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 291:

  

  Use the information given in the chart and answer the question. If the total population of the city is 500,000 what is the population of ward 4?

  Options:
  A) 75,000
  B) 125,000
  C) 100,000
  D) 150,000
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 292: Which of these best accounts for the decline in railway transport in Nigeria in the last two decades? Options:
  A) Competition from air transport
  B) The inefficiency of the railway administration
  C) Competition from road transport
  D) The slow speed of the trains
  E) The decline in agricultural exports
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 293: A map with a scale of 1:40,000 is reduced to one quarter of its size, what is the new scale of the map? Options:
  A) 1:20,000
  B) 1:40,000
  C) 1:60,000
  D) 1:80,000
  E) 1:100,000
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 294:

  Which of the following statement is not true about the solar system?

  Options:
  A) the ray of the sun gives energy to the system
  B) all the planets rotate round the sun
  C) the planets revolve around the sun
  D) the sun is at the Centre of the system
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 295: Seasons are recognized with in the tropics primarily on the basis of? Options:
  A) air masses
  B) temperature
  C) rainfall
  D) evaporation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 296:
  

  The average gradient the slope marked L-K is approximately

  Options:
  A) 1:15
  B) 1:17
  C) 1:19
  D) 1:21
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 297: What is common to the Bororo tribe of West Africa, the Eskimos of Alaska and Canada, the Lapps of Eurasia and the Mongols of Mongolia? Options:
  A) Cattle rearing
  B) Nomadic herding
  C) Dispersed rural settlements
  D) Hunting and trapping
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 298:

  

  The settlements pattern is BEST described as

  Options:
  A) Nucleated
  B) Dispersed
  C) Linear
  D) Nodal
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 299: The reason for seasonal migration of nomadic herdsmen is? Options:
  A) for the search of water and good grazing
  B) because of the inability of government to provide shelter
  C) to search for a safe environment
  D) due to high rainfall in some regions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 300: The Inter-tropical Discontinuity is the meeting zone of two air masses. These are the? Options:
  A) Tropical Maritime and tropical Continental
  B) Tropical Maritime and the Polar Continental
  C) Tropical Continental and the Polar Martime
  D) Tropical Maritime and Polar Maritime
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  The correct answer is A .