Year : 
2009
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

11 - 20 of 37 Questions

# Question Ans
11.

A geyser is best described as/an

A. pool of hot water

B. explosion of volcano

C. thermal stream

D. fountain of super heated stream

D

12.

Which of the following is not true of pie chart?

A. statistics of various item can be represented on a single diagram

B. it is often difficultto compare the component parts

C. data with wide extreme can be conveniently represented in a pie chart

D. it is easy to draw

B

13.

The climatic belts recognized by the Greek were

A. torrid,temperate and frigid

B. hot,cold and medium

C. hot,mild and cool

D. equatorial,polar and torrid

A

14.

A mercury barometer is used for measuring

A. wind speed

B. temperature

C. sunshine

D. atmospheric pressure

D

15.

A line joining places having an equal degree of cloudiness is an

A. isotherm

B. isohyet

C. isobar

D. isoneph

D

16.

Lines joining places with same mean annual rainfall are called

A. isohyets

B. isohels

C. isohalines

D. isotherms

A

17.

Which of the following winds affects the West Indian Islands of the Caribbean?

A. hurricane

B. mistrat

C. chinook

D. tornadoes

A

18.

Loess is an example of

A. clayey soil

B. loamy soil

C. wind deposited soil

D. montane soil

C

19.

A soil profile refers to the

A. shape of the soil

B. vertical section of the soil

C. mineral composition of the soil

D. zone of eluvation

B

20.

'The trees are evergreen,forming a canopy with buttress roots,climbers and creepers'. Which of the following vegetation types does this statement refer to?

A. savanna

B. Equatorial

C. Tropical desert

D. Mediterranean

B

11.

A geyser is best described as/an

A. pool of hot water

B. explosion of volcano

C. thermal stream

D. fountain of super heated stream

D

12.

Which of the following is not true of pie chart?

A. statistics of various item can be represented on a single diagram

B. it is often difficultto compare the component parts

C. data with wide extreme can be conveniently represented in a pie chart

D. it is easy to draw

B

13.

The climatic belts recognized by the Greek were

A. torrid,temperate and frigid

B. hot,cold and medium

C. hot,mild and cool

D. equatorial,polar and torrid

A

14.

A mercury barometer is used for measuring

A. wind speed

B. temperature

C. sunshine

D. atmospheric pressure

D

15.

A line joining places having an equal degree of cloudiness is an

A. isotherm

B. isohyet

C. isobar

D. isoneph

D

16.

Lines joining places with same mean annual rainfall are called

A. isohyets

B. isohels

C. isohalines

D. isotherms

A

17.

Which of the following winds affects the West Indian Islands of the Caribbean?

A. hurricane

B. mistrat

C. chinook

D. tornadoes

A

18.

Loess is an example of

A. clayey soil

B. loamy soil

C. wind deposited soil

D. montane soil

C

19.

A soil profile refers to the

A. shape of the soil

B. vertical section of the soil

C. mineral composition of the soil

D. zone of eluvation

B

20.

'The trees are evergreen,forming a canopy with buttress roots,climbers and creepers'. Which of the following vegetation types does this statement refer to?

A. savanna

B. Equatorial

C. Tropical desert

D. Mediterranean

B