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 331: Ocean currents are caused mainly by? Options:
  A) the rotation of the earth
  B) the amount of evaporation from the oceans
  C) prvailing surfaces winds
  D) the shape of the ocean
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 332: A broad-based population pyramid is composed mainly of? Options:
  A) old dependants
  B) young dependants
  C) active inhabitants
  D) more males than females
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 333: The wearing away of the sides and bottom of a river's channel is called Options:
  A) hydraulic action
  B) corrosion
  C) attrition
  D) corrasion
  E) solution
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 334: Which of these does NOT lie in the principal earthquake regions of the world? Options:
  A) Peru
  B) Alaska
  C) New Guinea
  D) Japan
  E) Mali
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 335:

  The land-use activities which can be considered responsible for soil erosion in the tropics are

  Options:
  A) irrigation, terrace farming and crop rotation
  B) mining, bush fallowing and market gardening
  C) industrialization, monoculture and lumbering
  D) bush fallowing, overgrazing and monoculture
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 336: The contribution of agriculture to Nigeria's GDP has remained largely low owing to? Options:
  A) low price of agricultural produce
  B) lack of access to markets
  C) its predominantly subsistence nature
  D) inadequate labour supply
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 337: In which of the following groups of countries has heavy concentration of population been made possible by irrigation along fertile river valleys in an otherwise arid environment? Options:
  A) Egypt, Ethiopia, India
  B) Egypt, Nambia , Somalia
  C) Egypt, Iran, Iraq
  D) Egypt, Chile,Australia
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 338: A desert landform made up of alternate horizontal layers of soft and hard rocks and characterized by ridges and furrows aligned in the direction of the wind is known as? Options:
  A) yardang
  B) zeugen
  C) horst
  D) playa
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 339:

  The Stevenson's screen is raised about one meter above the ground in order to avoid

  Options:
  A) the influence of strong winds
  B) the heat from the ground
  C) the effects of nearby trees
  D) rain drops entering it
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 340: An example of a set of chemically formed sedimentary rocks is Options:
  A) sandstone and grit
  B) dolomite and gypsum
  C) peat and coal
  D) flint and shale
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  The correct answer is B .