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: Which of the following best explains the growth of Lagos? i. Infrastructural facilities. ii. Early contact with the outside world. iii. Being the former seat of the government. iv. Extensive land for development. Options:
  A) i and ii
  B) i and iv
  C) i, ii and iii
  D) ii, iii and iv
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 22: A river deposits its load of sediment if the? Options:
  A) quantity of water in the river increases
  B) river flows from a mountain area onto a plain
  C) river enters a gorge
  D) velocity of the river increases
  E) river approaches as waterfall
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 23: The local craft industry of Wood carving is associated with one of these states Options:
  A) kano
  B) Ananmbra
  C) Osun
  D) Edo
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 24: The greatest industries areas of the world are? Options:
  A) Africa and the Caribbean
  B) the Ruhr industrial region and South Africa
  C) Western Europe and the United States of America
  D) Japan and Australia
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 25:

  

  The Inhabitants of Abu are most likely to be

  Options:
  A) Traders
  B) Farmers
  C) Cattle rearers
  D) Miners
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 26: Which of the following factors must account for the rapid increase in world population during the twentieth century? Options:
  A) The slave trade was abolished
  B) Death rates have decreased rapidly
  C) Birth rates have increased rapidly
  D) Increasing world production of food
  E) Large-scale migration of people
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 27:

  One of the following does not determine the availability of resources in a country____________

  Options:
  A) Evolution
  B) Emigration
  C) Population
  D) Morbidity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 28:

  A line joining places having an equal degree of cloudiness is an___________

  Options:
  A) isoneph
  B) isohyet
  C) isobar
  D) isotherm
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 29: The merging together of a number of urban settlements will produce a? Options:
  A) conurbation
  B) nucleated settlement
  C) linear settlement
  D) suburb
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 30: On maps, places with equal sunshine duration are joined by? Options:
  A) isohyets
  B) isotherms
  C) isonephs
  D) isohels
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  The correct answer is D .