Geography Past Questions And Answers
1321
Which of the following is a major environmental problem in heavily industrialized regions?
- A. Accelerated erosion
- B. Water pollution
- C. Frost damage
- D. Acid rain
1322
One of the following instruments is used in measuring the direction of wind
- A. Cup anenometer
- B. barometer
- C. wind anenometer
- D. wind vane
1323
The narrow neck of water separating Africa from Europe in the northwest is the?
- A. Cape of Good Hope
- B. Suez Canal
- C. Strait of Gibealtar
- D. Canaray Island
1324
Which of the following rocks is produced by the solidification of magma within the earth crust?
- A. Plutonic rock
- B. Metamorphic rock
- C. Sedimentary rock
- D. Extrusive rock
1325
Lines joining places of equal sunshine duration on maps are__________
- A. Isohel
- B. Isoneph
- C. Isohyet
- D. Isohert
1326
An example of a great circle is?
- A. the equator
- B. the earth
- C. latitude 66 1/2
- D. latitude 23 1/2
1327
Tin-mining activities in Nigeria are the main causes of environmental degradation on the?
- A. Western Highlands
- B. Eastern Highlands
- C. Jos Plateau
- D. Obudu Plateau
1328
which of these sea routes carries the heaviest traffic?
- A. the North Atlantic routes between europe and North America
- B. the Suez Canal route between Europe and Asia
- C. the Cape route between Europe and Asia
- D. the Panama Canal route between Europe and Asia
1329
A cool ocean current may bring to the coast it washes cool and?
- A. dry conditions if winds are off shore
- B. dry coditions if winds are on shore
- C. wet conditions if winds are off shore
- D. wet conditions if winds are on shore
1330
The ancient Greeks classified the climates of the world into
- A. torrid, temperate and frigid zones
- B. hot, cold and medium zones
- C. torrid, equatorial and polar zones
- D. hot, mild and cool zones