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 1151:

  The correct arrangement of the layers of the earth crust from the surface to the interior is

  Options:
  A) sial, mantle, sima, core
  B) sima, sial, core, mantle
  C) core, mantle, sima and sial
  D) sial, sima, mantle and core
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1152: Which of the following is the largest country in West Africa? Options:
  A) Mali
  B) Niger
  C) Mauritania
  D) Nigeria
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1153:

  	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
  Temp (°C)	27	28	28	28	27	26	25	26	26	26	27	28
  Rainfall (mm)	32.5	52.5	132.5	225.0	270.0	370.5	385.0	295.0	427.5	427.5	110.0	110.0

  The regime of the rainfall pattern is

   

  Options:
  A) rainfall throughout the year with single maximum
  B) seasonal rainfall with single maximum
  C) seasonal rainfall with double maxima
  D) rainfall throughout the year with double maxima
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1154:

  

  The line marked N connects

  Options:
  A) Abidjan and Kano
  B) Freetown and Kaduna
  C) Abidjan and Kaduna
  D) Lome and Jos
  E) Monrovia and Abuja
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1155:

  A river that enters the sea at a gently inclined costal plain where tidal waves are weak will most likely develop into a

  Options:
  A) lagoon
  B) knickpoint
  C) delta
  D) platform
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1156: Migration can contribute to solving the problems of rural areas by? Options:
  A) making rrural populations less homogenous at a source region
  B) redistributing population from high to low density
  C) creating job oppurtunities in the source areas
  D) promoting industrialisation in the receiving areas
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1157:

  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 1158:

  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 1159: Deforestation occurs when one of the following happens except Options:
  A) trees are cut down for agricultural purpose
  B) trees are cut down for limber
  C) bush is subjected to excessive burning and grazing
  D) shifting cultivation is practised
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1160:

  Which of the following mining methods and minerals are NOT related?

  Options:
  A) Open cast mining-bauxite
  B) Dredging-gold
  C) planning-coal
  D) Pumping-petroleum
  E) Placer mining-tin
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  The correct answer is C .