocks i, ii and iv only i, iii and iv only ii, iii and iv only i, ii and iii only 8 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS What is the local time of a place on longitude 640E ? when the GMT is 10.00a .m? 4.16 p.m 5.44 a.m 2.16 p.m 2.16 a.m 9 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Rocks which do not allow water to pass through them are porous rocks impervious rocks pervious rocks impermeable rocks 10 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Residual mountains are those caused by vulcanicity denudation faulting residue 11 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following pair is not correct in the development of land and sea breeze? Humidity with hydrometer Pressure with anemometer Rainfall with raingauge Temperature wiyh thermometer 12 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The instrument used for recording the direction of the prevailing wind of a place over a period of one month is called? speedomoter a wind vane a wind rose an anemometer 13 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS A good example of the tropical grassland is the vegetation found around Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Kano (Nigeria) Massawa (Ethiopia) Buenos Aires (Argentina) 14 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is a product of chemical weathering? Grike Exfoliation dome Stack Scree 15 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following Nigeria rivers provides the longest distance of internal waterways? Ogun Benue Cross Siluko 16 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The monthly range of temperature is the sum of the daily temperature readings for the month total daily temperatures for the month divided by 30 average of the highest and lowest daily temperatures for the month differences between the highest and lowest daily tempareture for the month 17 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS A daily mean temperature of about 24oC, an annual rainfall of about 500mm which should fall in the growing period of about five months, and well-drained soils. These are the requirements for cultivation of sugarcane groundnut soya bean coffee 18 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not an environmental hazard? Flooding Deforestation Earthquake Sedimentation 19 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The use of water transport is limited by all the following except floating vegetation wide valleys seasonality waterfalls 20 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not likely to be cultivated in the north-west of the river Yate valley is millet sugar beet pineapple rubber 21 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Mass movement of weathered materials may be gradual or sudden depending on the I. gradient of the slope and gravitational force 11. weight of the weathered debris III. supply of lubricating moisture by rainwater coupled with gravitation force IV. type of weathering which has taken place ll and lV only l,ll and lll l, ll and lV l and lV only 22 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Jos experiences a moderate temperature compared with other places on the same latitude in Nigeria because it is close to the River Niger which exerts some moderating influence on its weather is on a high altitude receives relief rain most of the time lies at the convergence of two different air masses 23 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following combinations can be regarded as sub-systems within the ecosystem? Mineral nutrient cycle, hygrological cycle, ecosystem controls Food chain, hydrological cycle, mineral nutrient cycle Hydrogical cycle, mineral nutrient cycle, evironmental controls Ecosystem controls, food chain, hydrological cycle 24 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The South-eastern scarplands of Nigeria can best be described as lying west of the wester uplands west of the Cross River basin north of the plateau of Chad basin south of the southern coastland 25 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which if the following minerals is most likely to be absent in a region consisting mainly of igneous and metamorphic rocks? Tin Coat Copper Gold 26 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following statements best explains the absence or sparcity of undergrowth in the equatorial rain forest? The taller trees cut off most of the sunlight There is too much precipitation which destroys the undergrowth Most of the precipitation is usually cleared by run-off after heavy thunderstorms Very little rain reaches the ground because of the dense vegetation 27 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Bush fallowing ensures that artificial fertilizers are used the land regains its fertility naturally only one crop is cultivated at a time modern agricultural machinery are used 28 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Air pressure at sea levels is higher than at the top of mountain because the air at sea level originates from the sea has a lesser weight consists of a leser mixture of gases has a greater weight 29 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Loss of farmland can be contributed to all the following except? sedimentation desertification leaching sheet erosion 30 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following human actves has a beneficial effect on soils? Strip cultivation Grazing Slopewise cultivation Bush burning 31 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Salinity is mainly dependent on I. evaporation II. the amount of fresh water added III. ocean currents IV winds II and IV only I and II only I, II and III only II and III only 32 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not typical submarine relief feature? Roche moutonnee Continental shelf Deep sea plain Continental slope 33 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following poses the greatest problem to agriculture in the north-estern part of Nigeria? Lack of mechanised tools Desert encroachment Land tenure system Sparse farming population 34 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Textiles industries are best located in the northern part of Nigeria because of the high demand for cotton materials availability of cotton availability of heavy machinery availability of capital 35 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The angular distance of a point of the earth surface measured in degrees from the centre of the earth is known as? international date line latitude orbit longitude 36 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The planet with the longest orbit around the sun is Pluto The Earth Jupiter Mars 37 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS A rain gauge is kept in an open place in the observatory because? it is much more easily accessible to the observer rain falls heavily in the open space rain drops get into the funnel without any obstruction rain drops are deflected by the wind in an open place 38 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Isothermal maps give information about? wind pressure rainfall temperature 39 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS A study of the ecosystem will show the inter-relationship between climate and vegetation vegetation and soils man and the environment man and natural vegetation 40 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following best explains why the older fold mountains are much lower and less rugged than the newer ones? The newer fold mountains are situated in areas of active earth movements The older fold mountains have been subjectd to the forces of denudation for longer, geological periods The effects of earth movements resulting in mountain building are much greater nowadays than they were during the period of folding The newer fold mountains, in contrast to the older ones, are made up of more resistance rocks 41 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS When a plateau is enclosed by fold mountains it is alled a volcanic plateau a dissected pleteau a tectonic pleteau an intermont pleteau 42 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Foliage is ever green with thin undergrowth,the leaves are small, thick, leathery and needle-shaped. This description is that of the? coniferous forest temperate grassland temperate woodland tropical rainforest 43 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The greatest hydro-electricity potential in Nigeria is found in the Niger Benue Trough Cross-River Basin Sokoto plains Eastern highlands 44 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The term gauge in railway transport refers to the? length of the rails in a country weight of vehicle that rails can bear distance between rails of a track measurement of gradient along the side slopes of the rails 45 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Lines of longitude can best be described as the distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian great circles numbered from 0 degrees to 90 degrees the angular distance of a place north or south of the Equator imaginary lines on the earth's surface joining the north and south poles 46 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following favours the growth of olives in the Mediterranean region of Africa? Cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers Heavy rainfall High temperature and humidity Abundant supply of skilled labour 47 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which of the following is not important in defining soil? Colour Permeability Texture Capillary water 48 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS Which if the following crops below requires the following conditions for successful cultivation? i. Heavy rainfall of between 1270mm (50 ins) and 2000mm (80 ins) during the 4 to 6 months growing periods. ii. High mean temperature of 18° to 27°C (65° to 80°F) no cold season. iii. A warm, dry period for harvesting. iv. Loamy or clayey soil and an almost level ground. v. Cheap and abundant labour. Cotton Cocoa Rice Maize 49 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The world's highest population growth rates are recorded by countries that have cool climates produce inadequate food are technologyically developed produce surplus food 50 / 50 Category: GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS The following conditions are favourable for the formation of deltas except absence of large lakes in the river course active vertical erosion in the upper course of the river sheltered and almost tideless coast strong current running at right angles to the river mouth Your score is 0% Restart quiz Practice also: SS 3 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST OF ORALS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 DATA PROCESSING PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 COMPUTER STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO)