WAEC - Geography (2021)

  • 1
    Which month in the station has the highest rainfall?
    Risposta
    (B)
    October
  • 2
    What is the annual rainfall for station X?
    Risposta
    (A)
    1511 mm
  • 3
    Calculate the range of temperature for the station
    Risposta
    (D)
    14ºC
  • 4
    Which of the following statements is true about rainfall in station X?
    Risposta
    (B)
    the station has a double maximum rainfall
  • 5
    The rock which has the capacity to retain underground water is?
    Risposta
    (D)
    permeable
  • 6
    The temperature reading at the peak of a volcano is 6ºC. What will be the temperature at the foot of the volcano which is 3000 metres from the surrounding low land?
    Risposta
    (C)
    13.5ºC
  • 7
    The sun is overhead at the tropic of Capricorn on
    Risposta
    (B)
    December 22
  • 8
    The scale of the map in representative fraction (RF) is 
    Risposta
    (A)
    1: 200,000
  • 9
    What is the approximate distance between the settlements of Dambo and Hume by road?
    Risposta
    (B)
    15km
  • 10
    Line A - B in the mapped area can be best described as
    Risposta
    (A)
    convex slope
  • 11
    The southeastern part of the map area is-----
    Risposta
    (A)
    poorly drained
  • 12
    The highest point of the mapped area is found in the-----
    Risposta
    (D)
    northeast
  • 13
    The most population means of transportation in the mapped area is-------
    Risposta
    (D)
    road
  • 14
    The distance between DAMBO and Ogoh as the crow flies is approximately by?
    Risposta
    (C)
    20.0 km
  • 15
    The bearing of ILO from Hume is about-----
    Risposta
    (A)
    3.30
  • 16
    All the following are man-made features found on the mapped area except?
    Risposta
    (A)
    dams
  • 17
    The direction of DAMBO from Hume is------
    Risposta
    (D)
    northwest
  • 18
    Which of the following is a dispositional feature of an arid region?
    Risposta
    (B)
    zeugen
  • 19
    Which drainage pattern is best established in the areas of alternate hard and soft rocks
    Risposta
    (D)
    annular
  • 20
    The time at the Greenwich Meridian is 10:00 am. What would the time at 30ºE be?
    Risposta
    (D)
    12:00 pm
  • 21
    Which of the following pairs of landforms are of desert origin
    Risposta
    (C)
    zeugens and inselbergs
  • 22
    On March 21 each year, all towns in the southern hemisphere experience?
    Risposta
    (C)
    equal length of day and night
  • 23
    Which of the following wave actions is a process of erosion
    Risposta
    (C)
    saltation
  • 24
    A feature produced by water in desert areas is-------
    Risposta
    (D)
    wadis
  • 25
    The longitude which almost bisects Africa into two equal halves, east and west, is longitude-----------
    Risposta
    (A)
    20ºE
  • 26
    Which of the following elements of weather is matched with the wrong measuring instrument?
    Risposta
    (A)
    humidity and barometer
  • 27
    Marble is a metamorphosed -------
    Risposta
    (D)
    limestone
  • 28
    Which of the following pairs of minerals form the bulk of the inner core of the earth
    Risposta
    (C)
    tin and columbite
  • 29
    Which of the following pairs of rock examples are sedimentary rocks?
    Risposta
    (B)
    gabbro and schist
  • 30
    In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice is experienced on?
    Risposta
    (B)
    June 21
  • 31
    What is the time at Accra at longitude Oº when the local time at longitude 450W is 12 noon
    Risposta
    (A)
    3 p.m
  • 32

    Which of the following are the possible causes of soil erosion?

    I. bush burning
    II. over grazing
    III. reafforestation
    IV. excavation
     

    Risposta
    (C)
    I, II, and III only
  • 33
    In Koppen's classification of climates, Af refers to?
    Risposta
    (B)
    equitorial
  • 34
    Which mountain type is described as the lighthouse of mediterranean?
    Risposta
    (D)
    volcanic
  • 35

    Which of the following are achievements of ECOWAS

    I. common market
    II. free movement of people
    III. military cooperation
    IV. trade restriction

    Risposta
    (A)
    I, II and III only
  • 36
    The farming technique which can be adopted as a method of soil conservation is?
    Risposta
    (A)
    bush fallowing
  • 37
    Which of the following factors does not influence population distribution?
    Risposta
    (C)
    sex ratio
  • 38
    Low population densities of the middle belt of West African countries can best be described as
    Risposta
    (A)
    trans-Saharan slave trade
  • 39
    Which of the following towns has the best natural harbour in West Africa?
    Risposta
    (C)
    freetown
  • 40
    An effect of rural-urban migration on the source region is
    Risposta
    (A)
    rural depopulation
  • 41
    Which of the following best describes the characteristics of a rural settlement
    Risposta
    (A)
    primary activities
  • 42
    The most significant factor which accounts for the rapid growth in the population of the capital cities of West Africa is
    Risposta
    (C)
    rural-urban migration
  • 43
    An example fossil fuel is
    Risposta
    (B)
    coal
  • 44

    Which of the following are characteristics of most large cities? They

    I. have large populations
    II. are administrative centers
    III. are religious centers
    IV. are commercial centers

    Risposta
    (B)
    I and IV only
  • 45
    The industrial belt of Japan produces
    Risposta
    (A)
    ships, electronics and motor vehicles