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 2281: Which of the following landscapes is mostly likely to promote rural settlement nucleation? Options:
  A) Open, flat country
  B) Rugged, hilly country
  C) Extensive arable land
  D) Well-drained plain
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2282: Dependency ratio is determined by Options:
  A) rate of natural increase
  B) age structure
  C) net migration
  D) sex composition
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2283: A city may be differentiated from a rural settlement by considering its Options:
  A) population size and age structure
  B) skilled and unskilled manpower
  C) population and functions
  D) road network and industrial estates
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2284:

  One of the following surveying instruments is used to set out lines at right angles to the main chain line?

  Options:
  A) Optical square
  B) Station pegs
  C) Offset staff
  D) Steel Band
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2285:

  Where the salinity of an ocean is high;

  Options:
  A) the ocean water is dense and flows at the ocean surface towards a low salinity area
  B) the ocean water is dense and creeps at the bottom of the ocean towards low salinity areas
  C) the ocean water is light and flows at the area surface towards a high salinity area
  D) the ocean water is light and flows at the ocean surface towards a low salinity area
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2286: Fishing is the mainstay of the economy of? Options:
  A) Libya
  B) kuwait
  C) Argentina
  D) Iceland
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2287: Lines joining places of equal sunshine hours on a map are called? Options:
  A) isobars
  B) isotherms
  C) isohels
  D) isohytes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2288: What is the climate of a station with an annual rainfall of 2650mm spread fairly all year round a mean annual temperature of 27°C? Options:
  A) Tropical wet-and-dry
  B) Tropical monsoon
  C) Tropical humid
  D) Mediterranean woodland
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2289:

  Which of the following rocks is produced by the solidification of magna within the earth crust

  Options:
  A) extrusive rock
  B) sedimentary rock
  C) plutonic rocks
  D) metamorphic rock
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2290: Which of the following is a correct pair? Options:
  A) Glacier/Erratic boulder
  B) Desert/Cavern
  C) Limestone/Pass
  D) Mountain/Stalagmite
  E) River/Cut-off
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  The correct answer is E .