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 731:

  The difference in time between two longitudes is approximately

  Options:
  A) 15 hours
  B) 4 hours
  C) 40 minutes
  D) 4 minutes
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 732:

  

  The section labelled R represents

  Options:
  A) An offshore beach
  B) a continental shelf
  C) a continental slope
  D) a marine platform
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 733: Elements of weather and climate include all but ONE of the following: Options:
  A) Temperature
  B) Precipitation
  C) Wind
  D) Altitude
  E) Air pressure
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 734: One of the following countries produces more rice than the others.which is it? Options:
  A) China
  B) Ivory Coast
  C) Japan
  D) Thailand
  E) Sierra Leone
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 735: A tropical soil formed on wind drift material and usually featuring a late-rite layer is known as? Options:
  A) latosol
  B) lithosol
  C) regosol
  D) podzol
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 736:

  

  Use the map below to answer the question that follows:

  The area marked D is

  Options:
  A) guinea savanna
  B) high forest
  C) sahel savanna
  D) sudan savanna
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 737: The scientist who prepounded the theory of continental drift was Options:
  A) Alfred Wegener
  B) William Davis
  C) Arthur Holmes
  D) Francis Bacon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 738:

  The soil gains nitrogen through one of the following except?

  Options:
  A) Denitrification
  B) Application of organic manure
  C) Electrical discharge
  D) Symbiotic nitrogen fixation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 739: Which of these best accounts for the decline in railway transport in Nigeria in the last two decades? Options:
  A) Competition from air transport
  B) The inefficiency of the railway administration
  C) Competition from road transport
  D) The slow speed of the trains
  E) The decline in agricultural exports
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 740: A poor settlement on the edge of a city is known as a? Options:
  A) shanty town
  B) ghetto
  C) new town
  D) slum
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  The correct answer is B .