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 861:

  The high cost of lumbering operations in tropical forest is mainly due to?

  Options:
  A) Shortage of labour
  B) Absence of many rivers
  C) Absence of pure stands of trees
  D) low quality of available timber
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 862: Wheat has gained importance in Nigeria's agriculture as a result of the? Options:
  A) increased use of fertilizers
  B) gradual change in climate
  C) increased purchasing power of the citizens
  D) introduction of large-scale irrigation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 863: Which savanna vegetation is characterized by grasses of about one metre high and scattered trees
  with flattish canopy? Options:
  A) guinea
  B) sudan
  C) sahel
  D) derived
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 864: The Stevenson's screen is raised about one metre above the ground in order to avoid? Options:
  A) rain drops entering it
  B) the influence of strong winds
  C) the effects of nearby trees
  D) the heat from the ground
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 865:

  Identify the pair of forces/processes which may be responsible for the formation of rift valleys

  1. Centrifugal 2. Erosional 3. Compressional 4. Magnetic 5. Faulting.

  Options:
  A) 1 and 5
  B) 2 and 3
  C) 3 and 4
  D) 3 and 5
  E) 1 and 3
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 866:

  The prosperity of Kenya depends on the cultivation of

  Options:
  A) coffee, sisal and rice
  B) coffee, cocoa and rice
  C) coffee, rubber and maize
  D) coffee, maize and sisal
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 867: What is the cause of the double rainfall maximal in southern Nigeria? Options:
  A) land and sea breezes
  B) nearness to the atlantic ocean
  C) overhead sun at the tropic of Cancer
  D) North and South movement of the overhead sun
  E) overhead sun on the equator
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 868:

  An example of argillaceous rock is

  Options:
  A) chalk
  B) shale
  C) graphite
  D) coat
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 869: The climate is characterized by a mean total annual rainfall of between 86cm and 90cm, all occurring within a period of six months: a mean annual temperature of about 280°C with a monthly range of up to 15°C and an annual water deficit in excess of 50cm. The description above refers to tropical ? Options:
  A) humid climate
  B) dry-and-wet climate (Guinea)
  C) dry-and-wet climate (sudan)
  D) dry -and-wet climate (Sahel)
  E) semi-desert climate
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 870:

  Which of the following is a warm currents?

  Options:
  A) East Australlian current
  B) California currents
  C) Peruvian
  D) Antarctic drift
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  The correct answer is A .