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 841:

  Rain falls mainly during the warm summer months.Summer temperature rarely exceeds 18.3°C.Annual rainfall is often below 125cm.Which of these crops is most unlikely to do well in the area described above?

  Options:
  A) Wheat
  B) Cotton
  C) Oats
  D) Rice
  E) Rye
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 842: From its source to its mouth, the River Niger passes through Options:
  A) Mali, Guinea, Niger and Nigeria
  B) Guinea, Mali, Togo and Nigeria
  C) Guinea, Mali, Niger and Nigeria
  D) Mali, Niger, Guinea and Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 843: If the distance between two places on a map is 2cm while the distance on land is 4km, the scale of the map is? Options:
  A) 1: 50 000
  B) 1: 100 000
  C) 1: 150 000
  D) 1; 200 000
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 844: Access to water and kinship ties can lead to? Options:
  A) nucleated settlements
  B) ribbon settlements
  C) loose-knit settlements
  D) dispersed settlements
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 845:

  The following are advantages of overpopulation except

  Options:
  A) Quick information dissemination
  B) Effective planning
  C) Large labour
  D) Insufficient food
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 846: The set of features produced in glaciated lowland includes all of? Options:
  A) corries, pyramidal peak and eskers
  B) eskers, crag and tail and roche montanee
  C) pyramidal peak, erratics and moraine
  D) corrie roche montanee and erratics
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 847: which of the following instruments is used to measure wind Speed Options:
  A) thermometer
  B) barometer
  C) hygrometer
  D) anemometer
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 848:

  A climate that is wet for up to 10 months with a single peak, an annual rainfall of 3000mm and a mean monthly temperature of at least 26° is

  Options:
  A) Tropical humid (Af)
  B) Tropical monsoon (Am)
  C) Tropical wet and dry (Aw)
  D) Warm humid subtropical (ca)
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 849: The basic raw materials for the textile industry include? Options:
  A) cotton, wool, jute and rubber
  B) flax, wool, pulp and papyrus
  C) cotton, wool, pulp and papyrus
  D) flax, wool, silk and cotton
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 850: Which of the following types of climate would a person not encounter in traveling from Algiers to Cape town? Options:
  A) Tropical rain forest
  B) Temperate
  C) Desert
  D) Mediterranean
  E) Tropical Savannah
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  The correct answer is B .