Year : 
2010
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 37 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

Which of the following represents an increasing order in the size of settlement?

A. isolated farmstead-hamlet-village-town

B. town-village-hamlet-isolated farmstead

C. isolated farmstead-village-hamlet-town

D. hamlet-village-town-isolated farmstead

A

22.

'It is an area of great industrial and agricultural activities and hence supports great concentration of people'. This statement best describes

A. the amazon basin

B. the north east of U.S.A

C. the Niger valley

D. North Africa

B

23.

'It is the slowest and cheapest means of transport and is used for transporting bulky goods over long distances among nations'. This statement best describes

A. road transport

B. rail transport

C. air transport

D. sea transport

D

24.

The role of transport in economic development of any nation include all except

A. national disintegration

B. movement of goods and services

C. opening up new lands and areas

D. provision of employment

A

25.

All the following are benefits of irrigation farming except

A. provision of employment

B. making early planting possible

C. making farmers depend solely on rainfall

D. bumper harvest

C

26.

It is possible to harness solar energy in all the following countries except

A. Angola

B. Australia

C. Greenland

D. Thailand

C

27.

The most important trading partner of Anglophone West African Countries is

A. Canada

B. Korea

C. France

D. United Kingdom

D

28.

The smallest ocean in the world is the

A. Indian ocean

B. Pacific ocean

C. Arctic ocean

D. Atlantic ocean

C

29.

One of the major problems of manufacturing industries in Tropical Africa is

A. high demand for manufactured products

B. inadequate raw materials

C. high quality of industrial labour

D. high cost of labour

B

30.

Man made distribution of water to farmlands in areas which suffer from inadequate rainfall is called

A. water resource management

B. irrigation

C. mulching

D. arable farming

B

21.

Which of the following represents an increasing order in the size of settlement?

A. isolated farmstead-hamlet-village-town

B. town-village-hamlet-isolated farmstead

C. isolated farmstead-village-hamlet-town

D. hamlet-village-town-isolated farmstead

A

22.

'It is an area of great industrial and agricultural activities and hence supports great concentration of people'. This statement best describes

A. the amazon basin

B. the north east of U.S.A

C. the Niger valley

D. North Africa

B

23.

'It is the slowest and cheapest means of transport and is used for transporting bulky goods over long distances among nations'. This statement best describes

A. road transport

B. rail transport

C. air transport

D. sea transport

D

24.

The role of transport in economic development of any nation include all except

A. national disintegration

B. movement of goods and services

C. opening up new lands and areas

D. provision of employment

A

25.

All the following are benefits of irrigation farming except

A. provision of employment

B. making early planting possible

C. making farmers depend solely on rainfall

D. bumper harvest

C

26.

It is possible to harness solar energy in all the following countries except

A. Angola

B. Australia

C. Greenland

D. Thailand

C

27.

The most important trading partner of Anglophone West African Countries is

A. Canada

B. Korea

C. France

D. United Kingdom

D

28.

The smallest ocean in the world is the

A. Indian ocean

B. Pacific ocean

C. Arctic ocean

D. Atlantic ocean

C

29.

One of the major problems of manufacturing industries in Tropical Africa is

A. high demand for manufactured products

B. inadequate raw materials

C. high quality of industrial labour

D. high cost of labour

B

30.

Man made distribution of water to farmlands in areas which suffer from inadequate rainfall is called

A. water resource management

B. irrigation

C. mulching

D. arable farming

B