Geography Past Questions And Answers
All the following forms of subsistence farming in West Africa except
- A. mixed farming
- B. rotational bush fallowing
- C. permanent cultivation
- D. plantation agriculture
Describe desert encroachment under the following headings
(a) causes (b) areas liable (c) effect (d) methods of prevention
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1997 THEORYThe rapid exhaustion of non-renewable natural resources may least be aided by one of the following which is it?
- A. Increased urbanisation
- B. Reckless exploitation
- C. Inadequate technology
- D. Natural disaster
The soil gains nitrogen through one of the following except
- A. Denitrification
- B. Application of organic manure
- C. Electrical discharge
- D. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation
A composite coe is a volcano having successive layers of
- A. ash and cinder only
- B. cinder, ash and pyroclasts
- C. ash, acid lava and parasitic cones
- D. pyroclasts and parasitic cones
(a) Highlight any three advantages of each of the following modes of transport (i) Rail (ii) Water
(b) Give four reasons why some countries in Africa have not been able to sustain their rail transport
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2013 THEORYThe major problem facing the utilization of human resources in West Africa is
- A. soil infertility
- B. housing for all by the year 2000
- C. unemployment
- D. emigration
All the following are advantages of the bush fallowing system in West Africa except that it
- A. allows land to regain its fertility during fallow
- B. is very economical in the use of land
- C. reduces the need for the use of artificial fertilizers
- D. could lead to soil erosion
If a station M is due west of station N, the bearing of M, from N is?
- A. 180°
- B. 90°
- C. 360°
- D. 270°
The wind which blows across the Atlantic Ocean towards the coast of Nigeria and is responsible for rainy season is known as?
- A. Equatorial Easterlies
- B. Land and sea breeze
- C. Tropical continental airmass
- D. Tropical maritime airmass