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 1911: The world's richest fishing grounds are to be found? Options:
  A) in river estuaries
  B) on the continental shelves
  C) in coral seas
  D) in fjord coastlines
  E) on the deep sea platforms
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1912:

  The high cost of lumbering operations in tropical forest is mainly due to?

  Options:
  A) Shortage of labour
  B) Absence of many rivers
  C) Absence of pure stands of trees
  D) low quality of available timber
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1913:

  The term 'catena' describes the?

  Options:
  A) effect of topography on soil series
  B) sequence of modified soil along a slope profile
  C) changes in soil fertility along a slope profile
  D) group of soil on sedimentary rocks
  E) colour differences in soils along slope profile
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1914: Which of the following scales should show the greatest amount of detail on a map? Options:
  A) 1:2500 000
  B) 1:63 360
  C) 1:32
  D) 1:160 934
  E) 1:2
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1915:

  The correct arrangement of the layers of the earth crust from the surface to the interior is?

  Options:
  A) sial, mantle, sima, core
  B) sima, sial, core, mantle
  C) core, mantle, sima and sial
  D) sial, sima, mantle and core
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1916:

  A block mountain is formed as a result of

  Options:
  A) fission
  B) vulcanisity
  C) differential erosion
  D) faulting
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1917:

  The greatest volcanic regions of Africa are found in

  Options:
  A) The maghrib
  B) Kenya and Tanzania
  C) The camerouns
  D) Sudan and Ethiopia
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1918:

  Which of the following is a vegetation characteristics of the Tropical rainforest?

  Options:
  A) Trees are not in pure stand
  B) Tough, small, leathery, hairy leaves to guard against excessive transpiration
  C) Trees are conical in shape
  D) there is high undergrowth
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1919:

  Structure of export Trade of selected countries expressed in percentages as below;

  Country H J K LFuel, Minerals 95 1 15 45

  & Metals Other Pry.

  Commodities 2 1 45 35Mach. & Trans

  Equipment - 60 13 4Other

  Manufactured 3 38 27 16

  Products

  The country with a pattern of export trade similar to that depicted by J is

  Options:
  A) Brazil
  B) Japan
  C) U.S.A
  D) Australia
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1920:

  In which of the following countries is cotton growing under irrigation the mainstay of the agricultural economy?

  Options:
  A) Zimbabwe
  B) Sudan
  C) Mali
  D) Ghana
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  The correct answer is B .