Geography Past Questions And Answers
The fadama lands of the Niger/Benue trough are mostly known for the commercial production of?
- A. yam and vegetables
- B. paotatoes and beans-seed
- C. rice and sugarcane
- D. maize and guinea corn
The correct sequence in the process of denudation is
- A. weathering-transportation-erosion-deposition
- B. waethering-erosion-deposition-transportation
- C. erosion-weathering-transportation-deposition
- D. weathering-erosion-transportation-deposition
One major problem of development in the Niger-Benue trough is
- A. inadequate rainfall
- B. very high relief
- C. desert encroachment
- D. inadequate water supply
Which of the following are the benefits of transportation to a country? I. Diffusion of ideas II. Acculturation III. Unemployment IV. Enhanced trade
- A. II, Ill and IV only
- B. I, II and IV only
- C. I, II and III only
- D. I, III and IV only
(a) Discuss, using specific examples, any four factors that determine the pattern of movement of ocean currents the North Pacific Ocean
(b) Select any one cold current in the North Pacific Ocean and outline its effects on thE climate of the adjacent coastland
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1997 THEORYIn which of the following order is copper produced?
- A. blasting-crushing-floating-smelting
- B. blasting-crushing-floting-grinding-smelting
- C. blasting-crushing-grinding-floting-smelting
- D. crushing-blasting-grinding-smelting-floting
A trader in town Y on Long. 30°W telephoned his uncle in town Z on Long. 60°E at 12.00 noon. The local time the uncle received the call was?
- A. 6.00 a.m
- B. 10.00 a.m
- C. 2.00 p.m
- D. 6.00 p.m
The population clusters in Kano, Kaduna and Zaira cities in Northern Nigeria in the 1960's are best explained by?
- A. cultural factors
- B. favourable climate conditions
- C. the existence of major cash crops
- D. the presence of industrial employment
Irrigation farming is highly practiced in Northern Nigeria because of the
- A. aboundant plains for the cultivation
- B. limited maret for its products
- C. inadequate rainfall and presence of many rivers
- D. good roads and aboundant capital
The type of rainfall characterized by torrential downpour in the tropics or during summers in the temperature interiors is called
- A. convectional rainfall
- B. frontal rainfall
- C. orographic rainfall
- D. cyclonic rainfall