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 following are areas of lowlands in Nigeria except in Nigeria

  Options:
  A) The Chad Basin
  B) The Eastern Scarpland
  C) The Coaster plain
  D) The Niger-Benue trough
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 12: A map with a scale of 1:40,000 is reduced to one quarter of its size, what is the new scale of the map? Options:
  A) 1:20,000
  B) 1:40,000
  C) 1:60,000
  D) 1:80,000
  E) 1:100,000
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 13: Which of the following towns is NOT a pre-colonial town? Options:
  A) Ilorin
  B) Bida
  C) Enugu
  D) Ibadan
  E) Kano
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 14: 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 15:

  'It is a port that specializes in receiving and redistributing goods to the neighboring countries'. Which of the following ports is described in the preceding statement?

  Options:
  A) Ferry port
  B) outport
  C) Entreport
  D) River port
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 16:

  All except one are functions of a village

  Options:
  A) Lumbering function
  B) Small-scale shopping
  C) Mining function
  D) Religious function
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 17:

  

  The relief feature along the western bank of the Cross River between Anofia and Unwana demonstrates

  Options:
  A) A ridge and valley topography
  B) A river capture in process
  C) The steep, undercut bank associated with meander bends
  D) The development of an alluvial terrace
  E) The steep sides of a U-shaped valley
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 18:

  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 .
• Question 19:

  

  The Sennar Dam on the Nile river is that marked

  Options:
  A) 1
  B) 2
  C) 3
  D) 4
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 20: Oil production has made much impact on the development of? Options:
  A) Gabon
  B) libya
  C) Algeria
  D) Ghana
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  The correct answer is B .