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 891: Towns in developing countries today are growing very rapidly, mainly through? Options:
  A) an increasing birth rate
  B) a decrease death rate
  C) migration from rural areas
  D) influx of refugees from guerrilla wars
  E) migration to rural areas
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 892: Economic production is entirely based on? Options:
  A) raw materials
  B) supply
  C) transportation
  D) demand
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 893: The result of a football match completed at 6.00 p.m in Accra (Ghana) and head at 12.00 noon that same day at another city. The longitude of that city is? Options:
  A) 45⁰E
  B) 60⁰W
  C) 75⁰E
  D) 90⁰W
  E) 105⁰E
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 894: The point at which the shock originates is called Options:
  A) focus
  B) vent
  C) caldera
  D) crater
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 895:
  

  The scarcity of settlements on the eastern half of the area is probably due to

  Options:
  A) Absence of roads
  B) Scarcity of surface water
  C) Rough topography
  D) Swampy land surface
  E) Insect pests
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 896: A volcanic eruption is most likely to be violet when? Options:
  A) volcano is near the sea
  B) neck of the volcano is sealed by a plug
  C) lava is viscous
  D) lava reaches the surface through a fissure
  E) volcano is below an ocean
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 897: The high cost of lumbering operations in tropical forests 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 898: lines of longitude can be best be described as Options:
  A) imaginary line on the earth’s surface joining the north and the south pole
  B) the distance of a place east or west of Greenwich meridian
  C) the angular distance of a place north or south of the equator
  D) great circles number from 0 to 90
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 899: The cheapest means of transport for long distance travel is by? Options:
  A) rail
  B) water
  C) air
  D) road
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 900:

  These are areas of crude oil production in Nigeria except

  Options:
  A) Afam
  B) Egbema
  C) Oloibiri
  D) Ughelli
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  The correct answer is A .