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 2001:

  Sparse population in the middle belt of Nigeria can not be attributed to

  Options:
  A) Absence of major industries
  B) Absence of major minerals
  C) Poor soil
  D) Slave trade
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2002: The largest areas of very sparse population in the world outside the desert are the? Options:
  A) mountainous areas, tropical and temerate forests
  B) mountainous areas and interior grassland
  C) deltaic areas and coastal swamps
  D) tropical forests and mediterranean lands
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2003:

  

  The gradient of the slope X-Y is approximately

  Options:
  A) 1:24
  B) 1:26
  C) 1:28
  D) 1:30
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2004: A river deposits its load of sediment if the? Options:
  A) quantity of water in the river increases
  B) river flows from a mountain area onto a plain
  C) river enters a gorge
  D) velocity of the river increases
  E) river approaches as waterfall
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2005:

  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 2006: A woman living on Longitude 30^oE is carrying her body to the hospital around 1 am on Monday. Calling her husband on plane who is on 30^oW, when will the husband pick the call? Options:
  A) 3 am
  B) 5 pm
  C) 7 am
  D) 9 pm
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2007: The biodiversity of an ecosystem may be reduced through the Options:
  A) extinction of plant species
  B) removal of a single animal
  C) introduction of a new plant
  D) trapping of a single fish
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2008: Spruce, pine and fir are trees associated with? Options:
  A) Savanna grassland
  B) Coniferous forest
  C) Mediterranean woodland
  D) Tropical evergreen forest
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2009: Nigeria's proposed Iron and steel industry based on the direct reduction would be located at; Options:
  A) OSHOGBO
  B) Port-Harcourt
  C) Enugu
  D) Warri
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2010: All these are ways of representing relief on maps Options:
  A) contour
  B) form lines
  C) dot map
  D) hachures
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  The correct answer is C .