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 1261:

  Under the Greek system of climate classification, the world is divided into

  Options:
  A) hot, temperate and dry zones
  B) temperate, fridgid and hot zones
  C) torrid, equatorial and tropical zones
  D) torrid, temperate and frigid zones
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1262: An environmental hazard which occurs slowly and unnoticed in the oil-producing region of the Niger Delta of Nigeria is Options:
  A) erosion
  B) pollution
  C) flood
  D) subsidence
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1263:
  

  Which of the following phrases best describes the entire area on the right bank of River Ere?

  Options:
  A) A dissected upland
  B) A dissected plateau
  C) A glaciated mountain
  D) An undulating land
  E) A scarp land
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1264: The factor controlling the onset and cessation of the rainy season in Nigeria is the? Options:
  A) latitudinal extent of the country
  B) presence of plateaux and highlands
  C) movement of the Inter Tropical Discontinuity
  D) presence of the warm Guniea Current
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1265:

  Which is simplest method of rapid distance measurement in surveying?

  Options:
  A) Tape measurement
  B) Compass measurement
  C) Pacing I
  D) Chaining
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1266: The 'Mediterranean type' of climate refers to? Options:
  A) short wet summer, dry winter, mean temperature above 20°C and precipitation about 1,000 mm per year
  B) wet winter, dry summer, temperature varies from about 6°C in winter to about 20°C in summer and precipitation ranges between 700 and 1,000mm per year
  C) short wet summer, prolonged dry winter and percipitation is about 500 mm per year
  D) dry and wet climate; temperature around 20°C and percipitation ranges between 1,000 and 2,000 mm per year
  E) precipitation all the year round (about1,000 mm per year) with a peak in with warm summer (20-26°C) and mild winter (6-10°C)
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1267: The most important air masses which affect the climate of Nigeria are the Options:
  A) tropical maritime and tropical sea and land breezes
  B) tropical maritime and the equatorial westerlies
  C) tropical maritime and the tropical continental
  D) tropical maritime and the polar continental
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1268:

  

  What is the approximate length of the broad and shallow of River Amy?

  Options:
  A) 5.3km
  B) 7.3km
  C) 12.8km
  D) 15.0km
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1269:

  __________ is a highland area which seperates the headstreams of rivers flowing in different directions but rising from the same mountainous source

  Options:
  A) Flood plain
  B) Cuesta
  C) Watershed
  D) Plateau
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1270: The major factor that affected the growth of the population of Africa during the precolonial times is? Options:
  A) inter-tribal wars
  B) famine
  C) epidemics
  D) natural harzards
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  The correct answer is A .