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 11:

  The circulatory movement of water in the ocean which is continuous is

  Options:
  A) riples
  B) currents
  C) waves
  D) Tsunamis
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 12: The major factors accounting for increasing desertification in the West Africa Sahel are drought? Options:
  A) overgrazing and overcultivation
  B) locusts and queller birds
  C) urbanization and fuel wood exploitation
  D) harmattan and sand dunes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 13:

  Examples of fold mountains in Africa are

  Options:
  A) Cape Ranges and Atlas Mountains
  B) Drakensberg Mountains and Mount Cameroun
  C) Atlas Mountains and Mount Kenya
  D) Mount Kilimanjaro and Atlas Mountains
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 14: The single most successful large-scale irrigation project in tropical Africa is the? Options:
  A) VOLT RIVER Project
  B) Chad Basin Project
  C) Gezira Scheme
  D) Nile Delta Scheme
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 15: 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 16:

  If the distance between two places on a map is 2cm, while the distance on land is 4km, the scale of the map is

  Options:
  A) 1:100,000
  B) 1:200,000
  C) 1:50,000
  D) 1:150,000
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 17:

  Arrange the following scales in ascending order: 1:50,000, 1:200,000, 1:200, 1:300,000

  Options:
  A) 1:200,1:50,000,1:200,000, 1:300,000
  B) 1:300,000,1:200,000,1:50,000,1:200
  C) 1:50,000, 1:200,000,1:300,000, 1:200
  D) 1:300,000, 1:200, 1:50,000, 1:200,000
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 18:

  

  The drainage pattern on River Kuku is

  Options:
  A) Rectangular
  B) Angular
  C) Centripetal
  D) Dentritic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 19: Which of the instruments is used in measuring wind speed? Options:
  A) Wind vane
  B) Barometer
  C) Cup anamometer
  D) Hygrometer
  E) Speedometer
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 20:

  Which of the following is a reason for the high volume of trade between Nigeria and developed countries?

  Options:
  A) similarity of products
  B) low level of technology
  C) colonial Ties
  D) presence of trade unions
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  The correct answer is C .