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 421: The exploitation of timber in equatorial Africa causes? Options:
  A) soil erosion
  B) environmental pollution
  C) less rainfall run-off
  D) high cost of forest products
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 422:

  Which of the following is a warm currents?

  Options:
  A) East Australlian current
  B) California currents
  C) Peruvian
  D) Antarctic drift
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 423:

  What is the process of lowering and levelling of the earth surface by gradual breaking and wearing away of such earth's surfaces.

  Options:
  A) Weathering
  B) Denudation
  C) Relief
  D) Mass wasting
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 424: Which of the following set of cities have been developed specifically as the seat of power Options:
  A) chicago, Rhur, and kurosioro
  B) Abuja, chicago and Brasilia
  C) Canberra, Abuja and Brasilia
  D) New Delhi, Ruhr and Culcutta
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 425:

  The development of a climax vegetation in the Savannah belt of Nigeria is disturbed mainly by

  Options:
  A) Lumbering
  B) Mining
  C) Animal Grazing
  D) Bush burning
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 426: Eluviation is the process by which? Options:
  A) soluble substances are removed from the upper layers of the soil
  B) soluble substances are deposited in the upper layers of the soil
  C) fine particles are removed from one layer of the soil to another
  D) Fine particles are deposited in the upper layers of the soil
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 427:

  The innermost section of the Earth is the__________

  Options:
  A) crust
  B) mantle
  C) core
  D) sial
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 428: All but ONE of the following raw materials needed for Nigeria's iron and steel industry are available locally? Options:
  A) Iron ore
  B) Coal
  C) Limestone
  D) Hydro-electric power
  E) Manganese
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 429: Which climate type is characterized by (i) very high temperature (over 33⁰C) during the period of high sun; (ii)moderately high annual temperature range 17-12⁰C and very high daily range 20-30°C. (iii) annual rainfall less than 4cm; and (iv)annual evaporation from a free water surface exceeding 200cm? Options:
  A) Tropical desert climate, Bwh
  B) Tropical steppe climate,Bsh
  C) Tropical wet and dry climate, Aw
  D) Dry summer subtropical climate,Csa
  E) Tropical monsoon climate, Am
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 430:

  Which of the following is a vegetation characteristics of the Tropical rainforest?

  Options:
  A) Trees are not in pure stand
  B) Tough, small, leathery, hairy leaves to guard against excessive transpiration
  C) Trees are conical in shape
  D) there is high undergrowth
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  The correct answer is B .