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:

  The development of a climax vegetation in the Savannah belt of Nigeria is disturbed mainly by

  Options:
  A) Lumbering
  B) Mining
  C) Animal Grazing
  D) Bush burning
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2:

  Use the map below to answer the question. The most important minerals found in the area marked X are

  Options:
  A) Lead and Zinc
  B) Tin and columbite
  C) Galena and Tantalite
  D) Iron ore and thorium
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3:

  One of the following surveying instruments is used to set out lines at right angles to the main chain line

  Options:
  A) Optical square
  B) Station pegs
  C) Offset staff
  D) Steel Band
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4:

  The best solution to the rapid depletion of forest resources in West Africa is to

  Options:
  A) reserve hectares of land for plantations
  B) Introduce forest conservation techniques
  C) Import wood from other countries
  D) Employ more forest guards
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5:

  A well will always contain water if its dug_________

  Options:
  A) Below the Earth's basin
  B) To reach sand bearing water
  C) Above the water table
  D) Below the water table
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: The tropical Rainforest differs in structure from the Savannah in that? Options:
  A) both never occur in the same continent
  B) the savannah is a natural vegetation while the Rainforest is a derived one
  C) the Savannah grows in layers while the Rainforet does not
  D) the Savannah has less species diversity than the Rainforest
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7:

  The function performed by urban to the rural settlement in supply of

  Options:
  A) Industrial raw materials
  B) medicinal herbs
  C) food
  D) maufactured goods
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8: One of the consequences of the polar ice-caps melting is the? Options:
  A) submergence of existing coast lands
  B) emergence of submerged island
  C) increase in global temperature
  D) drier conditions in the tropical areas
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9: A doline is associated with a? Options:
  A) marine platform
  B) granitic upland
  C) Karst valley
  D) rocky desert
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10: Which of the following conditions leads to rapid population growth? Options:
  A) A declining death rate and an increasing birth rate
  B) A low death rate and a low birth rate
  C) A declining death rate and a static birth rate
  D) An increasing death rate and a declining birth rate
  E) A declining death rate and rapid emigration
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  The correct answer is A .