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 271:

  An example of a rock formed by wood subjected to pressure and heat is

  Options:
  A) sandstone
  B) lignite
  C) biotite
  D) granite
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 272:

  Which of the following criteria is used to classify settlements into rural or urban?

  Options:
  A) age
  B) function
  C) site
  D) location
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 273: Which of the following rock types is non-sedimentary? Options:
  A) Basalt
  B) Coal
  C) Limestone
  D) Rocksalt
  E) Sandstone
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 274: The system of cultivation whereby a piece of land is cultivated for one or two years and is then left to fallow while the farmer moves to another piece of land around the same permanent settlement is known as? Options:
  A) shifting cultivation
  B) land rotation
  C) crop rotation
  D) arable cultivation
  E) sedentary cultivation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 275:

  Which of the following rocks is organically formed?

  Options:
  A) coal
  B) grit
  C) shale
  D) gypsum
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 276: On a topographical map, a number of inverted-V contours pointing up slope up slope indicate a? Options:
  A) valley
  B) ridge
  C) saddle
  D) spur
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 277:

  Which of the following lakes owes its origin mainly to faulting?

  Options:
  A) Lake Chad
  B) Lake Superior
  C) Lake Malawi
  D) Lake Victoria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 278:

  Which of the following food chains is impossible?

  Options:
  A) Grass→sheep→man
  B) Grass→Toad→grasshopper→rat
  C) Grass→grashopper→toad→snake
  D) Diatoms→euglena→water fleas
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 279:

  Which of the following is not an example of mineral resources?

  Options:
  A) Latex
  B) Zinc
  C) Coal
  D) Tin
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 280: A coastline of drowned river valleys is called a? Options:
  A) fiord coastline
  B) neutral coastline
  C) raised coastline
  D) ria coastline
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  The correct answer is D .