Waec Geography Past Questions For Year 2001
Question 16
Which of the following settlement types is the largest size?
- A. megalopolis
- B. village
- C. town
- D. city
Question 17
The type of rainfall characterized by torrential downpour in the tropics or during summers in the temperature interiors is called
- A. convectional rainfall
- B. frontal rainfall
- C. orographic rainfall
- D. cyclonic rainfall
Question 18
Which of the following is not true about a clayey soil?
- A. it is heavy
- B. it has relatively small particle sizes
- C. it has relatively small tiny air spaces
- D. it is characterized by high capilarity
Question 19
Transhumance involves the movement of
- A. people from rural to urban areas
- B. migrant labour from source to receiving regions
- C. settlers from highlands to lowlands for farming
- D. cattle up and down mountains for pasture
Question 20
The intensity of erosion by a river is determined by the
- A. volume of water only
- B. gradient of the valley only
- C. gradient and width of the valley
- D. volume of water,gradient of the valley and the load carried
