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: One of the major environmental problem facing agriculture and forestry in North America, which can be attributed to modern industrial development is? Options:
  A) frost damage
  B) water pollution
  C) accellerated erosion
  D) acid rain
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 152: Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the International Date Line? Options:
  A) A traveller loses a day by crossing from the East to the West
  B) A traveller gains a day crossing from theWest to the East
  C) The line is appoximately along the 180° Merdian
  D) Local time is the same on either side
  E) The line has a zigzag shape
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 153: Which of the following is an agent of denudation? Options:
  A) Insolation
  B) Wind
  C) Energy
  D) Gravity
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 154:

  

  The approximate elevation of the spot height indicated on the eastern peak is

  Options:
  A) 725km
  B) 715km
  C) 710km
  D) 695km
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 155: Which of the following countries has gold as its major foreign exchange earner? Options:
  A) Nigeria
  B) Tanzania
  C) Niger
  D) South Africa
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 156:

  The broad-leafed evergreen and dense equatorial forest of the Amazon basin is called

  Options:
  A) blanos
  B) campos
  C) selvas
  D) pampas
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 157:

  'It is universal and can reach almost every where'. Which transport mode is being referred to ?

  Options:
  A) ocean
  B) railway
  C) road
  D) ropeways
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 158: The captain of a ship in the mid sea observed that it was local noon as he was listening to 08.00 hrs BBC world news. On which longitude was his ship? Options:
  A) 60°E
  B) 60°W
  C) 120°E
  D) 120°W
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 159: The greatest volume of shipping across the Atlantic Ocean is Options:
  A) between Africa and South America
  B) between Africa and North America
  C) between North America and South America
  D) between Europe and North America
  E) between Europe and Africa
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 160: The texture of the soil depends on the constitution of? Options:
  A) sand. silt and humus
  B) sand, clay and stones
  C) sand, silt and clay
  D) sand, clay and quartz
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  The correct answer is C .