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:

  

  The feature marked X in the above sketch is formed by

  Options:
  A) A headland erosion
  B) marine regression
  C) longshore drift
  D) estuarine deposition
  E) volcanic eruption
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 122:

  Geo-referencing in GIS is referred to as

  Options:
  A) Assigning spatials location to a data
  B) Data acquisition
  C) Data Management
  D) Manipulation and analysis
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 123:

  The type of water left in the soil after excess water has been drained off, following heavy rainfall is known as

  Options:
  A) Field capacity
  B) Field capacity
  C) gravitational water
  D) hygroscopic water
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 124:

  All except one are functions of a village

  Options:
  A) Lumbering function
  B) Small-scale shopping
  C) Mining function
  D) Religious function
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 125: The population size of any place is best determined by? Options:
  A) the level of industrialization and the standard of living of the people
  B) natural change and migration
  C) census and vital registeration
  D) its migration and employment indices
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 126:

  ______ is a collection of building with people living them

  Options:
  A) Houses
  B) Town
  C) Settlement
  D) Land
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 127: The prairies of North America are? Options:
  A) montane grasslands
  B) temperate deserts
  C) tropical grasslands
  D) temperate grasslands
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 128: Why are the major Africa rivers of limited value for transportation? Options:
  A) The river courses are too narrow for vessels
  B) Rail transport is cheaper than water transport
  C) The rivers flow through sparsely populated areas
  D) The rivers channels interrupted by rapids, falls and sandbars
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 129: The survival of an organism in a natural ecosystem depends largely on? Options:
  A) its importance to other organisms
  B) environmental adjustments to suit it
  C) its adaptation to prevailing conditions
  D) its usefulness to human development
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 130: The fadama lands of the Niger/Benue trough are mostly known for the commercial production of? Options:
  A) yam and vegetables
  B) paotatoes and benni-seed
  C) rice and sugarcane
  D) maize and guinea corn
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  The correct answer is C .