The chronological order of these mining activities is

• A. exploitation, exploration, refining, transportation
• B. transportation, refining, exploitation, exploration
• C. exploration, exploration, refining, transportation
• D. refining, exploitation, transportation, exploration

The largest city in Africa South of the Sahara is

• A. Ibadan
• B. Accra
• C. Lusaka
• D. Johannesburg

(a) Explain any four ways in which lines of latitude differ from lines of longitudes

(b) If the time at town A (long 75°W) is 5.00p.m on Friday, what will be the time and day at town B(long 120°E)? Show your workings clearly.

Write a geographical account of irrigation farming in Nigeria under the following headings:

(a) Factors that favour the type of agriculture

(b) Major farming areas and associated crops

(c) Problems

A catchment area is the

• A. exposed part of an acquifer that receives rain
• B. area where a river its source from
• C. area where a river empties its water
• D. area of land through which a river flows

Which of the following gases is found in very little qantity in the atmosphere?

• A. Argon
• B. Carbon dioxide
• C. Nitrogen
• D. Oxygen

The medium class of layered cloud which brings continuous rain, snow or sleet is the

• A. altocumulus
• B. altostratus
• C. stratocumulus
• D. nimbostratus

Which of the following is not a proof to show that the earth is spherical in shape?

• A. sunrise and sunset
• B. aerial photograph
• C. lunar eclipse
• D. twilight and dawn

The seasonal variation in the volume of water in a river is known as the

• A. regime
• B. drainage
• C. pattern
• D. waterdivide

__________ is a highland area which seperates the headstreams of rivers flowing in different directions but rising from the same mountainous source?

• A. Flood plain
• B. Cuesta
• C. Watershed
• D. Plateau