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 21:

  In which of the following rock types is petroleum mainly found?

  Options:
  A) Metamorphic
  B) Plutonic
  C) Igneous
  D) Volcanic
  E) Sedimentary
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 22:

  Lake Kivu and Malawi are related in that they_________

  Options:
  A) Lie in the Northern Hemisphere
  B) crater lakes
  C) Attract a large number of tourists
  D) Are rift valley lakes
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 23: Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the International Date Line? Options:
  A) A traveller loses a day by crossing from the East to the West
  B) A traveller gains a day crossing from theWest to the East
  C) The line is appoximately along the 180° Merdian
  D) Local time is the same on either side
  E) The line has a zigzag shape
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 24: Nigeria's new federal capital territory shares boundaries with four states.What are these states? Options:
  A) Benue,Kwara,Niger and Kaduna
  B) Kano,Kaduna,Niger and Kwara
  C) Plateau,Kwara,Niger and Kaduna
  D) Gongola,Bauchi,Kwara and Niger
  E) Niger,Benue,Kwara and Kano
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 25: All these are the examples of urban settlement except Options:
  A) towns
  B) village
  C) conurbation
  D) megalopolis.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 26:

  The peeling off of surface layers of a rounded boulders during mechanical weathering is called________

  Options:
  A) Rock fragmentation
  B) Solifluction
  C) Exfoliation
  D) Weathering
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 27:

  

  The lake marked N is mostly used for

  Options:
  A) transportation and irrigation
  B) transportation and fishing
  C) tourism and domestic water supply
  D) tourism and HEP generation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 28: Which of the following is NOT true of most developing countries? Options:
  A) The depend essentially on agricultural produuction
  B) They have the highest level of agricultural productivity
  C) The rate of population growth is among the highest in the world
  D) The proportion of the population involved in primary activities is higher than those of developed countries
  E) The proportion of the population engaged in tertiary activities is less than those of developed countries
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 29:

  In which of the following types of vegetation would cork oak and Aleppo pine be found?

  Options:
  A) Savvannah woodland
  B) Temperate rain forest
  C) Monsoon forest
  D) Mediterranean woodland
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 30: The pattern of rural population distribution in a region is determined mainly by the? Options:
  A) quality of the land
  B) size of the land
  C) quality of the population
  D) size of the population
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  The correct answer is A .