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THEORY QUESTIONS

WAEC SYLLABUS

1. The scale of the map is

A. 1:50,000

B. 1:100,000

C. 1:150,000

D. 1:200,000

2. The approximate distance ‘as the crow flies’ from Iso to Julo is

A. 3.0 km

B. 4.0 km

C. 5.0 km

D. 6.0 km

3. The major activity of the people in the southern part of the map is likely to be

A. Lumbering

B. Farming

C. Animal rearing

D. Mining

4. Oka can best be described as a

A. Mining town

B. Gap town

C. Confluence town

D. Nodal town

5. The feature marked X is a

A. Dam

B. Hydro-electric power station

C. Man-made lake

D. Pond

ANSWERS

6. The symbol 912 on the map is a

A. Telegraph office

B. Trigonometrical station

C. Bench mark

D. Boundary pillar

7. The contour interval on the map is

A. 50m

B. 100m

C. 150m

D. 200m

8. The highest point on the amp is slightly above

A. 600m

B. 800m

C. 900m

D. 1,000m

9. Which of the following is most likely to be a major problem confronting the mining industry in the mapped area?

A. Availability of labour

B. Inadequate transportation facilities

C. Depth of the mines

D. Insufficient spare parts

10. The area covered by ALELE DISTRICT is approximately

A. 205 km²

B. 230 km²

C. 235 km²

D. 248 km²

ANSWERS

11. Which two planets lie between the sun and the earth?

A. Venus and Mars

B. Venus and Jupiter

C. Mercury and Venus

D. Mercury and Saturn

12. On June 21st, when the sun is overhead at the Tropic of Cancer, places in the Northern Hemisphere experience

A. Longer day and shorter night

B. Twilight

C. Shorter day and longer night

D. Longer day and night

13. When a ship appears over the distance horizon, the

A. Hull is seen before the cabin

B. Hull and the mast are seen together

C. Mast is seen before the hull

D. Cabin is seen before the mast

14. The innermost section of the Earth is the

A. Core

B. Mantle

C. Crust

D. Sial

15. Which of the following is not a characteristic of sedimentary rocks? They

A. Contain fossils

B. Are crystalline

C. Are usually laid down in layers

D. Are porous

ANSWERS

16. Rocks which have been formed by the cooling and solidification of molten magma are called

A. Igneous rocks

B. Sedimentary rocks

C. Conglomerates

D. Metamorphic rocks

17. Which of the following is not a type of mountain?

A. Conical mountain

B. Block mountain

C. Fold mountain

D. Mountain of accumulation

18. Which of the following is not true of stalagmites and stalactites?

A. Stalagmites are upward growing pillars while stalactites are downward growing

B. Stalagmites are short and wide while stalactites are long and narrow

C. Stalactites are formed on the floor of limestone caves

D. Stalactites are longer than stalagmites

19. Which of the following pairs are desert landforms?

A. Waves-cut platforms and self dunes

B. Sandbars and sandspits

C. Yardangs and zeugens

D. Barchans and tombolos

20. Most of the world’s lakes are fresh water which are

A. Fed by rivers with outlets to the sea

B. Fed by melting glaciers

C. Fairly saline due to excessive evaporation

D. Constant in volume

ANSWERS

Use the figure above to answer questions 22-24

22. Figure I above represent a

A. Pie chart

B. Flow line map

C. Dot map

D. Simple graph

23. What is the volume of passenger traffic between IZABU and Ashama?

A. 12,000

B. 10,000

C. 8,000

D. 6,000

24. By how much is the traffic between IZABU and Anikpu more than the traffic between IZABU and Ugba?

A. 1,800

B. 1,700

C. 1,500

D. 1,200

25. Which of the following is not true of pie charts?

A. Statistics of various items can be represented on a single diagram

B. It is often difficult to compare the component parts

C. Data with wide extremes can be conveniently represented in a pie chart

D. It is easy to draw

ANSWERS

26. The climatic belts recognized by the Greek were

A. Torrid, temperate and frigid

B. Hot, cold and medium

C. Hot, mild and cool

D. Equatorial, polar and torrid

27. A mercury barometer is used for measuring

A. Wind speed

B. Temperature

C. Sunshine

D. Atmospheric pressure

28. Lines joining places with same mean annual rainfall are called

A. Isohyets

B. Isohels

C. Isohalines

D. Isotherms

29. A line joining places having an equal degree of cloudiness is an

A. Isotherm

B. Isohyets

C. Isobar

D. Isoneph

30. Which of the following winds affects the West Indian Islands of the Caribbean?

A. Hurricanes

B. Mistral

C. Chinook

D. Tornadoes

ANSWERS

31. Loess is an example of

A. Clayey soil

B. Loamy soil

C. Wind deposited soil

D. Montane soil

32. A soil profile refers to the

A. Shape of the soil

B. Vertical section of the soil

C. Mineral composition of the soil

D. Zone of eluviations

33. “The trees are evergreen, forming a canopy with buttress roots, climbers and creepers”. Which of the following vegetation types does this statement refer to?

A. Savanna

B. Equatorial

C. Tropical desert

D. Mediterranean

34. Which of the environmental hazards id due primarily to human activities?

A. Earthquake

B. Volcanic eruption

C. Hurricane

D. Ozone depletion

35. Life expectancy refers to the

A. Age at which people receive their pension

B. Average age at which people die

C. Achievement one makes in life

D. Age at which people retire from their jobs

ANSWERS

36. The term over-population is best defined as the situation where

A. There is high population density

B. Birth rate is equal to death rate

C. The population exceeds available resources

D. There is an increasing birth rate and a decreasing infant mortality rate

37. Which of the following features is shared by Hong Kong, Java and Manhattan?

A. High military technology

B. High population density

C. Multi-racial communities

D. Rapid industrial growth

38. A conurbation can best be described as

A. A large village with thousands of people

B. Two or more towns joined together, each own maintaining its own identity

C. A large area with big cities

D. A big area of land with few settlements

39. A settlement developed at the meeting point of rods is known as a

A. Port town

B. Nodal town

C. Gap town

D. Confluence town

40. “It is a port that specializes in receiving and redistributing goods to the neighbouring countries”. Which of the following ports is described in the preceding statement?

A. Ferry port

B. Out port

C. River port

D. Entrepot

ANSWERS

41. The ocean that connects Europe and America is the

A. Indian ocean

B. Antarctic ocean

C. Atlantic ocean

D. Arctic ocean

42. Copper is an important raw material in the

A. Chemical industry

B. Oil refining industry

C. Pharmaceutical industry

D. Electrical industry

43. Which activity requires the following? I. Large area of land usually in thousands of hectares II. Availability of water either in the form of rain or irrigation III. High capital outlay

A. Plantation Agriculture

B. Mining

C. Lumbering

D. Tourism industry

44. A great advantage of Basin irrigation is that

A. It makes it possible to irrigate larger areas

B. The basin helps to trap much alluvium to enrich the soil

C. It is an expensive means of irrigation

D. Water is not wasted

45. The Gezira Scheme and the Manaquil Extension are famous for the cultivation of

A. Kolanuts

B. Cotton