Year : 
1988
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 37 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

Which of the following statements is not true of the Solar system

A. The rays of the sun give energy to the system

B. All the plantes rotete around the sun

C. All the planets have their orbits round the sun

D. The planets revolve around the sun

E. The sun is at the centre of the system

B

2.

In the southern hemisphere, the autumnal equinox occurs on

A. 21st March

B. 21st June

C. 23rd September

D. 22nd December

E. 4th Januray

C

3.

The layer of earth found immediately beneath the crust is called

A. hydrosphere

B. lithosphere

C. mesosphere

D. barysphere

E. core

C

4.

''They are formed from the accumulation of materials derived from other rocks which have been cemented together". This is a description of

A. metamorphic rocks

B. plutonic rocks

C. organically formed sedimentary rocks

D. volcanic rocks

E. mechanically formed sedimentary rocks

E

5.

Which of the following is a volcanic plateau?

A. Kukuruku

B. Terra Rosa

C. Deccan

D. Graben

E. Atlas

C

6.

The overriding portion of the thrust fold is termed

A. a simple fold

B. an overfold

C. a syncline

D. a nappe

E. an anticline

D

7.

Depositional plains refer to all the following except

A. alluvial plains

B. structural plains

C. deltaic plains

D. flood plains

E. drift plains

B

8.

When the roof of a coastal cave collapses, it forms

A. a doline

B. an estuary

C. a gorge

D. a lagoon

E. a geo

E

9.

During wave actions, the rush of water onshore is called

A. longshore drift

B. swash

C. underlow

D. backwash

E. tidal current

B

10.

The Red Sea has a higher degree of salinity than the Mediterranean Sea because the former

A. is smaller in size than the latter

B. is located in a rift valley while the letter is located in a geosyncline

C. receives a smaller amount of fresh water than the latter

D. is linked with the Indian Ocean while the later is linked with the Atlantic

E. is nearer a hot desert than the latter

C

1.

Which of the following statements is not true of the Solar system

A. The rays of the sun give energy to the system

B. All the plantes rotete around the sun

C. All the planets have their orbits round the sun

D. The planets revolve around the sun

E. The sun is at the centre of the system

B

2.

In the southern hemisphere, the autumnal equinox occurs on

A. 21st March

B. 21st June

C. 23rd September

D. 22nd December

E. 4th Januray

C

3.

The layer of earth found immediately beneath the crust is called

A. hydrosphere

B. lithosphere

C. mesosphere

D. barysphere

E. core

C

4.

''They are formed from the accumulation of materials derived from other rocks which have been cemented together". This is a description of

A. metamorphic rocks

B. plutonic rocks

C. organically formed sedimentary rocks

D. volcanic rocks

E. mechanically formed sedimentary rocks

E

5.

Which of the following is a volcanic plateau?

A. Kukuruku

B. Terra Rosa

C. Deccan

D. Graben

E. Atlas

C

6.

The overriding portion of the thrust fold is termed

A. a simple fold

B. an overfold

C. a syncline

D. a nappe

E. an anticline

D

7.

Depositional plains refer to all the following except

A. alluvial plains

B. structural plains

C. deltaic plains

D. flood plains

E. drift plains

B

8.

When the roof of a coastal cave collapses, it forms

A. a doline

B. an estuary

C. a gorge

D. a lagoon

E. a geo

E

9.

During wave actions, the rush of water onshore is called

A. longshore drift

B. swash

C. underlow

D. backwash

E. tidal current

B

10.

The Red Sea has a higher degree of salinity than the Mediterranean Sea because the former

A. is smaller in size than the latter

B. is located in a rift valley while the letter is located in a geosyncline

C. receives a smaller amount of fresh water than the latter

D. is linked with the Indian Ocean while the later is linked with the Atlantic

E. is nearer a hot desert than the latter

C