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Question 11
jamb 2021

River regime is best described as the

Arate at which a river flows
Bseasonal variation in the volume of water in a river
Cperiod a river overflows its banks
Damount of load a river carries
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Question 12
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Which of the following rocks is organically formed?

AGypsum
BCoal
CGrit
Dshale
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Question 13
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Which of the following is not a factor that favours industrial concentration in Western Nigeria?

AAvailability of raw materials
BCloseness to major importing and exporting ports
CCreativity of people in the area
DGood road network
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Question 14
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The system of agriculture referred to as "Land rotation" is

ABush fallow
BCrop rotation
CMixed farming
DShifting cultivation
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Question 15
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A device for transferring information from analogue map into computer for further manipulation is

AAerial photograph
BDigitizer
CGlobal positioning system
DPlotter
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Question 16
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Geo-referencing in GIS is referred to as

AAssigning spatials location to a data
BData acquisition
CData Management
DManipulation and analysis
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Question 17
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Which of the following tourist centres is wrongly paired?

AEiffel Tower - Germany
BPyramids - Egypt
CThe colosseum - Italy
DVictoria falls - Zambia
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Question 18
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The following are the importance of highland in Nigeria except

Aoccupy good land
Bsettlement sites
Csource of minerals
Dsource of rivers
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Question 19
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In Nigeria, which of the following vegetation zones is best known for timber exploitation?

AFresh water swamp forest
BFresh water swamp forest
CMontane vegetation
DRain forest
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Question 20
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Sparse population in the middle belt of Nigeria can not be attributed to

AAbsence of major industries
BAbsence of major minerals
CPoor soil
DSlave trade
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Question 21
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Which of the following gives the correct full meaning of G.I.S?

AGeographic Internet Solution
BGeographic Internet System
CGeographic Information Spread
DGeographic Information System
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Question 22
jamb 2021

An important mineral deposit in south Africa which has attracted a large number of white settler is

AIron in Durban
BCopper in Cape Town
C
DAluminium in Johannessburg
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Question 23
jamb 2021

___________ is a layer of very fine wind-deposited sand and silt?

Aloess
Bseif
Cbarchan
Dbajada
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Question 24
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__________ is a highland area which seperates the headstreams of rivers flowing in different directions but rising from the same mountainous source

Aflood plain
Bcuesta
Cwatershed
Dplateau
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Question 25
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Which of the following is a way of controlling soil erosion

AOvergrazing
BContour ploughing
CDeforestation
DBush burning
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Question 26
jamb 2021

The soil gains nitrogen through one of the following except

ADenitrification
BApplication of organic manure
CElectrical discharge
DSymbiotic nitrogen fixation
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Question 27
jamb 2021

Which of the following is an effect of the earth's revolution?

ADay and night
BIt determines a year
CDawn and Twilight
DApparent Sunrise and sunset
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Question 28
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What is the process of lowering and levelling of the earth surface by gradual breaking and wearing away of such earth's surfaces.

AWeathering
BDenudation
CRelief
DMass wasting
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Question 29
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________is the failure of the end point of a closed traverse to fall exactly on the point of origin of the transverse

AError of compass
BTraverse error
CError of closure
DField error
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Question 30
jamb 2021

One of the following surveying instruments is used to set out lines at right angles to the main chain line

AOptical square
BStation pegs
COffset staff
DSteel Band
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