Year : 
2020
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

Which of the following factors affect temperature?
I. Latitude
II. Time
III. Wind direction
IV. Ocean current

A. I and II only

B. II and III only

C. II and IV only

D. I and IV only

D

22.

Which climate is characterized by winner rain and summer drought?

A. Equatorial

B. Mediterranean

C. Tropical continental

D. Tropical hinterland

B

23.

Temperature decreases with height in the

A. stratosphere

B. troposphere

C. ionosphere

D. exosphere

B

24.

A temporary salt lake found in arid and semi-arid area is also called

A. playa

B. wadi

C. bajada

D. messa

D

25.

Hamada is another name for

A. sandy desert

B. stony desert

C. rocky desert

D. cold desert

C

26.

Petroleum is usually found in

A. resistant rocks

B. metamorphic rocks

C. igneous rocks

D. sedimentary rocks

D

27.

One of the following features is an example of faulting

A. Plateau

B. Caldera

C. Rift valley

D. Fold mountain

C

28.

How many Standard Time Zones will a country with a longitudinal extent of 155° have?

A. 9

B. 11

C. 15

D. 16

B

29.

The day in which the length of day and night are equal everywhere on Earth is

A. 21st June

B. 30th August

C. 21st March

D. 22nd December

C

30.

A rock in which water cannot easily pass through is termed

A. permeable

B. porous

C. impermeable

D. aquifer

C

21.

Which of the following factors affect temperature?
I. Latitude
II. Time
III. Wind direction
IV. Ocean current

A. I and II only

B. II and III only

C. II and IV only

D. I and IV only

D

22.

Which climate is characterized by winner rain and summer drought?

A. Equatorial

B. Mediterranean

C. Tropical continental

D. Tropical hinterland

B

23.

Temperature decreases with height in the

A. stratosphere

B. troposphere

C. ionosphere

D. exosphere

B

24.

A temporary salt lake found in arid and semi-arid area is also called

A. playa

B. wadi

C. bajada

D. messa

D

25.

Hamada is another name for

A. sandy desert

B. stony desert

C. rocky desert

D. cold desert

C

26.

Petroleum is usually found in

A. resistant rocks

B. metamorphic rocks

C. igneous rocks

D. sedimentary rocks

D

27.

One of the following features is an example of faulting

A. Plateau

B. Caldera

C. Rift valley

D. Fold mountain

C

28.

How many Standard Time Zones will a country with a longitudinal extent of 155° have?

A. 9

B. 11

C. 15

D. 16

B

29.

The day in which the length of day and night are equal everywhere on Earth is

A. 21st June

B. 30th August

C. 21st March

D. 22nd December

C

30.

A rock in which water cannot easily pass through is termed

A. permeable

B. porous

C. impermeable

D. aquifer

C