Year : 
2021
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

Which of the following pairs of landforms are of desert origin

A. yardangs and batholiths

B. sandbars and tombolos

C. zeugens and inselbergs

D. barchans and tombolos

C

22.

On March 21 each year, all towns in the southern hemisphere experience?

A. complete daylight for 14hours

B. partial darkness

C. equal length of day and night

D. longer period of twilight

C

23.

Which of the following wave actions is a process of erosion

A. traction

B. hydraulic

C. saltation

D. suspension

C

24.

A feature produced by water in desert areas is-------

A. barchans

B. zeugens

C. yardangs

D. wadis

D

25.

The longitude which almost bisects Africa into two equal halves, east and west, is longitude-----------

A. 20ºE

B. 20ºW

C. 40ºE

D. 40ºW

A

26.

Which of the following elements of weather is matched with the wrong measuring instrument?

A. humidity and barometer

B. rainfall and rain guage

C. sunshine and sundial

D. windspeed and anemometer

A

27.

Marble is a metamorphosed -------

A. basalt

B. granite

C. gabbro

D. limestone

D

28.

Which of the following pairs of minerals form the bulk of the inner core of the earth

A. aluminum and iron

B. iron and nickel

C. tin and columbite

D. silicon and copper

C

29.

Which of the following pairs of rock examples are sedimentary rocks?

A. graphite and sandstone

B. gabbro and schist

C. limestone and chalk

D. gneiss and granite

B

30.

In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice is experienced on?

A. September 22/23

B. June 21

C. December 22

D. March 21

B

21.

Which of the following pairs of landforms are of desert origin

A. yardangs and batholiths

B. sandbars and tombolos

C. zeugens and inselbergs

D. barchans and tombolos

C

22.

On March 21 each year, all towns in the southern hemisphere experience?

A. complete daylight for 14hours

B. partial darkness

C. equal length of day and night

D. longer period of twilight

C

23.

Which of the following wave actions is a process of erosion

A. traction

B. hydraulic

C. saltation

D. suspension

C

24.

A feature produced by water in desert areas is-------

A. barchans

B. zeugens

C. yardangs

D. wadis

D

25.

The longitude which almost bisects Africa into two equal halves, east and west, is longitude-----------

A. 20ºE

B. 20ºW

C. 40ºE

D. 40ºW

A

26.

Which of the following elements of weather is matched with the wrong measuring instrument?

A. humidity and barometer

B. rainfall and rain guage

C. sunshine and sundial

D. windspeed and anemometer

A

27.

Marble is a metamorphosed -------

A. basalt

B. granite

C. gabbro

D. limestone

D

28.

Which of the following pairs of minerals form the bulk of the inner core of the earth

A. aluminum and iron

B. iron and nickel

C. tin and columbite

D. silicon and copper

C

29.

Which of the following pairs of rock examples are sedimentary rocks?

A. graphite and sandstone

B. gabbro and schist

C. limestone and chalk

D. gneiss and granite

B

30.

In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice is experienced on?

A. September 22/23

B. June 21

C. December 22

D. March 21

B