FIRST TERM
SUBJECT: GEOGRAPHY CLASS: SS 2
Answer all questions in section A and any
other four in section B. No 1 is compulsory.
Month J F
SECTION A : Study the
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map of OGBA district and (oC)
use it to answer questions Rainfall 325 52
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1. The scale of the map in representative
fraction is (a) 1:25,000 (b) 1:50,000 (c)
1:100,000 (d) 1:200,000
2. The direction of Ohewo from Ipiga is
(a) North East (b) South-West (c) North
west (d) South- East
3. Which of the following is a confluence
town? (a) Ohewo (b) Oju (c) Ipoya (d)
piga
4. Which of the following crops is likely to
be cultivated in the area liable to
flooding? (a) rice (b) yam (c) cocoa (d)
groundnut
5. The feature marked X can be described as
(a) an ox-bow lake (b) a meander (c)
spur (d) col
6. The direction of flow of river pam is (a)
North-west (b) north-east (c) south-west
(d) south –east
7. The likely occupation of the people of
Ipiga is ____(a) fishing (b) farming (c)
mining (d) lumbering
8. The settlement of Ipoya can be described
as (a) linear (b) clustered (c) nucleated
(d) dispersed
9. The feature marked A-B can best be
described as (a) concave slope (b) scarp
slope (c) dip slope (d) convex slope
10. The bearing of Ohewo from Adum is
approximately (a) 225o (b) 265o (c)
270o (d) 275o Ohewo
11. The annual range of temperature for the
station is (a) 6oC (b) 9oC (c) 11oC (d)
12oC
DURATION ; 2HRS
12. Which of the following pairs of weather
instrument were used to collect the data
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for the station? (a) a rainguage and an
anemometer (b) a wind vane and
thermometer (c) a thermometer and a rain
guage (d) a barometer and a rainguage
13. Eclipse of the moon occurs when the (a)
earth comes between the moon and the
sun (b) sun comes between the earth and
the moon (c) moon comes between the
sun and the earth (d) earth and the moon
move on parallel lines
14. If the local time is 3.30pm is station X
on longitude 20oE, hat is the time in
station Y on longitude 100W? (a)
1.10pm (b) 2.20pm (c) 2.15pm (d)
4.05pm
15. Metamorphic rocks are (a) rocks
transformed under great heat and
pressure (b) formed by cooling and
solidification of molten magna (c)
mechanically formed rocks (d) stratified
rocks
16. A plateau closed by fold mountains is
called (a) an interment plateau (b) a
volcanic plateau (c) a basaltic plateau (d)
a continental plateau
17. A fog is most likely to develop when a
(a) cold dry wind blows over a cold
current (b) warm moist wind blows over
a cold current (c) cold dry wind blows
over a warm current (d) warm moist
wind blows over a warm current
18. The instrument used for measuring
atmospheric pressure is (a) wind vane
(b) anemometer (c) barometer (d) wet
bulb thermometer
19. Humidity is the amount of _______(a)
cloud cover in the sky (b) water vapour
in the atmosphere (c) moisture needed to
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atmosphere
20. Convectional rains are most common in
(a) equatorial regions and tropical
monsoon climates (b) polar regions and
Mediterranean climate (c) temperature
regions (d) temperate and Mediterranean
climate
21. Rock which have been formed by the
cooling and solidification of molten
magma are called (a) igneous rocks (b)
sedimentary rocks (c) conglomerates (d)
metamorphic rocks
22. Which of the following is not a type of
mountains? (a) conical mountain (b)
block mountain (c) fold mountain (d)
mountain of accumulation
23. Which of the following is not a
characteristic of sedimentary rock? They
are (a) contain fossils (b) are crystalline
(c) are usually laid down in layers (d)
are porous
24. The difference between rate of heating
and cooling over land and sea commonly
results in the formation of (a) land and
sea breezes (b) land breese (c) sea
breeze (d) extreme of tides
25. The current that washes the south west
coast of Africa is the (a) Bengualla
current (b) Conary current (c) Peruvian
current (d) Mozambique current
26. The peeling off of successive thin layers
of boulders as a result of alternative
heating and cooling of the rock surface is
called (a) attrition (b) exfoliation (c)
frost action (d) abrasion
27. Which of the following is not a component
of a mature soil? (a) metallic ores (b)
decayed organic matter (c) water (d) air
28. The C-horizon of mature land tropical
soil consists of (a) accumulation of
materials reached from the top soil (b)
well-drained soils mixed with humus (c)
parent materials that produce mineral
particles of the soil (d) weathered
materials from parent rocks
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29. The ability of a river to transport its
loads depends on all the following except
the (a) size of the load (b) velocity of
flow (c) temperature of the water (d)
volume of water
30. Settlements in which building are
arranged along roads, railways or rivers
are (a) nodal settlement (b) nucleated
settlement (c) linear settlements (d)
commercial settlements
31. A soil profile refers to the (a) shape of
the soil (b) vertical section of the soil
(c) mineral composition of the soil (d)
zone of eluviation
32. The trees are evergreen, forming a
canopy with buttress not, climbers and
creepers which of the following
vegetation types does this statement
refers to? (a) savanna (b) rainforest (c)
swamp forest (d) Sahel savanna
33. The ocean that connects Europe and
America is the (a) Indian ocean (b)
Antantic ocean (c) Atlantic ocean (d)
Arctic ocean
34. The most common mode of transportation
in Nigeria is (a) air (b) rail (c) ocean
(d) road
35. The longest river in Nigeria is (a) Nile
(b) Benue (c) Niger (d) Senegal
36. The following ethnic groups are found in
Nigeria except the (a) Fulani (b) Igbo
(c) Yoruba (d) Masai
37. Rail transport is best suited for (a) short
distance travels (b) carrying bulky goods
(c) carrying goods of high unit value (d)
carrying light weight goods
38. The main agricultural product of western
part of Nigeria is (a) cocoa (b) palm oil
(c) cotton (d) groundnut
39. One major problem that affects cocoa
production in Nigeria is the (a)
inadequate market for cocoa (b) excess
demand for cocoa in the worlds market
(c) low rate of local consumption of
cocoa (d) fluctuations in the price of
cocoa at the world market
40. The highest elevation in Nigeria lies on
the (a) Adamawa highlands (b) Shere
hills (c) idanre hill (d) Udi hills
41. Liquid commodities are best transported
by (a) conveyor belt (b) air crafts (c)
pipe lines (d) motor cars
42. The part of soil that is formed from the
remains of dead plants and trees is
known as (a) clay (b) sand (c) loam (d)
humus
43. Which of the following areas is not
noted for irrigation farming? (a) the
sokoto - Rima –valley (b) the lower volta
basin (c) the cross river basin (d0 the
lower Senegal valley
44. The stripping of the surface layer if the
earth to remove minerals is known as (a)
adit mining (b) drilling (c) shaft mining
(d) open cast mining
45. Which of the following refers to the zone
of living things on the earths surface? (a)
Barysphere (b) Biosphere (c) stratosphere
(d) atmosphere
46. The temperature recorded in a place is
81oF. What is the equivalent in degree
centigrade? (a) 27oC (b) 32oC (c) 35oC
(d) 38oC
47. A caldera lake results from the action of
(a) earthquake (b) vulcanicity (c)
weathering (d) folding
48. Earthquake shocks are recorded by a
delicate instrument called __(a) radar (b)
seismograph (c) clinometer (d) altimeter
49. Which of the following features is found
along the lower course of a river? (a)
wind gap (b) rapids (c) interlocking spur
(d) meanders
50. Plung pool is a feature of (a) river
meanders (b) interlocking spur (c) water
falls (d) water rapids
SECTION B: Answer questions 3 questions in all
1. Explain how each of the following proves
that the earth is spherical?
i. Circumnavigation (2mks) (ii) Eclipse
(2mks (iii) sunrise and sunset (2mks)
b. Calculate the distance between two
locations on the earth surface whose
latitudes are 10oN and 17oN respectively
(4mks)
2a. Describe two types of mass wasting
(4mks)
b. Mention factors that can affect mass wasting
c. state three effect of mass wasting (4mks)
SECTION C: Answer question no 1 and any
other one
3a. on a sketch map of Nigeria locate and
name any four vegetation belts(4mks)
b. Highlight four ways in the forest
vegetation contributes to the economy of the
country (4mks)
c. Outline any four problems associated with
the exploitation of forest vegetation (2mks)
4a. What is population density? (2mks)
b. state two areas of high population
densities in Nigeria and give four reasons
for such high population density in one of
the area chosen. (8mks)
5a. On an outline map of West Africa
locate and two Anglophones countries and
two Franophone countries and their capitals
(5mks)
b. State five problems of land locked
countries. (5mks)