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 1171: Which of the following shipping routes carries the world's heavies ocean traffic? Options:
  A) Panama Canal West Coast U.S.A.
  B) Eastern North America Western Europe
  C) Mediterranean Suez Canal India Ocean
  D) Western Europe Southern Africa Australia
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1172: A hazard that could be traced directly to ozone layer depletion is the? Options:
  A) escalation of the melting of polar and temperate ice caps
  B) introduction of ultra violet rays into the troposhere
  C) submergence of numerous coastal settlements in the world
  D) extension of desert-like conditions to the savannah
  E) no option
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1173: Which of the following is NOT a major contributory factor to the large-scale production of groundnuts in the Gambia? Options:
  A) Suitable light sandy soils
  B) Easy transport provided by the River Gambia
  C) Abundant migrant labour from neighbouring countries
  D) Heavy government subsidy on inputs
  E) Mechanization of farming
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1174: The four basic components of the physical environment are? Options:
  A) atmospere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere
  B) thermosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere
  C) atmosphere, lacolith, hydrosphere and biosphere
  D) atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and ecosystem
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1175:

  A population with low births and death rates presents

  Options:
  A) a broad-based population pyramid
  B) a young dependent population structure
  C) an equal male-female population structure
  D) an inverted population pyramid
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1176:

  Which pair of activities would you NOT find in an equatorial climate?

  1. commercial grain farming. 2. rice cultivation. 3. lumbering. 4. plantation agriculture. 5. dry farming

  Options:
  A) 1 and 2
  B) 2 and 5
  C) 3 and 4
  D) 1 and 5
  E) 2 and 3
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1177:

  

  What is the angular bearing of settlement Dor from settlement can?

  Options:
  A) 40^o
  B) 45^o
  C) 300^o
  D) 320^o
  E) 325^o
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1178: A traveller from South America, on crossing the International Date Line to Asia at 12 noon on Tuesday, would sail into? Options:
  A) Monday noon
  B) Tuesday noon
  C) Wednesday noon
  D) Wednesday mid-night
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1179: The level of utilization of resources in a country does not depend only on the population size but also on the? Options:
  A) standard of living
  B) population density
  C) life expectancy
  D) population mobility
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1180:

  Which of the following is not correct about the great circle?

  Options:
  A) The Equator is a Great Circle among the latitudes
  B) The Greenwich Meridian and the International Date Line are the only lines of latitude forming a Great Circle
  C) The Great Circle divides the earth into two equal spheres
  D) The centre of the Great Circle is also the centre of the earth
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  The correct answer is B .