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 2351: U and V are two places along the same meridian on latitudes 20°N and 25°N respectively. The shortest between the two places is approximately? Options:
  A) 500km
  B) 560km
  C) 620km
  D) 680km
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2352: When it is 9:00am in Munich, Western Germany (longitude 11⁰E) the time in Calcutta India (longitude 96⁰E) is Options:
  A) 4:20am
  B) 2:40am
  C) 2:40pm
  D) 5:40pm
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2353: What is the main contribution of immigrants to the economy of The Gambia? Options:
  A) labour
  B) food
  C) employment
  D) foreign excchange
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2354: An inter-zonal soil commonly found in arid regions are characterized by strong salt solutions that form white crusts on the surface, is a? Options:
  A) Solonchak
  B) Solonetz
  C) Chernozem
  D) Podzol
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2355:

  The main effect of distance from the sea on rainfall is to reduce its

  Options:
  A) amount and seasonality
  B) amount and duration
  C) intensity and seasonality
  D) intensity and duration
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2356: Which of the following factors may lead to an area being densely populated? Options:
  A) High plateaux
  B) Lowland plains
  C) Rugged monutains
  D) Active volcanoes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2357: An example of a set of chemically formed sedimentary rocks is? Options:
  A) sandstone and grit
  B) dolomite and gypsum
  C) peat and coal
  D) flint and shale
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2358: In Nigeria, hydroelectric and thermal energies are generated respectively in Options:
  A) Ijora and Oji river
  B) Afam and Ijora
  C) Kainji and Oji river
  D) Kura falls and Kainji
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2359:

  Which of the following winds affects the West Indian Islands of the Caribbean?

  Options:
  A) Territorial
  B) mistral
  C) chinook
  D) hurricane
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2360: Why is rainfall in northern Chile and along the coastal belt of southern Peru so low? Options:
  A) Because the coast is washed by a cool current
  B) Because the area lies in the leeward side of the Andes
  C) Because the area lies on the windward side of the Andes
  D) Because the coast is washed by warm current
  E) Because the area is a desert
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  The correct answer is A .