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: Dispersed rural settlements are most likely to be found in areas with? Options:
  A) abundant agriculture land and good surface drainage
  B) limited agricultural land and poor surface drainage
  C) a large agricultural population and restricted accessibility
  D) a small agricultural population and poor surface drainage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 32: An important mineral deposit in South Africa which has attracted a large number of white settlers is Options:
  A) iron in Durban
  B) copper in Cape Town
  C) gold in Witwatersrand
  D) aluminium in Johannesburg
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 33: All these are ways of representing relief on maps Options:
  A) contour
  B) form lines
  C) dot map
  D) hachures
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 34: Adiabatic cooling' is the cooling of rising air as a result of? Options:
  A) increase altitude
  B) expansion and internal loss of heat
  C) movement on the windward side of mountains
  D) instability
  E) advection
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 35: Although both grasslands and forestland's can provide food for animals, there is more livestock in northern than in southern Nigeria because? Options:
  A) animal food from the southern forest is not palatable
  B) no animal can stand the tsetse fly of the southern forests
  C) there is a relative scarcity of grazing land in the south
  D) livestock breeding is not encouraged in the south
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 36: All these are the examples of urban settlement except Options:
  A) towns
  B) village
  C) conurbation
  D) megalopolis.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 37:

  The coastal regions of Sierra Leone record an annual rainfall of over

  Options:
  A) 5,000mm
  B) 3000mm
  C) 4,800mm
  D) 6,500mm
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 38:

  

  The dominant settlement pattern in the Eastern part of the map can best be described as
  Options:
  A) nucleated
  B) linear
  C) conurbated
  D) dispersed
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 39: The following major dam projects are located in Nigeria. Identify them? Options:
  A) Kainji,Tiga,Bakolori and Akosombo
  B) Kainji, Bakolori, Shiroro and Tiga
  C) Shiroro, Asewan, Kariba and Kainji
  D) Kainji, Tiga, Kariba and Akosombo
  E) Aswan,Tiga, Akosombo and Kariba
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 40: Tropical rain forest are important to the functioning of the earth's environment because they are large reservoirs of? Options:
  A) oxygen, mositure and biodiversity
  B) timber, wildlife and virgin soils
  C) water, energy and mineral resources
  D) food, fibre and medicinal plants
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  The correct answer is B .