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 551: Which of the following countries of Africa has little or no potential for hydro-electricity generation ? Options:
  A) Sudan
  B) Mozambique
  C) Mauritania
  D) Liberia
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 552: Soils that are greatly influenced by the parent material in the process of their formation are referred to as? Options:
  A) mineral soils
  B) zonal soils
  C) intra-zonal soils
  D) azonal soils
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 553: In many areas, limestone rocks are resistant to water erosion on their surfaces and form uplands because of their Options:
  A) coarse and resistant minerals
  B) low porosity and permeability
  C) dense and armophous structure
  D) joints and pervious nature
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 554:

  

  The Ahaggar plateau is the shaded area marked

  Options:
  A) P
  B) Q
  C) R
  D) S
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 555:

  

  The country marked L has in recent years overtaken that marked M in the production of

  Options:
  A) Bananas
  B) Coffee
  C) Pineapples
  D) Flowers
  E) Cocoa
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 556:

  Which purpose is NOT served by the Kainji Dam?

  Options:
  A) provision of research facilities
  B) provision of water of domestic use all over Nigeria
  C) provision of fishing facilities
  D) generation of electricity for use all over Nigeria
  E) provision of recreational facilities
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 557: Which type of climate has the following characteristics? i. Both monthly and annual temperature average about 28°C. ii Annual rainfall commonly varies from about 1800mm to more than commonly 3000mm. iii Rainfall of at least 150mm occurring every month of the year. Options:
  A) Monsoon
  B) Equatorial
  C) Savannah
  D) Mediterranean
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 558: The zone which is rich in iron, aluminium, magnesium and clay substances is the? Options:
  A) Chorizon
  B) Dhorizon
  C) Ahorizon
  D) Bhorizon
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 559: Coffee is an important cash crop in? Options:
  A) Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea and Sierra Leone
  B) Senegal, Cote d Ivoire and Burkina faso
  C) Guinea, Liberia and Mali
  D) Guinea Bissau, Niger and Mauritania
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 560: Subsistence farming is characterized by? Options:
  A) dominance of cash crops, low capital input and dependence on simple tools
  B) dominance of food crops, small holdings anfd family labour
  C) Dependence on family labour, small holdings and market orientation
  D) Dependence on simple tools, labour intensity and high capital input
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  The correct answer is B .