Geography 1991 Waec Past Questions and Answers

Question 56 :

• WAEC 1991

(a) What is meant by the term hinterland?
(b) Highlight with specific examples, the importance of sea ports in the economy of Nigeria
(c) State any four problems of port development in Nigeria

Question 57 :

• WAEC 1991

Contrast the Sokoto Plains with the Eastern highlands under the following headings
(a) relief and drainage
(b) resources and human activities
(c) problems of development

Question 58 :

• WAEC 1991

(a) Draw a sketch map of Nigeria and on it, locate and name
(i) three major zones of modern manufacturing industries
(ii) two important towns within each zone
(b) Outline any three problems which result from the concentration of manufacturing industries in these zones
(c) Suggest three steps which can be taken to encourage the growth of industries outside these zones.

Question 59 :

• WAEC 1991

Write explanatory notes on any four of the following
(a) Cocoa growing in western Nigeria
(b) Oil palm production in the eastern states
(c) Rice cultivation ire the middle belt
(d) Intensive farming in the Kano close-settled zone

Question 60 :

• WAEC 1991

(a) On an outline map of West Africa, show
(i) one area having less than four months of rainfall annually
(ii) one area having rainfall all the year round
(iii) the position of the high pressure belt in January
(b) Give three reasons for the length of the rainy season in (a)(i) above
(c) Explain three problems that rainfall may pose to agriculture in (a) (ii) above