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 41: Which of the following human disease is often heightened by the introduction of irrigation farming in an area? Options:
  A) Bilharzia
  B) Dysentery
  C) River blindness
  D) Cholera
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 42: Which of the following best explains the growth of Lagos? i. Infrastructural facilities. ii. Early contact with the outside world. iii. Being the former seat of the government. iv. Extensive land for development. Options:
  A) i and ii
  B) i and iv
  C) i, ii and iii
  D) ii, iii and iv
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 43:

  Which of the following farming activity best describes the rearing of only animals like cattle, sheep and goat mainly in the savanna belt of the north?

  Options:
  A) mixed farming
  B) animal farming
  C) pastoral farming
  D) intensive farming
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 44: Cities with populations over one million people in Africa include? Options:
  A) Algiers, Alexandria, Nairobi and Banjul
  B) Cape Town, Luanda, Khartoum and Abidjan
  C) Ibadan, Kampala, Bulawayo and Mombasa
  D) Cairo, Lagos, Kinshasa and Johannesburg
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 45:

  

  The broken lines in the diagram above represent a

  Options:
  A) River capture
  B) Ridge
  C) Watershed
  D) Rift valley
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 46: The Nigerian river with longest distance of internal waterways is? Options:
  A) River Osun
  B) River Ogun
  C) River Benue
  D) Cross River
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 47: the following are the effect of overgrazing except Options:
  A) completion of useful folder crops
  B) soil and wind erosion of pasture land
  C) epidemic of cattle diseases
  D) scarcity of good pasture land.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 48:

  Plateaux formed together with fold mountains are best described as

  Options:
  A) dissected
  B) tectonic
  C) intermontane
  D) piedmont
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 49: Pulp-wood, which is used in the manufacturing of paper, cardboard and cellulose, is derived mainly from? Options:
  A) coniferous forests
  B) tropical rain forests
  C) savannah woodlands
  D) desert plants
  E) broad-leaved forests
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 50:

  

  The length of the major road in Ruwawa is approximately

  Options:
  A) 7km
  B) 9km
  C) 11km
  D) 13km
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  The correct answer is B .