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 121: Iron deposit is a natural resource when it occurs? Options:
  A) in high concentrations
  B) with few impurities
  C) in economic quantities
  D) in sedimentary formations
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 122:

  South-facing slopes are favourable for rural settlement locations in the cool temperate regions of the Northern hemisphere because they

  Options:
  A) receive more solar energy
  B) are agriculturally more productive
  C) are always well drained
  D) offer good shelter from storms
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 123: the following are the effect of overgrazing except Options:
  A) completion of useful folder crops
  B) soil and wind erosion of pasture land
  C) epidemic of cattle diseases
  D) scarcity of good pasture land.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 124: Settlements that develop along communication routes are likely to be? Options:
  A) oval
  B) linear
  C) ncleated
  D) dispersed
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 125:

  

  The streams flowing from the eastern part of the area do not appear to reach the Cross River probably because they

  Options:
  A) Are remnants of streams captured by the Cross River
  B) Disappear underground into the underlying limestone rocks
  C) Flow into Ehoma and other lakes
  D) Disappear into swamps
  E) Are streams issuing out of the swamps and flowing eastwards
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 126:

  

  The shaded area labelled Z on the map indicates the part of Nigeria that suffers most from

  Options:
  A) River blindness
  B) Tse-tse fly infestation
  C) Drought and desertification.
  D) Toxic waste pollution
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 127: Which of the following human activities has a beneficial effect on soil Options:
  A) grazing
  B) strip-cultivation
  C) bush burning
  D) over-cropping
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 128: A river DOES NOT erode its bed by? Options:
  A) attrition
  B) corrasion
  C) solution
  D) pot - holing
  E) hydraulic action
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 129:

  Which of the following is not a major river basin in Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) The Cross River Basin
  B) The Niger Basin
  C) The South Atlantic Basin
  D) The Sokoto Basin
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 130: The merging of two or more extensive urban areas results in a? Options:
  A) city
  B) megalopolis
  C) conurbation
  D) metropolis
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  The correct answer is C .