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 1661: A tremendous pressure or temperature changes may lead to the formation of? Options:
  A) limestone
  B) granite
  C) gneiss
  D) clay
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1662: A city may be differentiated from a rural settlement by considering its? Options:
  A) population size and age structure
  B) skilled and unskilled manpower
  C) population and functions
  D) road network and industral estates
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1663: A major unfavorable factor in locating a steel rolling mill in Katina is the lack of? Options:
  A) propermachinery for production
  B) a suitable market for finished products
  C) appropriate means of transporting the raw material and finished product
  D) sufficient land for future expansion
  E) adequate unskilled labour for production
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1664: Which of the following towns is NOT a pre-colonial town? Options:
  A) Ilorin
  B) Bida
  C) Enugu
  D) Ibadan
  E) Kano
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1665: Which of the following combinations of factors BEST explains the absence of major ocean fishing ground around tropical Africa? Options:
  A) Hot climate and warm ocean currents
  B) Narrow comtinental shelf and unindented coastline
  C) Upwelling of deep sea water and poor plankton supply
  D) Warm seas and pollution of sea water
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1666:

  Which of the following produces a continuous record of atmospheric pressure?

  Options:
  A) Mercury barometer
  B) Barometer
  C) Aneroid barometer
  D) Altimeter
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1667: Mountains formed as a result of compressional forces are known as? Options:
  A) Block Mountains
  B) Fold Mountains
  C) Residual Mountains
  D) Volcanic Mountains
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1668: The main components of the land ecosystem are? Options:
  A) lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere
  B) vegetation, soil lithosphere and oceans
  C) hydroshpere, atmosphere, plants and animals
  D) river basin, biosphere, mountains and atmosphere
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1669: The high population density in the Nile Valley is as a result of? Options:
  A) industrial growth in the valley
  B) multipurpose dams to support the growing population
  C) multiple transportation development
  D) shaduf irrigation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1670: Which of the following groups of West Africa countries does NOT have a railway system? Options:
  A) Gambia, Guinea - Bissau and Niger
  B) Nigeria , Ghana and Togo
  C) Mali, Liberia and Senegal
  D) Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Burkina faso
  E) Liberia, Sierra Leone and Benin
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  The correct answer is A .