Year : 
1995
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 40 of 47 Questions

# Question Ans
31.

Jebba,Lokoja and Onitsha are examples of

A. packet stations

B. railway stations

C. sea ports

D. river ports

E. entrepots

D

32.

Which of the following is the characteristic pattern of rural settlements in the Western Highlands of Nigeria?

A. Linear

B. Dispersed

C. Satellite

D. Elongated

E. Nucleated

B

33.

Africa is threatened today by serious soil erosion because the

A. soils are porous

B. landscape is characterised by mountains

C. rainfall is heavy all over Africa

D. soils are recklessly exposed

E. agents of erosion are very active

D

34.

The largest irrigation scheme in Africa is served by the

A. Sennar Dam

B. Kainji Dam

C. Akosombo Dam

D. Tiga Dam

E. Kariba Dam

A

35.

Which of the following vegetation belts in Africa is usually associated with the tropical continental climate?

A. Tropical desert

B. Sudan Savanna

C. Guinea Savanna

D. Tropical rainforest

E. Tropical monsoon forset

B

36.

Which of the following lakes is not found in the East African Rift Valley?

A. Lake Turkana

B. Lake Tanganyika

C. Lake Mweru

D. Lake Mobutu

E. Lake Tana

D

37.

Which of the following planets has the longest orbit around the sun?

A. Saturn

B. Venus

C. Mars

D. Neptune

E. Jupiter

D

38.

A Great Circle can be described as

A. a line of longitude

B. the equator

C. a circle on the globe whose plane passes through the poles

D. the shortest distance between two points

E. a circle whose plane passes through centre of the globe

D

39.

The axis of the earth is inclined to the plane of the ecliptic at an angle of

A. 231/20

B. 661/20

C. 900

D. 1800

E. 3600

B

40.

On September 23, all towns in the northern hemisphere experience

A. equal lenth of day and night

B. longer days and shorter rights

C. longer rights and shorter days

D. complete darkness

E. complate daylight

A

31.

Jebba,Lokoja and Onitsha are examples of

A. packet stations

B. railway stations

C. sea ports

D. river ports

E. entrepots

D

32.

Which of the following is the characteristic pattern of rural settlements in the Western Highlands of Nigeria?

A. Linear

B. Dispersed

C. Satellite

D. Elongated

E. Nucleated

B

33.

Africa is threatened today by serious soil erosion because the

A. soils are porous

B. landscape is characterised by mountains

C. rainfall is heavy all over Africa

D. soils are recklessly exposed

E. agents of erosion are very active

D

34.

The largest irrigation scheme in Africa is served by the

A. Sennar Dam

B. Kainji Dam

C. Akosombo Dam

D. Tiga Dam

E. Kariba Dam

A

35.

Which of the following vegetation belts in Africa is usually associated with the tropical continental climate?

A. Tropical desert

B. Sudan Savanna

C. Guinea Savanna

D. Tropical rainforest

E. Tropical monsoon forset

B

36.

Which of the following lakes is not found in the East African Rift Valley?

A. Lake Turkana

B. Lake Tanganyika

C. Lake Mweru

D. Lake Mobutu

E. Lake Tana

D

37.

Which of the following planets has the longest orbit around the sun?

A. Saturn

B. Venus

C. Mars

D. Neptune

E. Jupiter

D

38.

A Great Circle can be described as

A. a line of longitude

B. the equator

C. a circle on the globe whose plane passes through the poles

D. the shortest distance between two points

E. a circle whose plane passes through centre of the globe

D

39.

The axis of the earth is inclined to the plane of the ecliptic at an angle of

A. 231/20

B. 661/20

C. 900

D. 1800

E. 3600

B

40.

On September 23, all towns in the northern hemisphere experience

A. equal lenth of day and night

B. longer days and shorter rights

C. longer rights and shorter days

D. complete darkness

E. complate daylight

A