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 1311:

  An igneous rock with distinct grains of mica, fieldspar and quartz is

  Options:
  A) schist
  B) basalt
  C) granite
  D) rhyolite
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1312: In which of the following types of vegetation would broad-leaved evergreen, lianas and epiphytyes be commonly found? Options:
  A) Deciduous woodland
  B) Chaparral
  C) Tropical rainforest
  D) Boral forest
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1313:

  A country well known for the production of Copper in Africa is

  Options:
  A) Zambia
  B) Republic of Benin
  C) Ghana
  D) Egypt
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1314: If the deadline given Iraq expired at 7.p.m (ET) on 15th January, 1991 in New York, USA (Longitude 75°W), at what time did it expire in Baghdad (Longitude 45°E)? Options:
  A) 8pm, 15th January
  B) 9pm, 15th January
  C) 12 mid-night, 15th January
  D) 3am, 16th January
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1315:

  Which of the following is best defined as the movement of people from one geographical area to another involving permanent or temporary residence or settlement?

  Options:
  A) Transportation
  B) Civilization
  C) Migration
  D) urbanization
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1316: Which of the following groups of West Africa countries does NOT have a railway system? Options:
  A) Gambia, Guinea - Bissau and Niger
  B) Nigeria , Ghana and Togo
  C) Mali, Liberia and Senegal
  D) Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Burkina faso
  E) Liberia, Sierra Leone and Benin
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1317:

  The correct arrangement of the layers of the earth crust from the surface to the interior is

  Options:
  A) sial, mantle, sima, core
  B) sima, sial, core, mantle
  C) core, mantle, sima and sial
  D) sial, sima, mantle and core
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1318: What type of mountain is associated with syncline? Options:
  A) Block mountain
  B) fold mountain
  C) volcanic mountain
  D) residual mountain
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1319:

  Use the information on country Y below to answer the question that follows:
  Land area = 200,000km${}^2$
  Population = 10,000,000.

  Calculate the population density of country Y

  Options:
  A) 50 persons per km${}^2$
  B) 2000 persons per km${}^2$
  C) 200 persons per km${}^2$
  D) 20 persons per km${}^2$
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1320:

  Which of the following represents the correct sequence in which denudation occurs?

  Options:
  A) erosion → weathering → deposition
  B) weathering → deposition → erosion
  C) deposition → weathering → erosion
  D) Weathering → erosion → deposition
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  The correct answer is D .