Geography Past Questions And Answers
2761
The effect of humus in the soil is make the soil
- A. retain more air
- B. retain more moisture
- C. sparkle
- D. very soft
2762
A true bearing is the angle which a line makes from the observer's position to an object with the line pointing to
- A. magnetic North
- B. magnetic Variation
- C. True North
- D. Southern Hemisphere
2763
Which of the following rocks is organically formed?
- A. Gypsum
- B. Coal
- C. Grit
- D. shale
2764
Which of the following is not a metamorphic rock?
- A. slate
- B. marble
- C. loess
- D. gneiss
2765
What do the Canaries and Guinea currents have in common?
- A. They are warm currents
- B. They are cold currents
- C. They wash the western coast
- D. They flow away from the equator
2766
All the following farming practices result in soil erosion except
- A. ploughing of land up and down slope
- B. persistant cultivation of crops in regions of inadequate rainfall
- C. over-cropping
- D. mixed cropping
2767
Which of the following sets of cities has been developed specially as the seat of government?
- A. Abuja, Chicago and Brasilia
- B. New Delhi, Abuja and Calcutta
- C. Chicago, New Delhi, and Abuja
- D. Canberra, Brasilia and Abuja
2768
Lands and sea breeze occurs as a result of?
- A. daily variations in temperature
- B. rotation of the the earth on its axis
- C. seasonal movement of the I.T.C.Z
- D. differential heating of land amd water
2769
A piece of land almost surrounded by water is called
- A. isthmus
- B. peninsula
- C. headland
- D. island
2770
Which of the following is a component of a biotic community?
- A. Rocks
- B. Water
- C. Gases
- D. Animals

