WAEC - Geography (2010)

  • 1
    A true bearing is the angle which a line makes from the observer's position to an object with the line pointing to
    उत्तर
    (C)
    True North
  • 2
    It is noon at Point X (longitude 00),while it is 10.00 pm at Point Y. What is the longitude of Point Y?
    उत्तर
    (A)
    1500E
  • 3
    The part of the lithosphere which forms the ocean floor is
    उत्तर
    (B)
    sima
  • 4
    The northern and southern limits of the apparent movement of the sun is marked by the
    उत्तर
    (B)
    tropics of cancer and capricon
  • 5
    Which of the following lines could be described as a Great Circle? The
    उत्तर
    (C)
    equator
  • 6
    Which of the following is a true characteristic of sedimentary rocks? They
    उत्तर
    (A)
    are laid down in strata
  • 7
    Which of the following fold mountains is found in Africa?
    उत्तर
    (C)
    atlas
  • 8
    Resurgent springs usually occur in
    उत्तर
    (C)
    limestone areas
  • 9
    Which of the following landforms is not produced by faulting?
    उत्तर
    (C)
    sill
  • 10
    The process of removing soluble substances such as mineral salt into lower layers of the soil is called
    उत्तर
    (B)
    leaching
  • 11
    Which of the following is not a process of chemical weathering?
    उत्तर
    (B)
    attrition
  • 12
    Sea tides are caused mainly by the influence of
    उत्तर
    (A)
    earth's rotation
  • 13
    The most important active factor of soil formation is
    उत्तर
    (D)
    climate
  • 14
    Which of the following has the highest level of salinity?
    उत्तर
    (A)
    baltic sea
  • 15
    Which of the following is not a form of precipitation?
    उत्तर
    (B)
    dust
  • 16
    'It has humidity of over 90%, with rainfall in all months'. The statement describes the
    उत्तर
    (A)
    equatorial climate
  • 17
    'The forest is both dense and luxuriant and contains a great variety of plants with broad leaved trees'. This statement describes the
    उत्तर
    (B)
    tropical rain forest
  • 18
    Which of the following is not a major benefit of savanna vegetation?
    उत्तर
    (C)
    aqua culture
  • 19
    The study of the continuous interaction between living things and their environments is known as
    उत्तर
    (A)
    ecology
  • 20
    Which of the following has very dense population?
    उत्तर
    (C)
    the north eastern seaboard of U.S.A
  • 21
    Which of the following represents an increasing order in the size of settlement?
    उत्तर
    (A)
    isolated farmstead-hamlet-village-town
  • 22
    'It is an area of great industrial and agricultural activities and hence supports great concentration of people'. This statement best describes
    उत्तर
    (B)
    the north east of U.S.A
  • 23
    'It is the slowest and cheapest means of transport and is used for transporting bulky goods over long distances among nations'. This statement best describes
    उत्तर
    (D)
    sea transport
  • 24
    The role of transport in economic development of any nation include all except
    उत्तर
    (A)
    national disintegration
  • 25
    All the following are benefits of irrigation farming except
    उत्तर
    (C)
    making farmers depend solely on rainfall
  • 26
    It is possible to harness solar energy in all the following countries except
    उत्तर
    (C)
    Greenland
  • 27
    The most important trading partner of Anglophone West African Countries is
    उत्तर
    (D)
    United Kingdom
  • 28
    The smallest ocean in the world is the
    उत्तर
    (C)
    Arctic ocean
  • 29
    One of the major problems of manufacturing industries in Tropical Africa is
    उत्तर
    (B)
    inadequate raw materials
  • 30
    Man made distribution of water to farmlands in areas which suffer from inadequate rainfall is called
    उत्तर
    (B)
    irrigation
  • 31
    In which of the following vegetation belts is lumbering an important economic activity?
    उत्तर
    (D)
    tropical rainforest
  • 32
    Lumbering is a very important activity in
    उत्तर
    (C)
    Liberia
  • 33
    All the following countries lie on the Equator except
    उत्तर
    (B)
    Ghana
  • 34
    Nature mostly intervenes in the state of balance in land ecosystem through
    उत्तर
    (B)
    climatic change
  • 35
    Which of the following best explains the influx of refuges from Liberia to Ghana?
    उत्तर
    (D)
    great suffering in Liberia from ethnic tension and civil war