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 2571:

  Which of the following is a way of controlling soil erosion

  Options:
  A) Overgrazing
  B) Contour ploughing
  C) Deforestation
  D) Bush burning
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2572: Which of the following group of settlements is arranged in order of increasing size? Options:
  A) Village, hamlet, city, town, megalopolis, conurbation
  B) Hamlet, village, town, city, megalopolis, conurbation
  C) Hamlet village, town, city, conurbation, megaloplis
  D) Hamlet, village, city, conurbation, town, megaloplis
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2573: Which of these best explains the rapid rise in world population during the twentieth century? Options:
  A) Large-scale migration of people
  B) Decline in death rates
  C) Increase in world food production
  D) Improvement in transportation which enables food to be moved from surplus to deficit areas
  E) Rapid rate of urbanization
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2574:

  Which of these is NOT a weathering process?

  Options:
  A) The removal of regolith under the influence of weather
  B) The alteration of calcium carbonate in rocks to calcium bicarbonate
  C) The breakdown of rocks by plant roots
  D) The formation of clay minerals from feldspars in granites
  E) The disintergration of rocks by freeze-and-thaw action
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2575: If a map has a scale of 1:50,000 and oil palm plantation is represented on the map by a rectangle 4cm by 3cm, what is the area of the plantation? Options:
  A) 3sq. km
  B) 4sq. km
  C) 12sq.km
  D) 20sq.km
  E) 25sq.km
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2576: the angular distance of a point on the earth’s surface measured in degrees from the Centre of the earth is known as Options:
  A) orbit
  B) latitude
  C) axis
  D) longitude
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2577:

  

  What is the approximate height of the location marked X?

  Options:
  A) 360 metres
  B) 375 metres
  C) 380 metres
  D) 390 metres
  E) 395 metres
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2578:

  These are landforms producing agent except

  Options:
  A) waves
  B) rivers
  C) storms
  D) glaciers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2579:

  A desert country which has high population density supported by irrigation is

  Options:
  A) Sudan
  B) Egypt
  C) Kuwait
  D) Namibia
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2580: A soil sample consisting of 49% sand, 28% silt and 23% clay is classified as? Options:
  A) sand
  B) loam
  C) sandy clay
  D) clay
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  The correct answer is B .