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 371:

  The broad-leafed evergreen and dense equatorial forest of the Amazon basin is called

  Options:
  A) blanos
  B) campos
  C) selvas
  D) pampas
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 372: Blantyre, Rio de Janeiro, New York and Lagos are similar in that they serve as their countries'? Options:
  A) political headquaters
  B) commercial centres
  C) major seaports
  D) cultural centres
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 373: The most densely populated city which is also the capital of a country in Africa is? Options:
  A) Dakar
  B) Cape Town
  C) Abuja
  D) Cairo
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 374:

  Rocks are said to be crystalline when the atoms forming them are

  Options:
  A) found in sedimentary rocks
  B) found in crystalline rocks
  C) arrenged in a deposit pattern
  D) arranged vertically
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 375:

  Which of the following rocks is organically formed?

  Options:
  A) coal
  B) grit
  C) shale
  D) gypsum
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 376: One of the effects of rural-urban migration on the source region it? Options:
  A) rural depopulation
  B) urban depopulation
  C) rural congestion
  D) urban congestion
  E) rural unemployment
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 377:

  Which of the following is not a proof of the earth's sphericity?

  Options:
  A) The circular horizon
  B) deflection of winds
  C) ship's visibilty
  D) circumnavigation of the earth
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 378: 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 .
• Question 379: What is the cause of the double rainfall maximal in southern Nigeria? Options:
  A) land and sea breezes
  B) nearness to the atlantic ocean
  C) overhead sun at the tropic of Cancer
  D) North and South movement of the overhead sun
  E) overhead sun on the equator
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 380: Sedimentary rocks are distinguished from other rocks by their? Options:
  A) strata
  B) joints
  C) compact nature
  D) crystalline nature
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  The correct answer is A .