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 1601: The most critical cause of desertification in Nigeria is? Options:
  A) excessively high temperatures
  B) extremely low rainfall
  C) environment pollution
  D) excessive pressure of land use
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1602:

  Tin-mining activities in Nigeria are the main causes of environmental degradation on the?

  Options:
  A) Westen Highlands
  B) Eastern Highlands
  C) Jos Plateau
  D) Obudu Plateau
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1603: Which of the following groups of features is normally associated with the old age of a river? Options:
  A) Meaner terraces, point bars and knick points
  B) Point bars, U-shaped valleys and ox-bow lakes
  C) Meander terraces, point bars and natural levees
  D) Sand bars, terraces, knick points and natural levees
  E) Meander terraces, sand bars and steep gradients
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1604:

  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 1605:

  

  The most important minerals found in the area marked X are

  Options:
  A) iron ore and thorium
  B) galena and tantalite
  C) lead and zinc
  D) tin and columbite
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1606: The process by which materials are physically transferred from one soil layer to another is called? Options:
  A) leaching
  B) physical weathering
  C) illuviation
  D) eluviation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1607: 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 1608: The geological structure of Africa is largely composed of? Options:
  A) sedimentary rocks
  B) volcanic rocks
  C) granitic rocks
  D) crystalline rocks
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1609:

  The following are areas of lowlands in Nigeria except in Nigeria

  Options:
  A) The Chad Basin
  B) The Eastern Scarpland
  C) The Coaster plain
  D) The Niger-Benue trough
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1610:

  Which of the following distinguishes rotation from revolution?

  Options:
  A) Revolution causes day and night while rotation causes season
  B) Rotation causes variation in the lengths of day and night while revolution causes rising and falling of tides
  C) A complete revolution takes 24 hours while rotation makes a year
  D) The earth rotates on its axis while it revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit
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  The correct answer is D .