Welcome to your UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN (GEOGRAPHY 2018) 1. . The time difference between new Orleans on longitude 900W and Cairo on longitude 300 E is (A) 4 hours (B) 8 hours (C) 12 hours (D) 16 hours 2. The vegetation belt associated with valuable hardwood is the (A) Sahel savannah (B) Tropical rainforest (C) Coniferous forest (D) Mediterranean forest 3. The wind system that brings the harmattan to West Africa is called (A) The north-east trade (B) The north-west trade (C) The south-west trade (D) The south-east trade 4. What do the Canaries and Guinea currents have in common? (A) they are warm currents (B) they are cold currents (C) they wash the western coast (D) they flow away from the equator 5. What is an estuary? (A) stream valley continuing into sea making no delta (B) a part of the A stream valley separating delta from sea (C) sand clogged mouth of a river (D) mouth of an aggrading stream 6. What is the length of the equatorial diameter of the earth? (A) 12,737 km (B) 12, 797km (C) 12, 717km (D) 12, 757km 7. What is the most accurate description of the shape of the earth? (A) A circle (B) A sphere (C) A geoid (D) An oblate sphere 8. What is the most important element of climate? (A) rainfall (B) temperature (C) pressure (D) humidity 9. What is the point of origin of an earthquake called? (A) Quakecentre (B) Epicentre (C) Seismic focus (D) Tectonic point 10. What is the scale of measurement of earthquake based on the amount of energy released during earthquake? (A) Rossi-Forril scale (B) Mercalli scale (C) Richter scale (D) Beufort scale 11. When condensation occurs in a rising air mass. Latent heat is (A) absorbed by carbon dioxide (B) lost to the atmosphere (C) stored in the water molecules (D) released as sensible heat 12. Which of the following climates is characterized by an alternate hot season, wet season and dry season? (A) Equatorial (B) Mediterranean (C) Tropical desert (D) Tropical Monsoon 13. Which of the following best explains why wind action is more predominant in arid regions than A in humid regions? (A) Loose surface materials and the absence of vegetation cover (B) Excessively high temperatures during the day and night (C) Insufficient and unreliable rainfall (D) Lack of surface drainage and the presence of strong winds 14. Which of the following environmental hazards is predominant in the southern Coastlands of Nigeria? (A) Drought (B) Deforestation (C) Pollution (D) Flooding 15. Which of the following features is associated with glacial erosion? (A) Esker (B) Moraine (C) Erratic (D) Cirque 16. Which of the following is a passive soil former? (A) Temperature (B) moisture (C) time (D) organisms 17. Which of the following is associated with a rejuvenated river? (A) waterfall (B) meander (C) sand deposits (D) wide U-shaped valley 18. Which of the following is not a form of precipitation? (A) Snow (B) Sleet (C) Fog (D) Haze 19. The sequence of savanna vegetation zones in Nigeria towards the northern part is (A) Derived, Sahel, Guinea and Sudan (B) Derived, Guinea , Sudan and Sahel (C) Derived, Sudan, Guinea and sahel (D) Derived, Guinea, Sahel and Suda 20. Which of the following rocks is composed of the skeletons of microscopic sea plants and animals? (A) sandstone (B) slate (C) Chalk (D) Clay 21. Which planet has the largest number known of satellites? (A) Jupiter (B) Saturn (C) Uranus (D) Neptune 22. The highest highland area in Nigeria is found in the (A) Eastern part (B)North Central (C) North Eastern (D) South Wester 23. In Nigeria, geographical location poses the greatest hindrance to economic development in the (A) Eastern scarplands (B) Eastern highlands (C) Western highlands (D) Niger-Benue Trough 24. Nigeria’s Federal capital territory shares boundaries with four states , namely (A) Benue, Kwara,Niger and Kaduna (B) Kano, Kaduna, Niger and kwara (C) Nasarawa, Kogi, Niger and Kaduna (D) Gongola, Bauchi, kwara and Niger 25. Which of the following best describes the relief of West Africa? (A) Swamps and lowlands (B) hills and mountains (C) scarp slopes and dip slopes (D) plains and plateau Post navigation UNILAG POST UTME (GEOGRAPHY 2017)