Geography Past Questions And Answers
A situation in which the bulk of the urban population in a country is concentrated in one town is best described as?
- A. urban primacy
- B. urbanization
- C. conurbation
- D. urban explosion
Equal degree of cloudiness is represented by
- A. isoneph
- B. isobar
- C. choropleth map
- D. pie chart
(a) What are the similarities and differences between the lines of latitude and longitude?
(b) An international cricket match between The Gambia and India is scheduled to start in Banjul (longitude 16°W) at 9.00a.m local time on 26th June. Calculate the time and day that listeners will have to tune to their radios for the start of the commentary at (i) Bombay (74°E) (ii) Pittsburg (89°W).
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1990 THEORY
Sedimentary rocks are easily recognized in the field because they?
- A. form round hills
- B. are faulted
- C. form vertical columns
- D. occur in layers
(a) In what four ways does a town differ from a village?
(b) Describe with examples three functions which a town may perform for a village
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1997 THEORYUrban settlements in West Africa function mainly as?
- A. market towns amd commercial centers
- B. cultural and religious centers
- C. industrial centers
- D. administrative capitals
Volcanoes are considered a natural resource because of all but one of the following reason
- A. mountainous landscape of volcanic origin have more scenic beauty
- B. most volcanic soils yield fertile soils
- C. intrusive volcanoes somtimes contains economic minerals
- D. volocanic explosion helps control world population
The biodiversity of an ecosystem may be reduced through the
- A. extinction of plant species
- B. removal of a single animal
- C. introduction of a new plant
- D. trapping of a single fish
Through which of the following sea routes is crude oil from Nigerian transported to Europe?
- A. North-Atlantic
- B. Trans-Pacific
- C. Far-East
- D. South-Atlantic
Which of the following is not a proof of the earth's sphericity?
- A. circumnavigation of the earth
- B. deflection of winds
- C. ship's visibility
- D. the circular horizon

