Geography Past Questions And Answers
A plateau has all the following characteristics except that
- A. it sometimes serves as a watershed
- B. it is higher than the surrounding areas
- C. it is an elevated stretch of land
- D. it has a uniformly flat unbroken surface
The thick, scarred barks of many savannah trees are the effect of?
- A. drought
- B. grazing
- C. pests
- D. fire
Use the climate data of the station to answer the question below.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Temperature (ºC) | 16 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 21 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 62 | 50 | 56 | 89 | 180 | 189 | 140 | 163 | 228 | 230 | 83 | 41 |
- A. 1511 mm
- B. 1504 mm
- C. 1254 mm
- D. 1160 mm
Cities of high population densities develop on plains because
I. act as climate barriers II. have fertile soils III. lack heavy rainfall IV. have terrain with ease oof communication
- A. I and II only
- B. I and III only
- C. I and IV only
- D. II and IV only
Nigeria recently entered into trade agreements in petroleum products and gas with
- A. most countries of North Africa
- B. all West African countries
- C. all African countries
- D. some West African countries
High density rural-agricultural population is a common feature of?
- A. Java, Western Europe and the Nile valley
- B. Java, the Ganges valley and the valley lowland of China
- C. the Ganges valley, the Rhur District and Central Europe
- D. the valley lowland of China, Java and the tokoyo- Yokohama region
The relative dryness of the Horn Africa is due to
- A. The dominance of cold currents in the region
- B. The shape and direction of the shoreline
- C. Its closeness to the high ranges of East Africa
- D. The distance from the belt of tropical cyclones
The bearing of the end of the secondary road at Ned from the road junction at Gag is approximately
- A. 80°
- B. 170°
- C. 260°
- D. 350°
Loss of farmland can be contributed to all the following except?
- A. sedimentation
- B. leaching
- C. desertification
- D. sheet erosion
Sheet erosion tends to be more serious than other forms of erosion because it
- A. involves more widespread removal of soil from the land surface
- B. is not controllable
- C. forms irregular patterned gullies
- D. forms deep trenches which cut through topsoil and subsoil