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 1111: A soccer match which began at 1800 hours GMT at town Son longitude 90°W was telecast live to an audience in town T on longitude 15°E. The local times in towns S and T were respectively? Options:
  A) 12 noon and 7 p.m
  B) 12 midnight and 7.a.m
  C) 12 midnight and 7.p.m
  D) 12 noon and 7 a.m
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1112:

  

  The likely human activity in the northern part of the map is

  Options:
  A) Lumbering
  B) Fishing
  C) Mining
  D) Quarring
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1113: The length between two points on a topographical map is 5m. What is the actual distance between them if the scale of the map is 1:50000? Options:
  A) 2.5 km
  B) 3.0 km
  C) 3.5
  D) 5.0
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1114:

  

  The principal functions of Ubi are most likely to be

  Options:
  A) Religion, health care and farming
  B) Transportation, education and commerce
  C) Transportation, manufacturing and health care
  D) Farming, education and commerce
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1115:

  Soil erosion by action of rain can be caused by all of the following except

  Options:
  A) tropical rainstorms
  B) scanty vegetation
  C) steep slopes
  D) aridity
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1116: The population of a town in 1975 was 210,000 but grew to 280,000 in 1980. What was the the annual growth rate? Options:
  A) 15.0%
  B) 6.7%
  C) 33.3%
  D) 26.7%
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1117:

  The following are areas of lowlands in Nigeria except in Nigeria

  Options:
  A) The Chad Basin
  B) The Eastern Scarpland
  C) The Coaster plain
  D) The Niger-Benue trough
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1118:

  Organic components of the soil include all the following except_______

  Options:
  A) Micro organisms
  B) Humus
  C) Rock pedestal
  D) Animal remains
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1119:

  An example of a landform produced by glaciation is

  Options:
  A) horizon
  B) an ox-bow lake
  C) a cirque
  D) a sand-dune
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1120: When it is 9:00am in Munich, Western Germany (longitude 11⁰E) the time in Calcutta India (longitude 96⁰E) is Options:
  A) 4:20am
  B) 2:40am
  C) 2:40pm
  D) 5:40pm
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  The correct answer is C .