GCE Geography 2024
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2024 GCE Geography questions

Q1Earth and Solar System

If the local time at Lagos (longitude 3°E) is 1:00 p.m., what is the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) at the same instant?

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Q2Rocks and Landforms

Which of the following correctly describes the process by which magma cools slowly beneath the Earth's surface to form rocks?

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Q3Rocks and Landforms

The feature formed when the roof of a sea cave collapses, leaving a steep-sided opening through which waves surge, is called a

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Q4Weather and Climate

A weather station recorded the following temperatures over a 24-hour period: maximum temperature of 34°C and minimum temperature of 18°C. What is the diurnal range of temperature?

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Q5Vegetation and Soils

The type of soil formed under conditions of heavy rainfall and high temperature through the process of laterisation is called

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Q6Map Reading and Interpretation

The grid reference of a point located 3 tenths of the way across grid square 47 eastward and 7 tenths of the way up grid square 23 northward is

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Q7Map Reading and Interpretation

Use the following information to answer this question. Two points P and Q are shown on a map of scale 1:50,000. The map distance between P and Q is 6 cm, and point P has a spot height of 120 m while p…

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Q8Settlement

Which of the following best describes a nucleated settlement pattern?

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Q9Settlement

Which of the following factors would MOST likely cause a settlement to develop at a site?

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Q10Settlement

In urban geography, the term 'sphere of influence' of a settlement refers to

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Q11Settlement

Which of the following statements CORRECTLY distinguishes a site from a situation in settlement geography?

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Q12Transport and Communication

Which of the following is the MOST important factor that determined the location of early railways in West Africa?

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Q13Transport and Communication

Two towns, P and Q, are 15 cm apart on a map with a scale of 1:200,000. A road linking P to Q has a circuity ratio of 1.4. What is the actual length of the road?

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Q14Transport and Communication

Which of the following BEST explains why air transport has not significantly replaced sea transport for international bulk cargo movement?

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Q15Economic Activities

Which of the following best describes subsistence agriculture as practised in most parts of West Africa?

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Q16Economic Activities

Which of the following economic activities is classified under the tertiary sector?

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Q17Regional Geography of Nigeria

The Adamawa Highlands in north-eastern Nigeria are significant to the country's hydrology because they

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Q18Regional Geography of Nigeria

A map of Nigeria has a scale of 1:2,000,000. If the straight-line distance between Abuja and Kaduna on the map is 5 cm, what is the actual ground distance in kilometres?

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Q19Regional Geography of Africa

Which of the following statements correctly distinguishes the Guinea Coast climate from the Sudan climate in West Africa?

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