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The NECO SSCE (June/July) is the National Examinations Council's final exam for Nigerian secondary school students. Like WAEC, each subject has an objective paper and a theory paper, and the syllabus covers the same topics.
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On a map of scale 1 : 500,000, the distance between two towns is 9.5 cm. What is the actual distance?
Answer: D. 1 cm represents 500,000 cm = 5 km, so 9.5 cm represents 47.5 km.
When it is 8:00 a.m. at a place on longitude 35° E, what is the local time at a place on longitude 85° W?
Answer: D. The difference in longitude is 120°, and each degree is 4 minutes, so the time difference is 480 minutes. The second place is west, so its time is behind: 12:00 a.m.
Most of Nigeria's crude oil is found in the
Answer: B. The Niger Delta holds most of Nigeria's oil fields.
The largest ocean in the world is the
Answer: D. The Pacific is the largest and deepest ocean.
The line of longitude 0° is called the
Answer: A. The prime meridian passes through Greenwich, London.
The breakdown of rocks in their original position is called
Answer: B. Weathering happens in place; erosion moves the material.
Relative humidity is measured with a
Answer: C. A hygrometer (wet and dry bulb) measures humidity.
The vegetation belt closest to the Sahara in northern Nigeria is the
Answer: D. Sahel savanna has short grasses and few trees.
The ozone layer is found in the
Answer: C. Ozone in the stratosphere absorbs ultraviolet rays.
The highest mountain in Africa is
Answer: B. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is about 5,895 m high.
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| Topic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Map reading | 159 |
| Climate | 121 |
| Nigeria | 83 |
| Africa | 75 |
| The earth | 62 |
| Population | 60 |
| World geography | 22 |