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 1861: If the time in New York (75°W) is 5:00pm, the time in Nigeria (15°E) will be? Options:
  A) 11:00 am
  B) 11:00 pm
  C) 9:00 pm
  D) 9:00am
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1862: The sequence of savannah vegetation zones in Nigeria towards the northern part is Options:
  A) Derived, Sahel, Guinea and Sudan
  B) Derived, Guinea, Sudan and Sahel
  C) Derived, Sudan, Guinea and Sahel
  D) Derived, Guinea, Sahel and Sudan
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1863: Air transportation is poorly developed in the Third World because of? Options:
  A) poor economic base
  B) few indigenous airline operators
  C) ill-equipped airports
  D) poor technology
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1864: If a map at a scale of 1:50,000 is reduced by half, what is the new scale of the map? Options:
  A) 1:250,000
  B) 1:25,000
  C) 1:200,000
  D) 1:100,000
  E) 1:125,000
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1865:

  When the traverse connects two stations, whose positions are known, what type of traverse is this?

  Options:
  A) closed traverse
  B) open traverse
  C) station traverse
  D) leg traverse
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1866: The linear scale of a map is important in that it enables the users to conveniently measure? Options:
  A) areas of volumes
  B) distances and areas
  C) volumes and directions
  D) directions and distances
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1867: In which of the following rock types is petroleum mainly found? Options:
  A) Igneous
  B) Plutonic
  C) Sedimentary
  D) Metamorphic
  E) Volcanic
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1868: Lumbering activities thrive very well in Cote d'Ivoire because of good? Options:
  A) waterways for transporting logs and good lumer lorries
  B) stands of timber and good indigenous methods
  C) stands of timber and good waterways for transporting logs
  D) road networks and expert lumbermen
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1869:

  Use the diagram below to answer the question. The feature is one of the landforms associated with

  Options:
  A) River erosion
  B) Wind deposition
  C) Wave erosion
  D) River deposition
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1870:

  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 .