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 2771: Which of the following is the primary stage in the formation of an ox-bow lake? Options:
  A) Cataract
  B) Meander
  C) Gorge
  D) Delta
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2772: 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 2773:

  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 2774:

  The development of a climax vegetation in the savannah belt of Nigeria is disturbed mainly by

  Options:
  A) Lumbering
  B) Mining
  C) Animal grazing
  D) Bush burning
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2775: Subsistence farming is characterized by? Options:
  A) dominance of cash crops, low capital input and dependence on simple tools
  B) dominance of food crops, small holdings anfd family labour
  C) Dependence on family labour, small holdings and market orientation
  D) Dependence on simple tools, labour intensity and high capital input
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2776: Which of the following factors account for the traffic on Africa rivers? 1. Availability of cheaper means of transport 2. Seasonal fluctuations of river flow. 3. Pressure of water falls and rapids. 4. Rivers flowing through sparsely populated areas. Options:
  A) 1 and 2
  B) 2 and 3
  C) 1 and 4
  D) 3 and 4
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2777:

  "An open forest with evergreen, thick leathery leaves and woody stems with deep roots" is known as

  Options:
  A) mediterranean vegetation
  B) montane vegetation
  C) hot desert vegetation
  D) tropical rainforest
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2778: -------- refers to water bodies like rivers, and lakes Options:
  A) canal
  B) ditch
  C) Drainage
  D) ocean
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2779: The most important cash crops in the irrigated Nile Basin is Options:
  A) cotton
  B) millet
  C) sugarcane
  D) groundnut
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2780:

  __________ 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 .