Year : 
1989
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 38 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

The relationship between the elements of the ecosystem is best described as

A. multi-directional

B. parastic

C. uni-directional

D. exclusive

E. interdependent

E

22.

Which of the following is not an environmental hazard?

A. Sedimentation

B. Flooding

C. Earthquake

D. Deforestation

E. Pollution

A

23.

Which of the following is best used to check flooding in coastal low lands?

A. Contour ploughing

B. Strip cultivation

C. Terracing

D. Escavation

E. Channelisation

E

24.

The natural resources of a nation cannot be measured in terms of

A. forest

B. minerals

C. population

D. rivers

E. buildings

E

25.

Loss of farmlands can be attributed to all the following except

A. desertification

B. gully erosion

C. laterization

D. sheet erosion

E. sedimentation

E

26.

The world's highest population growth rates are recorded by countries that

A. are technologyically developed

B. produce surplus food

C. have cool climates

D. produce inadequate food

E. are highly industrialised

D

27.

The term relative location of a settlement refers to

A. the nature of the land on which the settlement is located

B. a settlement inhabited by relatives

C. an imaginery point on the settlement

D. the position of a settlement in relation to others

E. the position of buildings in relation to one another

D

28.

The use of water transport is limited by all the following except

A. wide valleys

B. waterfalls

C. floating vegetation

D. seasonality

E. narrow gorges

A

29.

Which of the following is not being exported by Nigeria at present?

A. Cocoa

B. Columbite

C. Coffee

D. Kaolin

E. Petroleum

D

30.

The South-eastern scarplands of Nigeria can best be described as lying

A. west of the wester uplands

B. west of the Cross River basin

C. south of the southern coastland

D. north of the plateau of Chad basin

E. at the centre of the eastern highlands

B

21.

The relationship between the elements of the ecosystem is best described as

A. multi-directional

B. parastic

C. uni-directional

D. exclusive

E. interdependent

E

22.

Which of the following is not an environmental hazard?

A. Sedimentation

B. Flooding

C. Earthquake

D. Deforestation

E. Pollution

A

23.

Which of the following is best used to check flooding in coastal low lands?

A. Contour ploughing

B. Strip cultivation

C. Terracing

D. Escavation

E. Channelisation

E

24.

The natural resources of a nation cannot be measured in terms of

A. forest

B. minerals

C. population

D. rivers

E. buildings

E

25.

Loss of farmlands can be attributed to all the following except

A. desertification

B. gully erosion

C. laterization

D. sheet erosion

E. sedimentation

E

26.

The world's highest population growth rates are recorded by countries that

A. are technologyically developed

B. produce surplus food

C. have cool climates

D. produce inadequate food

E. are highly industrialised

D

27.

The term relative location of a settlement refers to

A. the nature of the land on which the settlement is located

B. a settlement inhabited by relatives

C. an imaginery point on the settlement

D. the position of a settlement in relation to others

E. the position of buildings in relation to one another

D

28.

The use of water transport is limited by all the following except

A. wide valleys

B. waterfalls

C. floating vegetation

D. seasonality

E. narrow gorges

A

29.

Which of the following is not being exported by Nigeria at present?

A. Cocoa

B. Columbite

C. Coffee

D. Kaolin

E. Petroleum

D

30.

The South-eastern scarplands of Nigeria can best be described as lying

A. west of the wester uplands

B. west of the Cross River basin

C. south of the southern coastland

D. north of the plateau of Chad basin

E. at the centre of the eastern highlands

B