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 341:

  

  Name the moraine labelled 'P' in the diagram above

  Options:
  A) Terminal moraine
  B) Valley moraine
  C) Lateral moraine
  D) Ground moraine
  E) Medial moriane
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 342:

  Which of the following distinguishes rotation from revolution?

  Options:
  A) Revolution causes day and night while rotation causes season
  B) Rotation causes variation in the lengths of day and night while revolution causes rising and falling of tides
  C) A complete revolution takes 24 hours while rotation makes a year
  D) The earth rotates on its axis while it revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 343:

  

  In which direction will the winds blow?

  Options:
  A) clockwise
  B) ani-clockwise
  C) parallel to the isobars
  D) at right angle to the isobars
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 344:

  If the distance between two places on a map is 2cm, while the distance on land is 4km, the scale of the map is

  Options:
  A) 1:100,000
  B) 1:200,000
  C) 1:50,000
  D) 1:150,000
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 345: The area around the earth where life activities go on is referred to as ------- Options:
  A) biosphere
  B) lithosphere
  C) habitat
  D) ecosystem
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 346:

  Which of the following is best defined as the movement of people from one geographical area to another involving permanent or temporary residence or settlement

  Options:
  A) Transportation
  B) Networking
  C) Migration
  D) Urbanization
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 347:

  

  The river marked S has been dammed for Hydroelectric power generation at

  Options:
  A) Shiroro gorge
  B) Jebba
  C) Goronyo
  D) Kurra falls
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 348:

  

  The drainage pattern of the area shown is

  Options:
  A) Trellis
  B) Dendritic
  C) Radial
  D) Centripetal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 349: Which of the following features is associated with glacial erosion? Options:
  A) Esker
  B) Moraine
  C) Erratic
  D) Cirque
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 350: Unemployment and underemployment are at high levels in West Africa cities because? Options:
  A) the people in these cities are lazy
  B) there is a large youthful population
  C) many of the city-dwellers are skilled
  D) industrialization is at a slow pace
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  The correct answer is D .