Which month in the station has the highest rainfall?
Answer
(B)
October
2
What is the annual rainfall for station X?
Answer
(A)
1511 mm
3
Calculate the range of temperature for the station
Answer
(D)
14ºC
4
Which of the following statements is true about rainfall in station X?
Answer
(B)
the station has a double maximum rainfall
5
The rock which has the capacity to retain underground water is?
Answer
(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?
Answer
(C)
13.5ºC
7
The sun is overhead at the tropic of Capricorn on
Answer
(B)
December 22
8
The scale of the map in representative fraction (RF) is
Answer
(A)
1: 200,000
9
What is the approximate distance between the settlements of Dambo and Hume by road?
Answer
(B)
15km
10
Line A - B in the mapped area can be best described as
Answer
(A)
convex slope
11
The southeastern part of the map area is-----
Answer
(A)
poorly drained
12
The highest point of the mapped area is found in the-----
Answer
(D)
northeast
13
The most population means of transportation in the mapped area is-------
Answer
(D)
road
14
The distance between DAMBO and Ogoh as the crow flies is approximately by?
Answer
(C)
20.0 km
15
The bearing of ILO from Hume is about-----
Answer
(A)
3.30
16
All the following are man-made features found on the mapped area except?
Answer
(A)
dams
17
The direction of DAMBO from Hume is------
Answer
(D)
northwest
18
Which of the following is a dispositional feature of an arid region?
Answer
(B)
zeugen
19
Which drainage pattern is best established in the areas of alternate hard and soft rocks
Answer
(D)
annular
20
The time at the Greenwich Meridian is 10:00 am. What would the time at 30ºE be?
Answer
(D)
12:00 pm
21
Which of the following pairs of landforms are of desert origin
Answer
(C)
zeugens and inselbergs
22
On March 21 each year, all towns in the southern hemisphere experience?
Answer
(C)
equal length of day and night
23
Which of the following wave actions is a process of erosion
Answer
(C)
saltation
24
A feature produced by water in desert areas is-------
Answer
(D)
wadis
25
The longitude which almost bisects Africa into two equal halves, east and west, is longitude-----------
Answer
(A)
20ºE
26
Which of the following elements of weather is matched with the wrong measuring instrument?
Answer
(A)
humidity and barometer
27
Marble is a metamorphosed -------
Answer
(D)
limestone
28
Which of the following pairs of minerals form the bulk of the inner core of the earth
Answer
(C)
tin and columbite
29
Which of the following pairs of rock examples are sedimentary rocks?
Answer
(B)
gabbro and schist
30
In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice is experienced on?
Answer
(B)
June 21
31
What is the time at Accra at longitude Oº when the local time at longitude 450W is 12 noon
Answer
(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
Answer
(C)
I, II, and III only
33
In Koppen's classification of climates, Af refers to?
Answer
(B)
equitorial
34
Which mountain type is described as the lighthouse of mediterranean?
Answer
(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
Answer
(A)
I, II and III only
36
The farming technique which can be adopted as a method of soil conservation is?
Answer
(A)
bush fallowing
37
Which of the following factors does not influence population distribution?
Answer
(C)
sex ratio
38
Low population densities of the middle belt of West African countries can best be described as
Answer
(A)
trans-Saharan slave trade
39
Which of the following towns has the best natural harbour in West Africa?
Answer
(C)
freetown
40
An effect of rural-urban migration on the source region is
Answer
(A)
rural depopulation
41
Which of the following best describes the characteristics of a rural settlement
Answer
(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
Answer
(C)
rural-urban migration
43
An example fossil fuel is
Answer
(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
