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 281: The most obvious physical feature that distinguishes undisturbed mature soil from an immature soil is the Options:
  A) humus content
  B) layered profile
  C) nutrient status
  D) topsoil texture
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 282:

  

  The feature marked F-F is a

  Options:
  A) normal fault
  B) thrust fault
  C) tear fault
  D) reverse fault
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 283: In tropical highlands, density rainforest occur at altitudes ranging from 1200m to 2400m above sea level. This is due to the influence of? Options:
  A) abundant water supply from snow melt
  B) high humidity and cool air
  C) orographic rainfall
  D) fertile soils
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 284: Volcanoes are considered a natural resource because of all but one of the following reason Options:
  A) mountainous landscape of volcanic origin have more scenic beauty
  B) most volcanic soils yield fertile soils
  C) intrusive volcanoes somtimes contains economic minerals
  D) volocanic explosion helps control world population
  E) most volcanic rocks are good sources of structural materials like building stones
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 285: Which of the following explains the variation in the lengths of day and night with the seasons? Options:
  A) Earth's rotation on its axis
  B) Earth's revolution along its orbit
  C) The inclination of the earth
  D) the sperical shape of the earth
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 286: Which of the following population characteristics is the best related to African countries? Options:
  A) Low birth rate and low death rate
  B) High birth rate and low death rate
  C) Low death rate and high death rate
  D) High death rate and high death rate
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 287: An example of a horst in Africa is Options:
  A) Kilimanjaro
  B) Ruwenzori
  C) Cameroon
  D) Erta Ale
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 288: 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 industral estates
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 289: The direction of flow of ocean currents is determined mainly by the? Options:
  A) prevailing winds and the rotation of the earth
  B) salinity of the ocean and the amount of freshwater inflow
  C) rotation of the earth and land and sea breezes
  D) shape of the continental and the temperature of the continental interior
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 290:

  Which of the following is not a problem militating against political and economic integration in West Africa?

  Options:
  A) currency
  B) political instability
  C) powerful colonial economic ties
  D) religion
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  The correct answer is A .