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: Nucleated groups of houses occupied largely by people engaged in primary occupation are referred to as? Options:
  A) metropolises
  B) villages
  C) farmsteads
  D) towns
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2: Two major causes of environmental population in the Niger Delta are? Options:
  A) oil blowout and gas flaring
  B) road construction and pipe laying
  C) deforestation and water polllution
  D) creek erosion and waste dumping
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3:

  A country well known for the production of Copper in Africa is

  Options:
  A) Zambia
  B) Republic of Benin
  C) Ghana
  D) Egypt
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4: Mixed farming implies Options:
  A) growing crops and rearing animals on a given land area
  B) keeping poultry and rearing pigs on one and the same farm
  C) growing grains and root crops on the same piece of land
  D) mixed cultivation of wheat, barley, and oats
  E) intercropping of yam, cassava and maize
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 5: The earth’s movement from west to east on its own axis is known as Options:
  A) friction
  B) revolution
  C) gravitation
  D) rotation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 6: The list of exports from Japan to Nigeria is likely to include? Options:
  A) motor vehicles, television sets and coal
  B) wrist watches, chemicals and crude oil
  C) motor vehicles, cameras and industrial machines
  D) television sets, iron ore and computers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7:

  Which of the following is best defined as the movement of people from one geographical area to another involving permanent or temporary residence or settlement?

  Options:
  A) Transportation
  B) Civilization
  C) Migration
  D) urbanization
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 8: How were the major mountain belts of the world produced? Options:
  A) By wind erosion
  B) By Folding
  C) By glacial erosion
  D) By weathering
  E) By river deposition
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9:

  One of the following is not a problem involved in harnessing solar energy?

  Options:
  A) Poor technological know-how
  B) Adequacy of capital
  C) Unreliability
  D) Fear of competition with established energy sources
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 10:

  _______ is the condition of the lower atmosphere of a place over a short period

  Options:
  A) climate
  B) weather
  C) cloud
  D) humidity
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  The correct answer is B .