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All topicsAgriculture, industry and trade · 42Environmental resources and hazards · 33Geography of Nigeria · 42Landforms, weathering and erosion · 52Latitude, longitude and time · 36Map reading: scale, direction and distance · 49Population · 37Relief, contours and gradient · 35Rocks and minerals · 36Settlement · 33The earth in the solar system · 36Transport and communication networks · 29Vegetation and soils · 36Weather and climate · 51West Africa and ECOWAS · 33World regional geography · 34

  1. Question 241· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· WAEC

    In a six-figure grid reference, the first three figures give the

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  2. Question 242· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· JAMB

    On a map drawn to a scale of 1:25,000, two villages are 8 cm apart. The actual distance between them is

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  3. Question 243· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· JAMB

    The gradient between two points 200 m apart in height and 4 km apart horizontally is

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  4. Question 244· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· WAEC

    What is the whole-circle bearing of a point due south-west?

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  5. Question 245· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· JAMB

    A six-figure grid reference locates a point to the nearest

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  6. Question 246· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· JAMB

    A representative fraction of 1:100,000 written as a statement scale is

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  7. Question 247· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· JAMB

    A map that shows a large area in little detail is drawn on a

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  8. Question 248· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· WAEC

    Bearings are measured

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  9. Question 249· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· WAEC

    On a map of scale 1:50,000, a road measures 6 cm. What is its length on the ground?

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  10. Question 250· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· JAMB

    A cross-section drawn from a contour map shows

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  11. Question 251· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· WAEC

    Conventional signs on topographical maps are used to

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  12. Question 252· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· WAEC

    Which of these map scales shows the most detail?

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  13. Question 253· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· WAEC

    The bearing of P from Q is 120°. What is the bearing of Q from P?

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  14. Question 254· Map reading: scale, direction and distance· JAMB

    Grid lines that run from north to south on a map are called

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  15. Question 255· Population· WAEC

    Natural increase of population is

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  16. Question 256· Population· JAMB

    The number of people living per square kilometre of land is

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  17. Question 257· Population· WAEC

    Population density is calculated as

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  18. Question 258· Population· WAEC

    A country with 20 million people and an area of 400,000 km² has a population density of

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  19. Question 259· Population· JAMB

    The sex ratio of a population compares

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  20. Question 260· Population· WAEC

    Underpopulation means

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