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 851: One of the problems of soil management in a humid areas is? Options:
  A) leaching of minerals
  B) waterlogging
  C) lack of oxygen in the soil
  D) alkalinity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 852: For which of the following pairs of economic activities is the Argentine Pampas famous? Options:
  A) Lumbering and manufacturing
  B) Mining and fishing
  C) Ranching and commercial grain farming
  D) Subsistence agriculture and ranching
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 853: Salinity in Black Sea is generally lower than the average for the oceans on the same latitudes because? Options:
  A) there is higher evaporation of the sea water
  B) precipitation is exceptionally high
  C) large rivers empty into the sea
  D) the sea water does not mix freely
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 854:

  

  Evidence that the southern half of the area is of greater value to man than the northern half does NOT include

  Options:
  A) More communication facilities
  B) Greater intensity of land use for agriculture
  C) Exploitation of minerals
  D) Higher population distribution
  E) More coastal activities like fishing
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 855: Latitudes 66 1/2° North and South of the Equator are important because they? Options:
  A) are called the Arctic and Antarctic circles respectively
  B) indicate the angle of inclination of the axis of the earth's rotation
  C) mark the limits of the polar areas which experience periods of continuous night and daylight
  D) mark the equatorward limits of the occurance of precipitation in the form of snow
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 856:

  A broad-based population pyramid is composed mainly

  Options:
  A) active inhabitants
  B) old dependants
  C) young dependants
  D) more females than males
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 857:

  What is the process of lowering and leveling of the earth surface by gradual breaking and wearing away of such earth's surfaces?

  Options:
  A) Weathering
  B) Denudation
  C) Relief
  D) Mass wasting
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 858: Iron deposit is a natural resource when it occurs? Options:
  A) in high concentrations
  B) with few impurities
  C) in economic quantities
  D) in sedimentary formations
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 859:

  _______ is defined as the total surrounding or medium of any organism in a given area?

  Options:
  A) Biotic component
  B) Abiotic component
  C) Environment
  D) Ecosystem
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 860:

  An instrument used for setting out right angle in surveying a parcel of land is

  Options:
  A) Measuring rod
  B) Abney level
  C) A ranging pole
  D) Theodolite
  E) An optical squarer
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  The correct answer is E .