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 2151:

  One of the following is the most important major ocean(shipping) route

  Options:
  A) The Panama canal route
  B) The north pacific route
  C) The trans-pacific route
  D) The north atlantic route
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2152:

  

  Name the feature shown in the diagram above

  Options:
  A) Grag and tail
  B) Seif dune
  C) Nunatak
  D) Inselberg
  E) Crescent dune
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2153: In which of the following countries is the South Chad Irrigation Project located? Options:
  A) Niger
  B) Cameroons
  C) Nigeria
  D) Chad
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2154:

  The dominant foreign exchange earner of Senegal is

  Options:
  A) tourism
  B) groundnut
  C) fish
  D) iron-ore
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2155:

  __________ is a highland area which seperates the headstreams of rivers flowing in different directions but rising from the same mountainous source

  Options:
  A) flood plain
  B) cuesta
  C) watershed
  D) plateau
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2156:

  Tin-mining activities in Nigeria are the main causes of environmental degradation on the?

  Options:
  A) Westen Highlands
  B) Eastern Highlands
  C) Jos Plateau
  D) Obudu Plateau
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2157:

  Textile Industry	7.2°
  Petroleum Industry	172.8°
  Iron and Steel Industry	115.2°
  Cosmetics Industry	43.2°
  Automobile Industry	21.6°

  The table above shows the employment distribution in a town with the share of the different industries depicted in degrees of a pie chart. The total number of workers in the town is 25,000.

  What is the total number of workers in the petroleum industry?

  Options:
  A) 25,000
  B) 12,000
  C) 3,000
  D) 10,000
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2158:
  

  If the total production of petroleum is estimated to be 201 million tonnes, what is the approximate percentage of the production by the USA?

  Options:
  A) 12%
  B) 14%
  C) 16%
  D) 18%
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2159:

  The best solution to the rapid depletion of forest resources in West Africa is to

  Options:
  A) reserve hectares of land for plantations
  B) Introduce forest conservation techniques
  C) Import wood from other countries
  D) Employ more forest guards
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2160:

  

  Which of these is not a likely reason why the only road on the mapped area runs along the elevated feature ?

  Options:
  A) it was built to avoid the low, floodable region
  B) the road reduced to a minimum the cost of building ridges and culverts across the streams
  C) the major settlements are on the elevation and the road connects to them
  D) the elevation is relatively a low one and so does not constitute an obstacle to road construction
  E) There is no other place through which the road could pass except on the elevation
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  The correct answer is E .