PRECIOUS KIDS COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS
# 8 CHRIST LANE, OFF OGBODO ROAD,
NEAR SECOND PIPELINE, RUKPOKWU PH
THIRD TERM EXAMINATION 2024/2025 ACADEMIC SECTION.
NAME: ………………………………………………… CLASS: SS 2
SUBJECT: GEOGRAPHY DATE: ………………
OBJECTIVES
1. Which of the following factors does not influence population distribution. (a) climate
(b) relief (c) soil (d) sex ratio
2. An effect of rural-urban migration on the source region is __ (a) rural depopulation
(b) urban depopulation (c) rural employment (d) rural employment
3. The most significant factor which accounts for the rapid growth in population of the
capital cities of west Africa is _____ (a) political rallies (b) sportin events (c) rural-urban
migration (d) religious tourism
4. Which of the following describes the characteristics of a rural settlement? (a) primary
activities (b) secondary activities (c) tertiary activities (d) large area coverage
Study the map IREWA DISTRICT (at the back) and answer question 5-8
5. The scale of the map in representative fraction (R.R) is _____ (a) 1:250,000 (b)
1:50,000 (c) 1:100,000 (d) 1:250:000
6. Which of the following settlement is located at the highest altitude? (a) Doba (b)
Duba (c) Sasi (d) Oki
7. The most likely occupation of the people of oki is _________ (a) fishing (b) mining
(c) farming (d) lumbering
8. The most probable reason for the construction of road from Irewa through sasi to the
plantation is ___________
(a) Because large percentage of the population lives in sasi
(b) To provide a means of transporting fish from sasi to irewa
(c) To carry the farmers from sasi to irewa
(d) To evacuate farm products from the plantation to the market at irewa
9. The negative effect of mineral exploitation is _____________ (a) afforestation (b)
hydration (c) pollution (d) oxidation
10. An exchange market that is highly organized where investors can buy & sell and
follow prescribed set rules is _____ (a) money market (b) international trade (c) foreign
exchange method (d) stock exchange
11. _______ is an institution involved in money market. (a) LAPO (b) light house (c)
commercial banks (d) local trade
12. Yam is cultivated in lafia and its distribution region is _____ (a) Ibadan (b) kaduna
(c) lagos (d) zaria
13. _________ is issued by central bank of a country which assists the government to
borrow money from the money market on a short term. (a) call money funds (b) bill of
exchange (c) treasury bill (d) Dot treasury
14. ________ is specialised in finding potential buyers in the stock. (a) jobbers (b)
contractor (c) brokers (d) websters
15. The largest desert in West Africa is ____________. (a) Thar desert (b) Atacama
desert (c) Kalahari desert (d) Sahara desert
16. ________ consist of fine coarse and fine sediment with the shape of an inverted
cone. (a) Bird’s fool delta (b) Estuarine delta (c) arcuate delta (d) antartica delta
17. Which of the following criteria is not important in distinguishing between a village
and town? (a) geographical situation (b) population size (c) range of functions (d)
variety of activities
18. Commodities which are used in world trade exclude ______ (a) agricultural goods
(b) manufactured goods (c) mineral resources (d) human trafficking
19. Which of the following factors hinder the development of tourism? I. spread of
diseases ii. Escalation of crime iii. Adequate publicity iv. Inadequate appreciation of
leisure (a) I and iii only (b) ii and iii only (c) I and iv only (d) iii and iv only
20. A settlement type in which buildings are aligned along a road or river is said to be
____. (a) disporsed (b) nucleased (c) linear (d) clustered
THEORY
1. Define environmental Hazard
ii. List 6 (six) types of environment hazard
iii. List two (2) environmental problem, causes, effects, control
2. Define Population
ii. List and explain three population concept
iii. List the determinants of population size and growth
iv. List three (3) factors, advantages and disadvantages
3. List the types of migration and explain briefly
ii. List the six (6) forms of migration and explain
iii. List two (2) physical factor that affect population growth
4. Define commercial activities
ii. List three (3) factors which favours internal trade
iii. List three (3) sources and destination of commodities in Nigeria
iv. List two (2) institutions involved in money market
5. Differentiate between map and map scale
ii. List the three (3) types of scales
i. Find the ground distance when the map distance is 20cm and map scale is ____. (a)
1:50,000 (b) 1:150,000
PRECIOUS KIDS COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS
# 8 CHRIST LANE, OFF OGBODO ROAD,
NEAR SECOND PIPELINE, RUKPOKWU PH
THIRD TERM EXAMINATION 2024/2025 ACADEMIC SECTION.
NAME: ………………………………………………… CLASS: SS 1
SUBJECT: GEOGRAPHY DATE: ………………
OBJECTIVES
1. An example of a fossil fuel is _______. (a) granite (b) coat (c) clay (d)
sandstone
2. The movement of the earth that causes variation in the lengths of the day and
night is _______. (a) traction (b) revolution (c) rotation (d) coriolis
3. The second largest planet in the universe is _________. (a) neptune (b)
mercury (c) jupiter (d) saturns
4. Circum navigation of the earth means _________. (a) having circular shapes (b)
sailing round the earth (c) the casting of shadows (d) prevailing wind
5. __________ is the effect of rotation. (a) variation of season (b) determines a
year (c) differences in the length of day and night (d) daily rising and falling of
tides
6. Annual rainfall of a station implies __________. (a) total rainfall of a station
monthly (b) total rainfall of a station daily (c) total rainfall of a station weekly (d)
total rainfall of a station yearly
7. _________ is a dark funnel cloud also called whirlwind which occur during
spring. (a) Harmattan (b) sirocco (c) tornadoes (d) chinook wind
8. Nigeria is centrally located in _________. (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
9. Nigeria is bounded in East by __________. (a) Niger (b) Benin republic (c)
Atlantic ocean (d) cameroon republic
10. Nigeria came into existence in ______ year (a) 1961 (b) 1960 (c) 1914 (d)
1921
11. Adamawa mountain is located at _________. (a) eastern highland (b) the
eastern scarpland (c) the eastern highland (d) north-central highland
12. _______ is not a lowland in Nigeria. (a) sokoto plain (b) chad basin (c) Niger
basin (d) Idanre hills
13. Rocks format from the remains of living organism is ______ (a) chemically
formed sedimentary rock (b) organically formed sedimentary rock (c)
mechanically sedimentary rock (d) lystra formed sedimentary rock
14. Petroleum or crude is refined by _______ method. (a) explosives (b) fractional
distillation (c) filtration (d) serving
15. Explosives is not used on __________ mineral resource. (a) limestone (b) iron
ore (c) columbite (d) crude
16. ________ is used in manufacturing heat-resistant steel. (a) Aluminium (b) iron
ore (c) columbite (d) zinc
17. ______ river has its source from guinea highland. (a) River Niger (b) River
congo (c) River Benue (d) River senegal
18. _________ is a confluence state in Nigeria. (a) calabar (b) lagos (c) lokoja (d)
ibadan
19. ________ is the environment created by human activities. (a) plants (b)
school (c) animals (d) climate
20. Which of these planet has no satelite? (a) earth (b) neptune (c) uranus (d)
venus
THEORY
Answer only 4 (four) questions
1. Define Relief
ii. Define lowlands
iii. List three (3) areas of low lands
iv. List three (3) rocks associated with lowlands
2. I. Define Highlands
ii. List three (3) areas of highlands in Nigeria
iii. List three (3) eastern highlands in Nigeria
iv. List two (2) disadvantages of mountain
3. i. Define rock
ii. List and explain the types of rock
iii. Explain the mode of formation of two (2) types of rock
iv. List two (2) economic importance and disadvantages of rock to man
4. i. List 4 (four) resources in Nigeria and their location
ii. Explain the method of extracting the minerals
iii. Mention 2 (two) importance of minerals to man
5. Describe Nigeria in term of
a. Size and political division
b. List 4 (four) notable feature about Nigeria
c. List 4 (four) countries Nigeria is bounded with