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Question 1
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______ is a surveying instrument used for measuring the angles of ground slopes

AThe optical square
BThe watkin's clinometer
CThe offset staff
DThe gunter's chain
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Question 2
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When the traverse connects two stations, whose positions are known, what type of traverse is this?

Aclosed traverse
Bopen traverse
Cstation traverse
Dleg traverse
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Question 3
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All except one is a disadvantage of compass traversing

Alack of technical experts
BIts uses are complex
CIt can be used to survey a large area
DThe instrument used are expensive
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Question 4
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Lines joining places of equal sunshine hours on a map are called?

AIsobars
BIsotherms
CIsohytes
DIsohels
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Question 5
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______ is a collection of building with people living them

AHouses
BTown
CSettlement
DLand
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Question 6
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The development of a climax vegetation in the savannah belt of Nigeria is disturbed mainly by

ALumbering
BMining
CAnimal grazing
DBush burning
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Question 7
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The relative dryness of the Horn Africa is due to

AThe dominance of cold currents in the region
BThe shape and direction of the shoreline
CIts closeness to the high ranges of east africa
DThe distance from the belt of tropical cyclones
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Question 8
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It takes mecury how many days to complete its orbit?

A365
B88
C225
D84
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Question 9
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________ is formed from the combination of several local government areas

AState
BTown
CVillage
DMegapolis
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Question 10
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All except one are functions of a village

ALumbering function
BSmall-scale shopping
CMining function
DReligious function
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Question 11
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One of the following is not a vegetation belt in lagos state

AThe rainforest
BThe fresh water swamp
CThe savannah
DThe coaster mangrove
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Question 12
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Which of the following is a problem of world transportation?

ALack of soil erosion
BAbsence of many rivers
CAbsence of marshy areas
Dpoor visibility
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Question 13
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One of the following is the most important major ocean(shipping) route

AThe Panama canal route
BThe north pacific route
CThe trans-pacific route
DThe north atlantic route
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Question 14
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Which of the following is a limitation of rail transport in developing countries?

ALack of technical know-how
Blow cost of construction
CIt is too fast
Dlow cost of maintenance
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Question 15
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_______ transport is the slowest and the cheapest means of transort

AAir
BWater
CRail
DPipeline
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Question 16
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Which of the following types of rock is a source of energy?

ASandstone
BCoal
CGranite
DGraphite
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Question 17
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Which of the following is not a proof of the earth's sphericity?

AThe circular horizon
Bdeflection of winds
Cship's visibilty
Dcircumnavigation of the earth
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Question 18
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Which of the following is not a measure of environmental control?

APreservation
BStabilization
CDegradation
DAfforestation
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Question 19
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Interdependence within the ecosystem can best be interpreted to mean that components of the ecosystem

Apray on one another
Bharm one another
Cregulate one another
Dinteract with one another
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Question 20
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Which of the following statements is right?

AIn West Africa, colonial masters encouraged plantation agriculture
BIn West Africa, plantation are on fertile lowlands
CIn East Africa, management of plantations is less efficient than in West Africa,
DIn East Africa, uniformity of climate has made for limited variety of crops
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