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 101: A weather element controlled mainly by latitude is? Options:
  A) temperature
  B) humidity
  C) rainfall
  D) cloud cover
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 102:

  

  Which of these statements is true concerning the three rates illustrated above?

  Options:
  A) The rate were highest in 1950 and declined steadily throughthe years
  B) The world rate is closer to that of the more developed region than that of the less developed
  C) The average world rate of growth in 2010 is less than the other two rates
  D) the rate of the more developed regions virtually declined through-out the period
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 103:

  Industries can be classified as either light or heavy.

  Which of the following groups of industries can be classified as light?

  Options:
  A) Textile, clothing, footwear and printing
  B) Iron and steel, cement and sugar
  C) N0n-metalic products an chemicals
  D) Petroleum, sugar and block-making
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 104: The vegetation that is characterized by tall trees climbing plants and creepers in the Amazon is called Options:
  A) pampas
  B) veldt
  C) selvas
  D) steppes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 105: Rocks minerals are said to be crystalline when the atoms forming them are? Options:
  A) found in sedimentary rocks
  B) found in crystalline rocks
  C) arrange in a deginite pattern
  D) arrange vertically
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 106: The oldest system of agriculture in Nigeria which now survives only in very remote areas is? Options:
  A) mixed farming
  B) shifting cultivation
  C) marketing gardening
  D) bush fallowing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 107: One factor which helps to account for the dryness of the Sahara desert is the Options:
  A) height of the jet stream over the area
  B) persistence of a high pressure belt over the area
  C) complete absence of vegetation over much of the area
  D) impact of oil production by the countries of that region
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 108:

  Lines joining places of equal sunshine hours on a map are called?

  Options:
  A) Isobars
  B) Isotherms
  C) Isohytes
  D) Isohels
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 109:

  If the scale of two maps are (a;1:100,000 and b;1:400,000) what is the ground distance if the distance between two towns on the maps is 10cm

  Options:
  A) 10km, 40km
  B) 5km, 20km
  C) 2.5km, 10km
  D) 20km, 80km
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 110: Rocks that are composed of particles derived previously existing rocks are referred to as? Options:
  A) Metamorphic rocks
  B) intrusive igneous rocks
  C) sedimentary rocks
  D) extrusive igneous rocks
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  The correct answer is A .