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:

  The type of agriculture in which water is conserved in a year so that crops can be grown in succeeding years by ploughing, mulching or harrowing is known as

  Options:
  A) arable farming
  B) intensive cultivation
  C) extensive cultivation
  D) dry farming
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 22:

  Dairying is an agricultural practices that is most prevalent

  Options:
  A) in lowlands and river valleys
  B) in extensive and undulating regions
  C) in hot and humid regions
  D) around large cities in industrial societies
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 23: A major physical factor restricting the cultivation of perennial crops in the Sudan savannah of Nigeria is the? Options:
  A) seasonal regime of the streams
  B) menace of pest
  C) seasonal pattern of rainfall
  D) sandy nature of the soil
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 24: Lakes Kivu and Malawi are related in that they? Options:
  A) attract a large number of tourist
  B) lie in the Northern Hemisphere
  C) are rift valley lakes
  D) are crater lakes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 25: Settlement listed in increasing size are? Options:
  A) hamlet, conurbation, village , city
  B) hamlet, village, city, conurbation
  C) village , conurbation, city, hamlet
  D) village, hamelt, city, conurbation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 26:

  Migration can contribute to solving the problems of rural areas by

  Options:
  A) promoting industrialization in the receiving areas
  B) redistributing population from high to low density area
  C) creating job opportunities in the source areas
  D) making rural populations less homogeneous at the source region
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 27: Chain survey is most convenient for measurements on ? Options:
  A) rocky environment
  B) plains
  C) embarkment
  D) irregular slopes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 28: Where are the Ghezira Plains located and what crop is cultivated there? Options:
  A) Sudan: cotton
  B) Mali: rice
  C) Egypt: cotton
  D) Uganda: sugarcane
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 29:

  Arrange the following scales in ascending order: 1:50,000, 1:200,000, 1:200, 1:300,000

  Options:
  A) 1:200,1:50,000,1:200,000, 1:300,000
  B) 1:300,000,1:200,000,1:50,000,1:200
  C) 1:50,000, 1:200,000,1:300,000, 1:200
  D) 1:300,000, 1:200, 1:50,000, 1:200,000
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 30:

  

  The point marked N which is the site of hydroelectric power project is at the

  Options:
  A) Gurara Falls
  B) lkerre Gorge
  C) Shiroro Gorge
  D) Kurra Falls
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  The correct answer is C .