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 191:

  ______ is a surveying instrument used for measuring the angles of ground slopes

  Options:
  A) The optical square
  B) The watkin's clinometer
  C) The offset staff
  D) The gunter's chain
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 192: The tundra region is sparsely populated because of? Options:
  A) scarcity of water
  B) harsh environmental conditions
  C) low natural resources base
  D) low level of avaiable technology
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 193:

  The variable which is both a control and an element of weather and climate is

  Options:
  A) Temperature
  B) Rainfall
  C) Air mass
  D) Wind
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 194:

  Which of the following distinguishes rotation from revolution?

  Options:
  A) Revolution causes day and night while rotation causes season
  B) Rotation causes variation in the lengths of day and night while revolution causes rising and falling of tides
  C) A complete revolution takes 24 hours while rotation makes a year
  D) The earth rotates on its axis while it revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 195: The main components of the land ecosystem are? Options:
  A) lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere
  B) vegetation, soil lithosphere and oceans
  C) hydroshpere, atmosphere, plants and animals
  D) river basin, biosphere, mountains and atmosphere
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 196: The joining together of many cities result in the formation of a? Options:
  A) metropolis
  B) megalopolis
  C) conurbation
  D) mega city
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 197:

  

  Use the diagram below to answer the question that follows:

  The instrument displayed above is called

  Options:
  A) wind vane
  B) hygrometer
  C) barometer
  D) thermometer
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 198: With which of the following processes are drumlins, boulder clay and terminal moraines associated? Options:
  A) Wind deposition
  B) River deposition
  C) River erosion
  D) Glacial depostion
  E) Glacial erosion
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 199:

  Use the map below to answer the question. The most important minerals found in the area marked X are

  Options:
  A) Lead and Zinc
  B) Tin and columbite
  C) Galena and Tantalite
  D) Iron ore and thorium
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 200: From its source to its mouth, the River Niger passes through Options:
  A) Mali, Guinea, Niger and Nigeria
  B) Guinea, Mali, Togo and Nigeria
  C) Guinea, Mali, Niger and Nigeria
  D) Mali, Niger, Guinea and Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .