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 1091:

  Which of the following is a feature of heavy industries?

  Options:
  A) capital intensive
  B) small scale plants
  C) consumer goods production
  D) low turn-over
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1092:

  ________is the failure of the end point of a closed traverse to fall exactly on the point of origin of the transverse

  Options:
  A) Error of compass
  B) Traverse error
  C) Error of closure
  D) Field error
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1093: In which of the following countries is commercial grain farming an important occupation? Options:
  A) Nigeria
  B) Kenya
  C) Spain
  D) Canada
  E) Brazil
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1094:

  The instrument used to measure the duration of sunshine is the

  Options:
  A) campbell-stokes recorder
  B) cup-anemometer
  C) aneroid barometer
  D) aneroid barometer
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1095:

  What commodity is associated with OPEC?

  Options:
  A) Coffee
  B) Iron and Steel
  C) Vegetable oil
  D) Mineral oil
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1096:

  

  The plain to the east of the Cross River is virtually uninhabited probably because

  Options:
  A) It is covered by dense, impenetrable rain forests
  B) The land is not fertitle enough to encourage farming
  C) The Cross River is not navigable in this area
  D) The land is liable to flood
  E) There are too many rivers and lakes
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1097: The population of a certain country was observed to be 46 million males and 41 million females within a land area of about 173,000km². What is the average density of the population? Options:
  A) 503 persons per km²
  B) 351 persons per km²
  C) 266 persons per km²
  D) 237 persons per km²
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1098: Which ONE of the following statements about the railway lines of Africa is false? Options:
  A) There is no trans-continental railway in Africa which can be compared with the Trans-Siberian Railway in length or importance
  B) Africa's railway lines are all of uniform gauge
  C) Few railway lines in Africa cross from one country to another
  D) The railway lines of Africa generally run from the coast inland
  E) The densest railway network in Africa is in the Republic of South Africa
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1099:

  An example of a landform produced by glaciation is?

  Options:
  A) a cirque
  B) a sand-dune
  C) an ox-bow lake
  D) an inselberg
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1100:

  Jos plateau is an example of a

  Options:
  A) Volcanic plateau
  B) Dissected plateau
  C) Tectonic plateau
  D) Bassalt Plateau
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  The correct answer is B .