Geography Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Geography is the study of the Earth's landscapes, features, inhabitants, and natural phenomena. It aims to understand the locations of various elements, the reasons for their presence, and how they evolve and transform over time.

• Question 1:

  Which of the following is an effect of the earth's revolution?

  Options:
  A) Day and night
  B) It determines a year
  C) Dawn and Twilight
  D) Apparent Sunrise and sunset
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2: A traveller from South America, on crossing the International Date Line to Asia at 12 noon on Tuesday, would sail into? Options:
  A) Monday noon
  B) Tuesday noon
  C) Wednesday noon
  D) Wednesday mid-night
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3: Which of the following is a major mineral resource found in South Africa? Options:
  A) Limestone
  B) Natural gas
  C) Copper
  D) Gold
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4: In Nigeria, Landforms of volcanic and intrusive structures can be seen near each other in one of the following areas. Which one? Options:
  A) The Afemai Hills
  B) The Idanre Hills
  C) The Cross - River Plains
  D) The high plains of Hausaland
  E) The Jos Plateau
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5: The thick, scarred barks of many savannah trees are the effect of? Options:
  A) drought
  B) grazing
  C) pests
  D) fire
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6: In which of the following climate belt is ferruginous soils found? Options:
  A) Tropical arid
  B) Tropical continental
  C) Temperate arid
  D) Temperate continental
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7: Poorly drained soils are good for the growth of? Options:
  A) oil palm
  B) surgarcane
  C) cocoa
  D) rice
  E) maize
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8: If the distance between two places on a map is 2cm while the distance on land is 4km, the scale of the map is? Options:
  A) 1: 50 000
  B) 1: 100 000
  C) 1: 150 000
  D) 1; 200 000
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9: The level of development of the soil profile is determined by? Options:
  A) climate
  B) time
  C) parent material
  D) organic matter
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 10:

  

  The total number of pigs, camels and donkeys is

  Options:
  A) 1,600,000
  B) 1,500,000
  C) 1,400,000
  D) 1,300,000
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  The correct answer is B .