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WAEC - Geography (1998)

  • 1
    The vegetation belt associated with valuable hard wood is the
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    (B)
    Tropical rainforest
  • 2
    Temperate grasslands are generally important for
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    (C)
    animal grazing
  • 3
    The greatest problem in the use of solar energy is
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    (B)
    its unreliability from day to day and season to season
  • 4
    The sparse population in the Amazon Basin is best explained by the
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    (C)
    thick vegetation for settlements and agriculture
  • 5
    One danger about the present rate of increase in world population is
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    (E)
    an acute food shortage
  • 6
    A rapid population growth in a region can be caused by
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    (D)
    improved medical care
  • 7
    Which of the following represents an urban-rural migration?
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    (C)
    Travelling from Lagos to the village on retirement
  • 8
    A rural settlement is a settlement classified by
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    (D)
    function
  • 9
    Which of the following settlement types is strongly associated with tourism?
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    (D)
    Holiday resort
  • 10
    Air transportation has a low patronage because it
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    (E)
    is costly
  • 11
    All the following are light industries except
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    (A)
    ship building , locomotive and chemicals
  • 12
    One major problem of development in the Niger-Benue trough is
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    (E)
    excesive flooding
  • 13
    Which of the following modes of transportation in Nigeria is limited by weather?
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    (D)
    air
  • 14
    Irrigation farming is highly practiced in Northern Nigeria because of the
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    (C)
    inadequate rainfall and presence of many rivers
  • 15
    One important consequence of the location of Nigeria between latitudes 40 and 140 north of the Equator is that she
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    (A)
    enjoys a hot, wet, tropical climate
  • 16
    Which of the following is true of manufacturing industries in Nigeria?
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    (A)
    Most of them produce consumer goods
  • 17
    Trade among west African countries is less developed mainly because
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    (A)
    they were ruled by different colonial powers which created a barrier to communication
  • 18
    The southern most latitude in Africa is approximately
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    (C)
    350S
  • 19
    Which of the following does not explain the poor development of inland waterways in Africa?
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    (A)
    Lack of goods to carry along the routes
  • 20
    The savanna lands of East Africa are best known for their
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    (A)
    wildlife
  • 21
    The rampant famine in some parts of Africa is caused by all the following except
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    (A)
    Unstable prices paid to farmers for their products
  • 22
    Which of the following West Africa countries is the largest producer of groundnut?
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    (B)
    Mali
  • 23
    The figure 1 is a
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    (B)
    pie chart
  • 24

    The total value of the word's export commodities represented in Fig above is

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    (D)
    2,780,000 metric tons
  • 25
    What percentage of the world export commodities in figure 1 is represented by crude oil?
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    (D)
    23.74%