Geography Past Questions And Answers
A major limiting factor to the development of industries in the developing countries is?
- A. low level of capital formation
- B. high population growth rate
- C. shortage of raw materials
- D. unfavorable climates
Which of the following is an effect of the earth's revolution?
- A. Day and night
- B. It determines a year
- C. Dawn and Twilight
- D. Apparent Sunrise and sunset
Differentiate between the Equatorial and the Tropical continental climates under the following
(a) location
(b) temperature characteristics
(c) rainfall distribution
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1994 THEORYFrom what are carbonaceous types of sedimentary rocks made of?
- A. Tropical heat
- B. Molten Magma
- C. Vegetable matter
- D. Coral remains
The commentary of football match which started at 4p.m on Friday in Teheran (60oE) would be heard in Seoul (150oE)at
- A. 10a.m on Friday
- B. 5p.m on Friday
- C. 10p.m on Thursday
- D. 10p.m on Friday
a given map is enlarged 3 times its original size which is 1;150,000 what will be the new scale?
- A. 1 : 50,000
- B. 1 : 75,000
- C. 1 : 100,000
- D. 1 : 450,000
(a) Outline five factors that should he considered in the location of an industry
(b) State five benefits of industrialization to a country
The basin system of irrigation in the Nile Basin is not reliable because
- A. too much of the water percolates into the ground
- B. only a few crops can be grown
- C. it is not considered suitable by some farmers
- D. it depends on the flow of the Nile in a particular year
The population of a town in 1975 was 210,000 but grew to 280,000 in 1980. What was the the annual growth rate?
- A. 15.0%
- B. 6.7%
- C. 33.3%
- D. 26.7%
The greatest problem in the use of solar energy is
- A. the high risk in its usage
- B. its unreliability from day to day and season to season
- C. the high intensity associatated with the sun
- D. the high cost of transporting it for domestic use