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 151:

  Which of the following is a reason for the high volume of trade between Nigeria and developed countries?

  Options:
  A) similarity of products
  B) low level of technology
  C) colonial ties
  D) presence of trade unions
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 152: Which of these industries is usually located at the source of its major raw materials? Options:
  A) cement manufacturing
  B) brewing
  C) textile manufacturing
  D) stone dressing
  E) shoe manufacturing
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 153:

  Which of the following has the highest salinity

  Options:
  A) South Atlantic
  B) Dead Sea
  C) Red Sea
  D) Mediterranean Sea
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 154: A broad-based population pyramid is composed mainly of? Options:
  A) old dependants
  B) young dependants
  C) active inhabitants
  D) more males than females
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 155: A hinterland is Options:
  A) the central part of a country
  B) an area which is far from the coast
  C) a landlocked country
  D) an area surrounding a city
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 156:

  

  The location of the spot height(160m) east of fari near the centre of the map of obodo may be described as a

  Options:
  A) Col
  B) Pass
  C) Road gap
  D) Wind
  E) Spur
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 157:

  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 158: 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 159: One of the electric power stations in Nigeria which uses natural gas as a source of energy is Options:
  A) Oji river
  B) Sapele
  C) Ijora
  D) Kainji
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 160:

  ________is the failure of the end point of a closed traverse to fall exactly on the point of origin of the transverse

  Options:
  A) Error of compass
  B) Traverse error
  C) Error of closure
  D) Field error
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  The correct answer is C .