Year : 
1992
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 40 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

Which of the following resources is renewable?

A. Petroleum

B. Coal

C. Hydro-electricity

D. Natural gas

E. Peat

C

22.

A high population density means a large number of

A. persons in relation to availible in nature resources

B. persons per unit area

C. workers per unit area

D. persons over a large area

E. urban dwellers

B

23.

Which of the following arrangement represents an increasing size of settlements?

A. Conurbation , hamlet, town,village

B. Hamlet, village, conurbation, town

C. Hamlet, village ,twon conurbation

D. Conurbation, town, village, hamlet

E. Town, conurbation, village, hamlet

C

24.

The least important factor for the location of settlements is the availability of

A. minerals

B. water

C. land for building

D. fertile land

E. communication networks

E

25.

A port that is auxiliary to another port further inland which cannot be reached by very large ships is described as

A. an entrepot

B. an output

C. a seaport

D. a river port

E. a packet station

D

26.

Which of the following are primary industries?

A. Transportation and adminstration

B. Fishing and mining

C. Manufacturing and construction

D. Forestry and manufacturing

E. Trade and construction

B

27.

The businest shipping route in the world is the

A. North Atlantic

B. Panama Canal

C. Trans-Pacific

D. Mediterranean

E. South Atlantic

A

28.

Which of the following does not contribute to the high cost of building and maintaining roads in West Africa?

A. Swampy coastal areas

B. Numerous rivers to be croosed

C. Mountainous nature of some regions

D. Infertility of some lands

E. Torrential dowpour

D

29.

The standard railway gauge is

A. 134cm

B. 143cm

C. 150cm

D. 153cm

E. 160cm

B

30.

Port Harcourt is a typical example of a

A. confluence town

B. gap twon

C. setellite twon

D. terminal town

D

21.

Which of the following resources is renewable?

A. Petroleum

B. Coal

C. Hydro-electricity

D. Natural gas

E. Peat

C

22.

A high population density means a large number of

A. persons in relation to availible in nature resources

B. persons per unit area

C. workers per unit area

D. persons over a large area

E. urban dwellers

B

23.

Which of the following arrangement represents an increasing size of settlements?

A. Conurbation , hamlet, town,village

B. Hamlet, village, conurbation, town

C. Hamlet, village ,twon conurbation

D. Conurbation, town, village, hamlet

E. Town, conurbation, village, hamlet

C

24.

The least important factor for the location of settlements is the availability of

A. minerals

B. water

C. land for building

D. fertile land

E. communication networks

E

25.

A port that is auxiliary to another port further inland which cannot be reached by very large ships is described as

A. an entrepot

B. an output

C. a seaport

D. a river port

E. a packet station

D

26.

Which of the following are primary industries?

A. Transportation and adminstration

B. Fishing and mining

C. Manufacturing and construction

D. Forestry and manufacturing

E. Trade and construction

B

27.

The businest shipping route in the world is the

A. North Atlantic

B. Panama Canal

C. Trans-Pacific

D. Mediterranean

E. South Atlantic

A

28.

Which of the following does not contribute to the high cost of building and maintaining roads in West Africa?

A. Swampy coastal areas

B. Numerous rivers to be croosed

C. Mountainous nature of some regions

D. Infertility of some lands

E. Torrential dowpour

D

29.

The standard railway gauge is

A. 134cm

B. 143cm

C. 150cm

D. 153cm

E. 160cm

B

30.

Port Harcourt is a typical example of a

A. confluence town

B. gap twon

C. setellite twon

D. terminal town

D