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 1051:

  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 1052: which of the following instruments is used to measure wind Speed Options:
  A) thermometer
  B) barometer
  C) hygrometer
  D) anemometer
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1053:

  Nigeria's major export commodity is

  Options:
  A) Coal
  B) Cocoa
  C) Cotton
  D) Petroleum
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1054: Which of the following Nigerian towns is likely to experience frequent cases of coastal erosion? Options:
  A) Burutu
  B) Akankpa
  C) Lokoja
  D) llesha
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1055: Which of these is CORRECT about the industrial economy of Zaria? Options:
  A) Well intergated railway system
  B) Abundance of high skilled labour
  C) Availability of large international market
  D) Abundance of minerals
  E) Cheap air transport
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1056: With which of the following processes are drumlins, boulder clay and terminal moraines associated? Options:
  A) Wind deposition
  B) River deposition
  C) River erosion
  D) Glacial depostion
  E) Glacial erosion
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1057: The main objective of the 'Green Revolution' programme in Nigeria is to encourage? Options:
  A) irrigation agriculture
  B) large-scale production of cereals
  C) improvement in crop yield and total output
  D) large-scale mechanization
  E) importation of fertilizers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1058: Which of the following is NOT correct in terms of the country's major product for international trade? Options:
  A) Manritius: sugar
  B) Libya: petroleum
  C) Zambia: copper
  D) Cote d'Ivoire: diamond
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1059: Ranging poles are important in chain and prismatic compass surveys to determine? Options:
  A) the adjustment to correct a closure error
  B) the total length of all offsets
  C) the length of the base line
  D) three points along a straight line
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1060:

  Which of the following regions has the least population density?

  Options:
  A) North-West Europe
  B) Eurasian Tundra
  C) The Nile Valley
  D) North-East USA
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  The correct answer is B .