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 1481: Which of the following is the primary stage in the formation of an ox-bow lake? Options:
  A) Cataract
  B) Meander
  C) Gorge
  D) Delta
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1482: Which of the following is a correct pair? Options:
  A) Glacier/Erratic boulder
  B) Desert/Cavern
  C) Limestone/Pass
  D) Mountain/Stalagmite
  E) River/Cut-off
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1483: Markets is the rural areas play an important role in the domestic production process because they? Options:
  A) enable people buy their needs
  B) make it necessary to build rural roads
  C) bring people together from far and near
  D) serve as collecting and distributing centers for rural products
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1484:

  Textile Industry	7.2°
  Petroleum Industry	172.8°
  Iron and Steel Industry	115.2°
  Cosmetics Industry	43.2°
  Automobile Industry	21.6°

  The table above shows the employment distribution in a town with the share of the different industries depicted in degrees of a pie chart. The total number of workers in the town is 25,000.

  The proportion of workers in the iron and steel industry, in relation to the number off workers in the town is

  Options:
  A) 0.32
  B) 0.06
  C) 0.12
  D) 0.26
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1485:

  

  The plain to the east of the Cross River is virtually uninhabited probably because

  Options:
  A) It is covered by dense, impenetrable rain forests
  B) The land is not fertitle enough to encourage farming
  C) The Cross River is not navigable in this area
  D) The land is liable to flood
  E) There are too many rivers and lakes
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1486: The problems of unemployment, housing, traffic congestion and evironment degradation are associated with? Options:
  A) slums
  B) urbanization
  C) industrialization
  D) political disturbances
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1487:

  The type of agriculture in which water is conserved in a year so that crops can be grown in succeeding years by ploughing, mulching or harrowing is known as

  Options:
  A) arable farming
  B) intensive cultivation
  C) extensive cultivation
  D) dry farming
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1488:

  

  The shaded areas marked Y on the map are

  Options:
  A) Salt lakes
  B) Major groundwater aquifers
  C) Oil-producing areas
  D) Regions of large-scale irrigation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1489: One distinguishing characteristics of ferruginous soils is the? Options:
  A) occurence of iron concreation in the B horizon
  B) predominance of clay in the A horizon
  C) well-developed A and B horizons
  D) high content of organic matter in all the horizons
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1490:

  An example of a rock formed by wood subjected to pressure and heat is

  Options:
  A) sandstone
  B) lignite
  C) biotite
  D) granite
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  The correct answer is B .