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 31:

  

  Kondo is situated mainly on a

  Options:
  A) Hill
  B) Scarp
  C) Ridge
  D) Gap
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 32: Along a soil cantena, hydromorphic soils are most likely to occur on the? Options:
  A) interfluve
  B) upper slope
  C) middle slope
  D) valley bottom
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 33: Most of the industries located in rural areas are? Options:
  A) market-oriented
  B) high energy consumers
  C) raw materials-oriented
  D) transport-oriented
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 34:

  Textile Industry	7.2°
  Petroleum Industry	172.8°
  Iron and Steel Industry	115.2°
  Cosmetics Industry	43.2°
  Automobile Industry	21.6°

  The table above shows the employment distribution in a town with the share of the different industries depicted in degrees of a pie chart. The total number of workers in the town is 25,000.

  The proportion of workers in the iron and steel industry, in relation to the number off workers in the town is

  Options:
  A) 0.32
  B) 0.06
  C) 0.12
  D) 0.26
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 35: An intrusion of molten magma formed horizontally along the bedding planes of sedimentary rocks is Options:
  A) sill
  B) laccolith
  C) dykes
  D) batholith
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 36: One of the negative effects of building new dams is Options:
  A) making water available for domestic uses in rural areas
  B) developing electricity to run industries
  C) raising and catching a variety of fish
  D) creating employment for the indigenous population
  E) resettling people away from their ancestral homes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 37: If a map at a scale of 1:50,000 is reduced by half, what is the new scale of the map? Options:
  A) 1:250,000
  B) 1:25,000
  C) 1:200,000
  D) 1:100,000
  E) 1:125,000
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 38:

  The following are advantages of overpopulation except?

  Options:
  A) Quick information dissemination
  B) Socialization
  C) Large labour
  D) Insufficient food
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 39:

  Tropical savanna vegetation is characterized by

  Options:
  A) drought - resistant trees
  B) trees with broad leaves and fleshy bark
  C) palm trees and thorny scrub
  D) scattered every green trees
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 40: The most urbanized part of Nigeria is the? Options:
  A) south-east
  B) Middle-belt
  C) north-east
  D) south-west
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  The correct answer is D .