Which of the following features is NOT commonly associated with a river at the floodplain stage?

A. Ox-bow lakes

B. Meanders

C. Levees

D. Knickpoint

E. Braided channel

The 'Mediterranean type' of climate refers to?

A. short wet summer, dry winter, mean temperature above 20°C and precipitation about 1,000 mm per year

B. wet winter, dry summer, temperature varies from about 6°C in winter to about 20°C in summer and precipitation ranges between 700 and 1,000mm per year

C. short wet summer, prolonged dry winter and percipitation is about 500 mm per year

D. dry and wet climate; temperature around 20°C and percipitation ranges between 1,000 and 2,000 mm per year

E. precipitation all the year round (about1,000 mm per year) with a peak in with warm summer (20-26°C) and mild winter (6-10°C)

A river deposits its load of sediment if the?

A. quantity of water in the river increases

B. river flows from a mountain area onto a plain

C. river enters a gorge

D. velocity of the river increases

E. river approaches as waterfall

In which vegetation zone is Abuja, the new Federal Capital, location?

A. Southern Guinea savannah

B. Sahel savannah

C. Northern Guinea savannah

D. Tropical rain forest

E. Montane grassland

Which of these statements is NOT true of the great circle?

A. The equator is a great circle

B. The great circle is the largest circle one can draw on a sphere

C. The great circle is the path of the shortest distance over the earth's surface between two points

D. Each meridian is a great circle

E. All great circles bisect the earth

Which of these best explains the rapid rise in world population during the twentieth century?

A. Large-scale migration of people

B. Decline in death rates

C. Increase in world food production

D. Improvement in transportation which enables food to be moved from surplus to deficit areas

E. Rapid rate of urbanization

Which of the following areas is subject to frequent earthquarkes?

A. The Canandian Shield

B. Northern Australia

C. North West Africa

D. South Africa

E. The Sahara Desert

Within the last few years Alaska, Mexico and the North Sea have become important in the production of?

A. coal

B. petroleum

C. phosphate

D. gold

E. uranium

The direct flight from town X on longitude 42°30'E to town Y on longitude 5°E takes 4(1/2) hours. If an aeroplane leaves town X at 10.00 a.m local time, what will be the local time in town Y when it arrives there?

A. 2.30 p.m

B. 10.00 a.m

C. 12 noon

D. 7.30 a.m

E. 2.00 p.m

Examples of folded structures in Africa include the Atlas Mountains, the Cape Rangers and the?

A. Akwapim Hills

B. Jos Plateau

C. Ruwenzori

D. East Africa Rift

E. Adamawa Highlands