WAEC Geography Past Questions

Real WAEC Geography past questions, each with the correct answer and a worked solution. NECO candidates sit the same paper, so these apply there too. Below are 8 to work through free โ€” no account needed.

Sample drawn from papers of 2010, 2006.

8 WAEC Geography questions with answers

Question 1

WAEC 2006

The earth rotates through 150 of longitude once in

  1. a.a minute
  2. b.an hour
  3. c.24 hours
  4. d.a day

Question 2

WAEC 2006

One example of inland drainage lake in Africa is

  1. a.Lake Chad
  2. b.Lake Victoria
  3. c.Lake Malawi
  4. d.Lake Turkana

Question 3

WAEC 2010

Drought-tolerant plants are

  1. a.Epiphytes
  2. b.Hydrophytes
  3. c.Droughytes
  4. d.Xerophytes

Question 4

WAEC 2010

Campos is the name for the grassland in

  1. a.North America
  2. b.South America
  3. c.Africa
  4. d.Asia

Question 5

WAEC 2010

When the moon comes in between the earth and the sun in a perfect straight line, it is known as

  1. a.Eclipse of the moon
  2. b.Lunar eclipse
  3. c.solar eclipse
  4. d.eclipse of the earth

Question 6

WAEC 2010

The earth rotates

  1. a.South East-South West
  2. b.South West South West
  3. c.West East
  4. d.East West

Question 7

WAEC 2010

A degree latitudinal distance is approximately

  1. a.70km
  2. b.111km
  3. c.180km
  4. d.360km

Question 8

WAEC 2010

Large masswa of moving ice in the oceans are

  1. a.glacier
  2. b.iceberg
  3. c.ice-sheet
  4. d.ice-caps

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