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 biodiversity of an ecosystem may be reduced through the Options:
  A) extinction of plant species
  B) removal of a single animal
  C) introduction of a new plant
  D) trapping of a single fish
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 862: Agbaja Platea in Kwara State and Nsude of Udi Plateau are important to Nigeria's industrial development efforts because they are sources of? Options:
  A) coking coal
  B) iron ore
  C) glass sand
  D) limestone
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 863:

  Sparse population in the middle belt of Nigeria can not be attributed to

  Options:
  A) Absence of major industries
  B) Absence of major minerals
  C) Poor soil
  D) Slave trade
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 864: In which vegetation zone is Abuja, the new Federal Capital, location? Options:
  A) Southern Guinea savannah
  B) Sahel savannah
  C) Northern Guinea savannah
  D) Tropical rain forest
  E) Montane grassland
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 865:

  Tin-mining activities in Nigeria are the main causes of environmental degradation on the?

  Options:
  A) Westen Highlands
  B) Eastern Highlands
  C) Jos Plateau
  D) Obudu Plateau
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 866: Which of the following countries accounts for nearly 50% of the world's output of newsprint? Options:
  A) Canada
  B) USA
  C) USSR
  D) Finland
  E) Norway
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 867:

  Jos plateau is an example of a

  Options:
  A) Volcanic plateau
  B) Dissected plateau
  C) Tectonic plateau
  D) Bassalt Plateau
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 868: The major factors accounting for increasing desertification in the West Africa Sahel are drought? Options:
  A) overgrazing and overcultivation
  B) locusts and queller birds
  C) urbanization and fuel wood exploitation
  D) harmattan and sand dunes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 869:

  Sugar Plantations in Africa are most highly developed in the lowlands of

  Options:
  A) the Guinea Coast and Mozambique
  B) the mediterranean seaboard and the Guinea coast
  C) Mozambique and Natal
  D) Natal and Lower Nile
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 870: Which of the following scales should show the greatest amount of detail on a map? Options:
  A) 1:2500 000
  B) 1:63 360
  C) 1:32
  D) 1:160 934
  E) 1:2
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  The correct answer is E .