Year : 
2014
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 37 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

The nearest planet to the sun is the

A. pluto

B. Earth

C. Mars

D. Mercury

D

2.

The Longitude that joins Longitude 180o at the opposite side of the globe to from a Great Circle is

A. Longitude 0o

B. Longitude 30oE

C. Longitude 150oW

D. Longitude 170oW

A

3.

Which of the following lines of latitudes divides the earth into two bemispheres?

A. Tropic of Cancer

B. Tropic of Capricorn

C. The Equator

D. Antarctic Circle

C

4.

The part of the earth's crust that is covered by oceans and seas is called

A. biosphere

B. ionosphere

C. stratosphere

D. hydrosphere

D

5.

The angular distance of a point on the Earth's surface measured in degrees from the centre of the Earth east or west of the Greenwich Meridian is known as

A. axis

B. latitude

C. orbit

D. longitude

D

6.

An example of an organically formed sedimentary rock is

A. rock salt

B. granite

C. sandstone

D. coal

D

7.

Sills, dykes and batholiths are examples of

A. intrusive volcanic landforms

B. extrusive volcanic landforms

C. landforms from earthquakes

D. dpositional landforms

A

8.

In which part of the atmosphere does rain clouds develop?

A. Troposphere

B. stratosphere

C. thermosphere

D. exosphere

A

9.

The process of head ward erosion will lead to the formation of

A. alluvial cones

B. pot holes

C. river capture

D. oxbow lakes

C

10.

Which type of rock are quartzite, schist and marble?

A. Metamorphic

B. lgneous

C. sedimentary

D. volcanic

A

1.

The nearest planet to the sun is the

A. pluto

B. Earth

C. Mars

D. Mercury

D

2.

The Longitude that joins Longitude 180o at the opposite side of the globe to from a Great Circle is

A. Longitude 0o

B. Longitude 30oE

C. Longitude 150oW

D. Longitude 170oW

A

3.

Which of the following lines of latitudes divides the earth into two bemispheres?

A. Tropic of Cancer

B. Tropic of Capricorn

C. The Equator

D. Antarctic Circle

C

4.

The part of the earth's crust that is covered by oceans and seas is called

A. biosphere

B. ionosphere

C. stratosphere

D. hydrosphere

D

5.

The angular distance of a point on the Earth's surface measured in degrees from the centre of the Earth east or west of the Greenwich Meridian is known as

A. axis

B. latitude

C. orbit

D. longitude

D

6.

An example of an organically formed sedimentary rock is

A. rock salt

B. granite

C. sandstone

D. coal

D

7.

Sills, dykes and batholiths are examples of

A. intrusive volcanic landforms

B. extrusive volcanic landforms

C. landforms from earthquakes

D. dpositional landforms

A

8.

In which part of the atmosphere does rain clouds develop?

A. Troposphere

B. stratosphere

C. thermosphere

D. exosphere

A

9.

The process of head ward erosion will lead to the formation of

A. alluvial cones

B. pot holes

C. river capture

D. oxbow lakes

C

10.

Which type of rock are quartzite, schist and marble?

A. Metamorphic

B. lgneous

C. sedimentary

D. volcanic

A