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 1831:

  If the scale of a map is 2cm to 1km, what is the ground distance if the distance between two towns on the map is 20cm

  Options:
  A) 5km
  B) 2.5km
  C) 10km
  D) 20km
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1832:

  One of the following is associated with wind deflation in arid region_________

  Options:
  A) Barchan
  B) Yardang
  C) Rock pedestals
  D) Oasis
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1833: An Africa country seeking to reduce unemployment through industrialization will most likely encourage? Options:
  A) capital - intensive industries
  B) technology - intensive industries
  C) small- scale industries
  D) labour - intensive industries
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1834: Although both grasslands and forestland's can provide food for animals, there is more livestock in northern than in southern Nigeria because? Options:
  A) animal food from the southern forest is not palatable
  B) no animal can stand the tsetse fly of the southern forests
  C) there is a relative scarcity of grazing land in the south
  D) livestock breeding is not encouraged in the south
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1835:

  A mercury barometer is used for measuring_________

  Options:
  A) wind speed
  B) atmospheric pressure
  C) sunshine
  D) temperature
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1836: A deflation hollow is produced by? Options:
  A) glacial erosion
  B) wave erosion
  C) wind erosion
  D) solution
  E) river erosion
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1837:

  

  What is the percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

  Options:
  A) 0.06%
  B) 0.9%
  C) 0.04%
  D) 21%
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1838: Proportional circles are commonly used to illustrate Options:
  A) Population distribution
  B) Information on transport
  C) Relative amount of traffic
  D) Amount of rainfall
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1839: the great agricultural regions of the world includes all but one of these Options:
  A) the corn belt of USA
  B) the pampas of Argentina
  C) the Black soils Region of Ukraine
  D) the High Veldt of South Africa
  E) the Sahel of West Africa
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1840:

  The eucalyptus is to the Australian woodland as the teak is to the

  Options:
  A) Mediterranean woodland
  B) Equatorial forest
  C) Brazillian forest
  D) Monsoon forest
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  The correct answer is D .