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%