A Level Geography Quiz 2019 Part 2

15 Questions

Quiz Description

Once you're done with the content, and have the hang of it, go to past papers. Geography is a broad and open-minded subject. You can’t just rely on the content to fetch you marks. You need to experiment yourself, try various Questions. Common sense and basic logic alone can get you through 50% of the paper.

And for the MCQ paper, Geography has tricky MCQs. Follow the elimination method every time. Similar questions have a way of answering in each paper, answering many questions is a great way of getting the hang of it.

This quiz has been designed to help students get used to tricky MCQs. Questions are carefully selected from topics;

Good luck!!!

1:

The following are hard defense measures aimed at reducing or mitigating the erosion of coasts and destruction of beaches by waves. Identify the one which is a soft defense measure


Correct
  • 1:
    The building of concrete sea walls
  • 2:
    The construction of groynes
  • 3:
    The replenishment of beaches
  • 4:
    The construction of revetments
2:

Study the diagram below and answer the question that follows

Which of the following textural components is represented by letter X?


<p>Study the diagram below and answer the question that follows </p><p> Which of the following textural components is represented by letter X? </p>
Correct
  • 1:
    Clay 20%, silt 60%, sand 20%
  • 2:
    Clay 40%, silt 30%, sand 30%
  • 3:
    Clay 20%, silt 10%, sand 70%
  • 4:
    Clay 60%, silt 20%, sand 20%
3:

Which of the following soil structures is likely to hinder soil drainage and air circulation?


Correct
  • 1:
    Platy
  • 2:
    Prismatic
  • 3:
    Crumby
  • 4:
    Blocky
4:

The estuary of the Wouri River is a marshy area made up of swampy mud flats that experience flooding regularly. The soil type along this estuary is certainly;


Correct
  • 1:
    Halomorphic
  • 2:
    Ferralitic
  • 3:
    Hydromorphic
  • 4:
    Lateritic
5:

After a field trip, the students of a certain school sieved a dried soil sample gotten from a road side embankment. They used sieves of different mesh sizes in the laboratory and the results obtained were as follows;

Fine sands between 0.2 — 0.02mm = 35%

Silt particles between 0.02 — 0.002mm = 35%

Clay particles of less than 0.002mm = 30%

This soil sample belongs to which category?


Correct
  • 1:
    Loamy soil
  • 2:
    Sandy soil
  • 3:
    Clayey loam
  • 4:
    Silty soil
6:

It is a plant community that is maintained for long by persistent human intervention


Correct
  • 1:
    Polyclimax
  • 2:
    Subclimax
  • 3:
    Pyrogenic climax
  • 4:
    Plagioclimax
7:

Study the diagram below showing trophic levels of a woodland ecosystem and answer the
question following it.

Which one of the following is likely going to be the
impact on the ecosystem if all the herbivores are eliminated?


<p> Study the diagram below showing trophic levels of a woodland ecosystem and answer the<br/>question following it. </p><p></p><p> Which one of the following is likely going to be the<br/>impact on the ecosystem if all the herbivores are eliminated? </p>
Correct
  • 1:
    The population of primary producers will increase
  • 2:
    The population of carnivores will increase
  • 3:
    The population of primary producers will experience a slump
  • 4:
    The population of consumers (owl) will
8:

Which of the following is the most productive biome in terms of net primary productivity?


Correct
  • 1:
    The tundra
  • 2:
    The tropical rainforest
  • 3:
    The temperate grasslands
  • 4:
    Desert vegetation
9:

Which one of the following is not a hydrometeorological hazard?


Correct
  • 1:
    Landslides
  • 2:
    Flooding
  • 3:
    soil erosion
  • 4:
    deforestation
10:

Identify the TWO environmentally friendly processes that do notor hardly cause air pollution.

I. The tapping of geothermal heat in a region of active volcanoes

II. The smelting of iron ore in huge blast furnaces

III. The tapping of solar energy using large solar panels

IV. The harvesting of wheat or maize by combined harvesters


Correct
  • 1:
    I and II
  • 2:
    II and III
  • 3:
    III and IV
  • 4:
    I and III
11:

In which stage of the Demographic Transition Model would you place Cameroon, which has the following characteristics; high birth rate , rapidly falling death rate and increasing total population?


Correct
  • 1:
    Stage IV - Low Fluctuating
  • 2:
    Stage III- Late Expanding
  • 3:
    Stage II - Early Expanding
  • 4:
    Stage I - High Fluctuating
12:

Cameroon’s population in 2015 was estimated at 23.5 million and its annual growth rate was
2.1%. How long would it take this population to double?


Correct
  • 1:
    35 years
  • 2:
    33.3 years
  • 3:
    34.5 years
  • 4:
    32.6 years
13:

In a small village of Denver there are 300 people, 130 of them are children and 70 elderly. The rest are involved in the active production in the village. What is the dependency ratio?


Correct
  • 1:
    200.0
  • 2:
    20.0
  • 3:
    2.0
  • 4:
    220.0
14:

In a given year, a country with a population 25 million experienced the departure of 300,000 people and the entry of 350,000 people. What is the net migration?


Correct
  • 1:
    +50,000
  • 2:
    + 100,000
  • 3:
    - 50,000
  • 4:
    -100,000
15:

Which of the following best describes the regular daily movement of people from their residences to their work places and back?


Correct
  • 1:
    Daily circulation
  • 2:
    Periodic movements
  • 3:
    Commuting
  • 4:
    Daily movements

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