ADDITIONAL GEOGRAPHY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS FOR ETHIOPIAN UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN

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1. Red sea escarpment and some part of the Afar region receive rain during winter season as a result of

A. South easterly

B. North easterly

C. Equatorial westerly

B

D. Guinea monsoon

2. Which one is false about population distribution of Ethiopia?

A. It increases with an increasing altitude

B. Highlands are densely settled than lowlands

C. The proportion of urban population is increasing from time to time

D. There is even population distribution among regional states

E. None of the above

D

3. If the population of towns is grow at rate which is less than the rate of natural increase

A. Slow growing town

B. Declining town

C. Fast growing town

D. None

A

4. Which type of farming system supports the fewest people in Ethiopia?

A. Highlands mixed farming system

B. Low mixed agriculture

C. Shifting cultivation

D. Commercial agriculture

E. Pastoral system

C

5. Which of following is dominant species of Afro-alphine vegetation?

A. Erica Arboreal

B. Podocarpus

C. Lobelia rhynchopetalum

D. Hagenia Abyssinia

B

6. Which one of the following drainage basin drain the Amhara, Oromia, Benishangul- Gumuz regional states?

A. Omo/Gihbe basin

B. Abay Basin

C. Baro basin

D. Ghenale basin

E. Tekeze basin

B

7. A population pyramid can show population distribution by:

A. By means of age group and death rate distribution

B. By means of sex and age group distribution

C. By means of sex and birth rate distribution

D. By means of age group and  growth rate distribution

E. Mortality

B

8 The most populated part of Ethiopia in?

A. The north central of Gojjam and Gondar

B. The southwestern coffee growing area of the country

C. The southern regions (inset growing) of Ethiopia

D. The cereal growing regions of Bale and Arsi

E. Awash valley and its surrounding lowlands

C

9. The ratio between population and arable land part of the country is

A. Crude density

B. Agricultural density

C. Physiological density

D. Age dependency ratio

C

10. Identify from the alternatives given below that, average number of children a woman has at the end of her reproductive period is estimated by:

A. Crude birth rate

B. Infant mortality

C. Total fertility rate

D. The means to general fertility rate

E. The means to life expectancy at birth

C

11. Identify the area that is included under winter rainfall in Ethiopia.

A. Southwestern lowlands

B. Afar region and red sea escarpment

C. Southwestern part of Ethiopia

D. Central Highlands

E. None of the above

B

12. The agro-ecological zone that consists of most agricultural lands in Ethiopia is

A. Wurch

B. Bereha

C. Dega

D. Woyna Dega

E. Kolla

D

13. Which one of the following regions has the largest population density in Ethiopia?

A. Amhara

B. Oromia

C. Southern part of Ethiopia

D. Somali

E. Tigray

C

14. Identify the city that is not included in secondary cities.

 A. Nekemt

B. Dire Dawa

C. Jigjiga

D. Jimma

E. Bahir Dar

A

15. One of the following is best example of declining towns in Ethiopia

A.  Gondar

B. Adama

C. Goba

D. Agaro

E. Assosa

C

16. Identify the odd one from the following lakes

A. Lake Tana

B. Lake shalla

C. Lake Ziway

D. Lake koka

E. Lake Hayk

D

17. Which one of the following rivers of Ethiopia is found to be navigable river?

A. Abay

B. Wabishebelle

C. Baro

D. Awash

C

18. All of the following are endemic animals to Ethiopia except

A. Gelada baboon

B. Lion

C. Walia-ibex

D. Nyala

E. Semen fox

B

19. Which among the following is not characteristic of Ethiopian Lowlands?

A. Nomadic and semi nomadic and transhumance practices

B. High prevalence of tropical vector disease

C. High temperature and low rainfall

D. Vast plain that offer potential for irrigated agriculture

E. None of the above

E

20. Which of the following is not true of the population of Ethiopia?

A. Ethiopia has a useful population

B. Life expectancy at birth is showing a declining trend in Ethiopia

C. Urban areas have lower birth and death rates compared to rural areas

D. Though declining, fertility and mortality rates are still high in Ethiopia

E. None of the above

D

21. Which of the following is not characteristic feature of soil?

1. Soil PH
2. Availability of minerals
3. Electrical conductivity
4. Porosity

 

D

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