Senior 1 Geography Revision Exercise

The longest latitude is numbered
1. 90°
2. 1°
3. 0°
4. 66½°
The latitude numbered 23½° south is the:
1. Arctic Circle
2. Antarctic circle
3. Tropic of cancer
4. Tropic of Capricorn
The Sun normally rises from the:
1. East
2. West
3. North
4. South.
Which of the following parts of East Africa experiences heavy rainfall and hot temperatures?
1. Western Kenya
2. Coastal belt
3. Eastern Uganda
4. Mt. Rwenzori region
Which of the following characteristics applies to lines of latitude?
1. Measure from 0° to 180°
2. Measure Eastward and Westward
3. All have uniform radius from the centre of the earth
4. All are parallel
The outer most layer of the earth is the
1. Outer core
2. Upper mantle
3. Lower crust
4. Upper crust
Which of the following highlands are Volcanic Mountains?
1. Pare and Kilimanjaro
2. Elgon and Usambara
3. Muhavura and Kenya
4. Kilimanjaro and Rwenzori
The largest planet in the solar system is
1. Saturn
2. Jupiter
3. Uranus
4. Mars.
The earth is sometimes referred to as the
1. Red planet
2. Blue planet
3. Dwarf planet
4. Dark planet
The temperature of the surface of the sun is approximately:
1. 1,000°C
2. 5,500°C
3. 15,600,000°C
4. 3,500°C
6:00 pm local time in East Africa would be the same time as
1. 15:00 hours G.M.T
2. 09:00 hours G.M.T
3. 06:00 hours G.M.T
4. 03:00 hours G.M.T
In case the time in an area 20° west is 11:00 hours, what would be the time in a place along longitude 50° west?
1. 13:00 hours
2. 11:20 hours
3. 10:00 hours
4. 09:00 hours
In case the time in Greenwich, London is 10:30 hours; what would be the time in an area along longitude 37½° East.
1. 13:00 hours
2. 13:30 hours
3. 11:30 hours
4. 11:00 hours
Which of the following layers of the earth is made of rocks in molten state?
1. Upper crust
2. Inner core
3. Outer core
4. Lower crust
The hottest section of the earth is the
1. Lower crust
2. Lower mantle
3. Outer core
4. Inner core
The relationship between the map distance and the ground distance is the:
1. Orientation
2. Compass direction
3. Key
4. Scale
The water body that separates Africa and Europe is the:
1. Red Sea
2. Mediterranean Sea
3. Arabian Sea
4. Dead Sea
The largest ocean in the world is the
1. Pacific
2. Indian
3. Atlantic
4. Arctic
The deepest lake in Africa is lake:
1. Victoria
2. Tanganyika
3. Bunyonyi
4. Tana
Which of the following districts are found in Karamoja?
1. Moroto, Kotido and Kaabong
2. Kotido, Nakapiripirit and Katakwi.
3. Moroto, Nakapiripirit and Katakwi.
4. Kaabong, Moroto and Katakwi
The mouth of the river Nile is at
1. Lake Victoria
2. The Rwandan highlands
3. The red sea
4. The mediterranean sea
The longitude numbered 0° is the
1. Equator
2. Prime meridian
3. International date line
4. South pole
Which of the following statements is true about lines of longitude
1. All are parallel
2. There is a difference of 1 hour between longitudes 1° apart
3. They are numbered from 0° - 90°
4. All meet at the poles
The youngest country in the world is
1. South Sudan
2. Eritrea
3. The Vatican
4. Myanmar
The latitudinal region between the Tropic of cancer and the Arctic circle is the
1. Arctic region
2. Temperate region
3. Tropical region
4. Polar region
Which of the following features is a landform feature?
1. Waterfall
2. Rapid
3. Hot spring
4. Basin
Relief and drainage of an area are clearly shown on a
1. Political map
2. Climatic map
3. Physical map
4. Geological map
Which of the following towns is found in the Southern hemisphere?
1. Entebbe
2. Kasese
3. Masaka
4. Mpigi
The closest planets to the earth in the solar system are
1. Mars and Mercury
2. Mercury and Venus
3. Venus and Mars
4. Mars and Jupiter
Which of the following is an effect of the earth's revolution:
1. Occurrence of days and nights
2. Daily rising and falling of tides
3. Leads to changes in seasons
4. Deflection of ocean currents

Senior 1 Geography Revision Exercise

S.1 Geography revision exercise