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THEORY QUESTIONS
WAEC SYLLABUS

WASSCE 2010

Objectives





1. The feature marked X-Y is a/an

A. Dry valley

B. Crater lake

C. Plateau

D. Alluvial fan


2. River Owen is a/an

A. Distributary of River Oshe

B. Tributary of River Oshe

C. Delta

D. Estuary


3. Sugar cane can easily be grown in the

A. Eastern part of the map

B. South part of the map

C. Northern part of the map

D. South western part of the map


4. OFFOT is a

A. Nodal town

B. Port town

C. Defense town

D. Fishing town


5. The long stretch of highland in the northern part of the map is a

A. Caldera

B. Geyser

C. Ridge

D. Plateau


ANSWERS

6. The bearing of Agaba from Deog is about

A. 110°

B. 140°

C. 160°

D. 190°


7. The road network on the map

A. Avoids lowlands

B. Avoids highlands

C. Moves through valleys

D. Moves along the plateau


8. Which of these statements is true about the relief of the map?

A. The central area is higher than other areas

B. The northern area is generally low in elevation

C. The central area is lower than other areas

D. The southern area is generally low in elevation


9. Which of the following is not a likely occupation of the people in Agaba?

A. Farming

B. Mining

C. Trading

D. Cattle rearing


10. OFOT can be described as a

A. Fishing town

B. Recreational centre

C. Mining settlement

D. Ship building centre


ANSWERS



11. The annual temperature range for the station is

A. 5.5

B. 11

C. 26

D. 27


12. The climatic data above can best be represented by

A. Divided circles

B. Chloropleth maps

C. Flow line maps

D. Bar and line graphs


13. The climatic data above most probably represents

A. Hot desert climate

B. Mediterranean climate

C. Tropical continental climate

D. Warm temperate climate


14. A true bearing is the angle which a line makes from the observer’s position to an object with the line pointing to

A. Magnetic North

B. Magnetic Variation

C. True North

D. Southern Hemisphere


15. It is noon at Point X (longitude 0), while it is 10:00 pm at Point Y. What is the longitude of Point Y?

A. 150

B. 140

C. 130

D. 120


ANSWERS

16. The part of the lithosphere which forms the ocean floor is

A. Sial

B. Sima

C. Nikel

D. Nife


17. Which of the following lines could be described as a Great Circle? The

A. Tropic of Cancer

B. Tropic of Capricorn

C. Equator

D. Arctic Circle


18. The northern and southern limits of the apparent movement of the Sun is marked by the

A. Tropic of Capricorn and Equator

B. Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn

C. Horse Latitudes

D. North pole and South pole


19. Which of the following is a true characteristic of sedimentary rocks? They

A. Are laid down in strata

B. Are crystal line

C. Have high resistance to erosion

D. Are basaltic in nature


20. Which of the following fold mountains is found in Africa?

A. Himalayas

B. Alps

C. Atlas

D. Rockies


ANSWERS

21. Resurgent Springs usually occur in

A. Rift valleys

B. U-shaped valleys

C. Limestone areas

D. Glaciated areas


22. Which of the following landforms is not produced by faulting?

A. Fault scarp

B. Rift valley

C. Sill

D. Horst


23. The process of removing soluble substance such as mineral salt into lower layers of the soil is called

A. Translocation

B. Leaching

C. Eluviations

D. Illuviation


24. Which of the following is not a process of chemical weathering?

A. Oxidation

B. Attrition

C. Hydration

D. Carbonation


25. Sea tides are caused mainly by the influence of

A. Earth’s rotation

B. Asteroids

C. The stars

D. The sun


ANSWERS

26. The most important active factor of soil formation is

A. Time

B. Relief

C. Slope

D. Climate


27. Which of the following has the highest level of salinity?

A. Baltic sea

B. Antarctic ocean

C. Mediterranean sea

D. Atlantic ocean


28. Which of the following is not a form of precipitation?

A. Hail

B. Dust

C. Dew

D. Snow


29. “It has humidity of over 90% with rainfall in all months”. This statement describes the

A. Equatorial climate

B. Desert climate

C. Warm temperate climate

D. Mediterranean climate


30. “The forest is both dense and luxuriant and contains a great variety of plants with broad leaved trees”. This statement describes the

A. Savannah

B. Tropical rain forest

C. Mediterranean woodland

D. Warm temperate forest


ANSWERS

31. Which of the following is not a major benefit of Savanna vegetation?

A. Livestock farming

B. Arable crop cultivation

C. Aqua culture

D. Game reserves


32. The study of the continuous interaction between living things and their environments is known as

A. Ecology

B. Energy cycle

C. Biology

D. Geology


33. Which of the following has very dense population?

A. The equatorial low land of South America

B. The northern region of Canada

C. The north eastern seaboard of U.S.A.

D. He western region of Australia


34. Which of the following represents an increasing order in the size of settlement?

A. Isolated farmstead hamlet village town

B. Town village hamlet isolated farmstead

C. Isolated farmstead village hamlet town

D. Hamlet village town isolated farmstead


35. “It is an area of great industrial and agricultural activities and hence supports great concentration of people”. This statement best describes

A. The Amazon basin

B. The North East of U.S.A.

C. The Niger valley

D. North Africa


ANSWERS

36. “It is the slowest and cheapest means of transport and is used for transporting bulky goods over long distances among nations”. This statement best describes

A. Road transport

B. Rail transport

C. Air transport

D. Sea transport


37. The role of transport in economic development of any nation include all except

A. National disintegration

B. Movement of goods and services

C. Opening up new lands and areas

D. Provision of employment


38. All the following are benefits of irrigation farming except

A. Provision of employment

B. Making early planting possible

C. Making farmers depend solely on rainfall

D. Bumper harvest


39. It is possible to harness solar energy in all the following countries except

A. Angola

B. Australia

C. Greenland

D. Thailand


40. The most important trading partner of Anglophone West African countries is

A. Canada

B. Korea

C. France

D. United Kingdom


ANSWERS

41. The smallest ocean in the world is the

A. Indian ocean

B. Pacific ocean

C. Arctic ocean

D. Atlantic ocean


42. One of the major problems of manufacturing industries in Tropical Africa is

A. High demand for manufactured products

B. Inadequate raw materials

C. High quality industrial labour

D. High cost of labour


43. Man made distribution of water to farmlands in areas which suffer from inadequate rainfall is called

A. Water resource management

B. Irrigation

C. Mulching

D. Arable farming


44. In which of the following vegetation belts is lumbering an important economic activity?

A. Sahel savanna

B. Tundra

C. Sudan savanna

D. Tropical rainforest


45. Lumbering is a very important activity in

A. Libya

B. Namibia

C. Liberia

D. Algeria


ANSWERS

46. All the following countries lie on the Equator except

A. Kenya

B. Ghana

C. Somalia

D. Gabon


47. Nature mostly intervenes in the state of balance in land ecosystem through

A. Earth’s revolution

B. Climatic changes

C. Earth equilibrium

D. Earth rotation


48. Which of the following best explains the influx of refugees from Liberia to Ghana?

A. Wages are higher in Ghana than in Liberia

B. Loss of markets in Liberia for products

C. Food shortage in Liberia caused by over population

D. Great suffering in Liberia form ethnic tensions and civil war


49. One outstanding benefit of lumbering to an economy is that it

A. Leads to depletion of forest

B. Earns foreign exchange

C. Leads to soil erosion

D. Causes flooding


50. Which of the following is not a member country of ECOWAS?

A. Nigeria

B. Ghana

C. Cameroun

D. Liberia



WASSCE JUNE 2010 GEOGRAPHY OBJECTIVE TEST

ANSWERS

​​1. A 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. C 11. B 12. D 13. C 14. C 15. A 16. B 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. C 21. C 22. C 23. B 24. B 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. A 30. B 31. C 32. A 33. C 34. A 35. B 36. D 37. A 38. C 39. C 40. D 41. C 42. B 43. B 44. D 45. C 46. B 47. B 48. D 49. B 50. C


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