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 781: A town that is situated where two rivers meet is a? Options:
  A) coastal town
  B) nodal town
  C) bridge town
  D) confluence town
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 782: A sharp decrease in the population of herbivores in an ecosystem is likely to lead to? Options:
  A) an increase in the amount of plant cover
  B) a decrease in the population of rodents
  C) an increase inthe population of rodents
  D) a decrease in the population of saprophytes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 783:

  Which of the following is not a factor that favours industrial concentration in Western Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) Availability of raw materials
  B) Closeness to major importing and exporting ports
  C) Creativity of people in the area
  D) Good road network
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 784: The wearing away of the sides and bottom of a river's channel is called Options:
  A) hydraulic action
  B) corrosion
  C) attrition
  D) corrasion
  E) solution
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 785:

  Lines joining places with same mean annual rainfall are called___________

  Options:
  A) isohyets
  B) isohels
  C) isohalines
  D) isotherms
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 786:

  Which of the following lakes owes its origin mainly to faulting?

  Options:
  A) Lake Chad
  B) Lake Superior
  C) Lake Malawi
  D) Lake Victoria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 787: A city may be differentiated from a rural settlement by considering its? Options:
  A) population size and age structure
  B) skilled and unskilled manpower
  C) population and functions
  D) road network and industral estates
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 788: The highest peak in Nigeria can be found on the? Options:
  A) Oban Hills
  B) Western Uplands
  C) Adamawa Highland
  D) Jos Plateau
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 789: Which of the following is NOT true of most developing countries? Options:
  A) The depend essentially on agricultural produuction
  B) They have the highest level of agricultural productivity
  C) The rate of population growth is among the highest in the world
  D) The proportion of the population involved in primary activities is higher than those of developed countries
  E) The proportion of the population engaged in tertiary activities is less than those of developed countries
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 790: Of the following regions, the one that has the highest potentiality for the production of softwood timber for manufacture of paper is the? Options:
  A) Selva of Brazil
  B) equatorial forest of the Congo
  C) evergreen board-leaf forests of Japan
  D) temperate deciduous forests of France
  E) coniferous forest of Scandinavia
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  The correct answer is E .