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 1471: Most of the iron ores produced in Africa are exported because? Options:
  A) the producing countries have good transport systems to coastal ports
  B) the producing countries have low internal consumption capacities
  C) they can only be smelted in modern furnaces that are not locally available
  D) they are of good quality and in high demand
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1472:

  An example of a landform produced by glaciation is

  Options:
  A) horizon
  B) an ox-bow lake
  C) a cirque
  D) a sand-dune
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1473:

  A common feature of forcados, Bonny and Eket in the Niger delta is that they are

  Options:
  A) Very important fishing ports
  B) Terminal for oil companies
  C) Important for natural gas exports
  D) Export processing zones
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1474:

  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 1475:

  Coal Mined In % (World)
  USA	UK	Germany	USSR	France	Japan	Rest
  35	12	16	12	3	3	19

  From the table above, it can be deduced that

  Options:
  A) U.S.A consumes the greatest quanity of coal
  B) The developed countries produce most of the world's coal
  C) Africa nations do not produce good quality coal
  D) European countries produce the best quality coal
  E) World trade in coal is small
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1476:

  If the scale of two maps are (a;1:100,000 and b;1:400,000) what is the ground distance if the distance between two towns on the maps is 10cm?

  Options:
  A) 10km, 40km
  B) 5km, 20km
  C) 2.5km, 10km
  D) 20km, 80km
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1477:

  

  The roads in the area run mainly along

  Options:
  A) Steep slopes
  B) Hilltops
  C) Gentle slopes
  D) Watersheds
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1478: International agreements in the fishing industry are necessary in order to protect whale and seal from Options:
  A) marauding
  B) stock extinction
  C) sea piracy
  D) sea accident
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1479:
  

  The modal temperature for the town is

  Options:
  A) 23^oC
  B) 25^oC
  C) 29^oC
  D) 30^oC
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1480: The main commodities shipped on the trans-Pacific Sea route include? Options:
  A) wheat and iron ore
  B) manufactured goods and crude oil
  C) crude oil and coal
  D) wheat and manufactured goods
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  The correct answer is D .