Geography Past Questions And Answers
In which of the following rock types is petroleum mainly found?
- A. Metamorphic
- B. Plutonic
- C. Igneous
- D. Sedimentary
Which of the following settlement types is strongly associated with tourism?
- A. Rural settlement
- B. Commercial centre
- C. Port town
- D. Holiday resort
Which of the following groups of environmental problems is commonly associated with mining activities?
- A. Air pollution, floods and sandstorms
- B. Deforestation, soil dessicated and heat wave
- C. Oil-spillage, drought and land susidence
- D. Soil erosion, sedimentation and land dereliction
Which of the following operations is common to both chain and prismatic compass surveys?
- A. Baseline determination
- B. Forward bearing reading
- C. Backward bearing reading
- D. Offset measurement
Which of these methods will best help to check wind erosion?
- A. re-afforestation and planting of tress on wind break
- B. inter-cropping and contour ploughing
- C. strip cripping and crop rotation
- D. contour ploughing and manuring
(a) Using specific examples, identify any three classes of settlements based on their functions
(b) Describe the characteristics of any two of the settlement types identified in (a) above.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1996 THEORY(a) Explain any four processes of soil formation
(b) In what four ways is soil important?
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1998 THEORYAir pressure at sea levels is higher than at the top of mountain because the air at sea level
- A. originates from the sea
- B. has a greater weight
- C. consists of a leser mixture of gases
- D. has a lesser weight
Which of the following is the most effective agent of coastal erosion?
- A. sea current
- B. sea waves
- C. underground water
- D. sea tides
The features commonly associated with river rejuvenation include knick points?
- A. paried terrances and entrenched meanders
- B. unparied terraces and braided channels
- C. unparied terraces and abandoned meader courses
- D. paired terraces and abandoned courses

