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 171: Global warming directly results in? Options:
  A) melting ice cap and rising sea level
  B) corrion of roofing sheets
  C) increasing in atmospheric pressure
  D) population explosion and rapid urbanization
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 172: The factor that best explains the large concentration of population in Java is? Options:
  A) fertile soils
  B) large mineral deposits
  C) nearness to the sea
  D) industrial agglomeration
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 173: A sharp decrease in the population of herbivores in an ecosystem is likely to lead to? Options:
  A) an increase in the amount of plant cover
  B) a decrease in the population of rodents
  C) an increase inthe population of rodents
  D) a decrease in the population of saprophytes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 174:

  The type of water left in the soil after excess water has been drained off, following heavy rainfall is known as?

  Options:
  A) Field capacity
  B) capillary water
  C) gravitational water
  D) hygroscopic water
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 175: Which of the following countries can be described as an archipelago? Options:
  A) Mauritania
  B) Nigeria
  C) The Gambia
  D) Cape Verde
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 176: A typical example of landforms produced by marine erosion is a Options:
  A) beach
  B) spit
  C) mud-flat
  D) stack
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 177: A soft, black opaque carbonaceous rock that can be used to make pencils is Options:
  A) lignite
  B) graphite
  C) lead
  D) coal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 178:

  

  The area marked K represents what type of vegetation?

  Options:
  A) Savannah
  B) Tropical rainforest
  C) Desert
  D) Warm temperate forest
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 179: The rock type whose principal constituents can be seen without magnification is? Options:
  A) limestone
  B) basalt
  C) sandstone
  D) granite
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 180:

  If the time in New York (75°W) is 5.00pm, The time in Nigeria(15°E) will be

  Options:
  A) 9.00pm
  B) 9.00pm
  C) 11.00pm
  D) 11.00am
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  The correct answer is C .