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 1211: Vegetables are usually grown near markets or their places of consumption because? Options:
  A) they are easily perishable
  B) they are not susceptible to attack from pests
  C) they are meant to be eaten mainly by town dwellers
  D) they can withstand heat for a long time
  E) they are bulky and weight gaining in transit
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1212:

  Which of the following is an effect of the earth's revolution?

  Options:
  A) Day and night
  B) It determines a year
  C) Dawn and Twilight
  D) Apparent Sunrise and sunset
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1213: A river deposits its load of sediment if the? Options:
  A) quantity of water in the river increases
  B) river flows from a mountain area onto a plain
  C) river enters a gorge
  D) velocity of the river increases
  E) river approaches as waterfall
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1214: Iron Ore mining in Africa is carried out in? Options:
  A) Ghana, Niger and Epygt
  B) Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia and Sierre Leone
  C) Tunisia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana
  D) Kenya, Tunisia and Sudan
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1215:

  Exports from Mali are most likely to pass through the sea port at

  Options:
  A) Banjul
  B) Abidjan
  C) Lagos
  D) dakar
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1216: The total population of a country can be obtained from its? Options:
  A) sample survey
  B) birth rate
  C) birth and death rates
  D) national census
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1217:

  Which of the following is most influential in the location of textile and footwear industries?

  Options:
  A) Low interest rate
  B) Raw materials
  C) Energy supply
  D) Abundant cheap labor
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1218:

  Which of the following is a vegetation characteristics of the Tropical rainforest?

  Options:
  A) Trees are not in pure stand
  B) Tough, small, leathery, hairy leaves to guard against excessive transpiration
  C) Trees are conical in shape
  D) there is high undergrowth
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1219: Which of the following minerals is likely to be absent in a region consisting mainly of igneous and metamorphic rocks? Options:
  A) Tin
  B) Coal
  C) Gold
  D) Diamond
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1220: The most dreaded pest in the Cotton Belt of the U.S.A is the Options:
  A) weaver bird
  B) beetle
  C) bollweevil
  D) white ant
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  The correct answer is C .