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 1: Volcanoes are considered natural resources because the provide? Options:
  A) tourism
  B) mountainous landscape
  C) fertile soil
  D) carbon dioxide
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: Smooth oval hills composed mainly of boulders or glacial sands and gravels are known as Options:
  A) eskers
  B) drumlins
  C) moraines
  D) aretes
  E) pyramidal peaks
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3: Nigeria produces locally the major raw materials for the manufacture of all but one of these home made goods Options:
  A) Cement
  B) Aluminium products
  C) Bar soap
  D) Refined petroleum products
  E) Refined sugar
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4: Which of the following winds is responsible for the dry season in Nigeria? Options:
  A) Tropical maritime airmass
  B) Tropical continental airmass
  C) Equatorial easterlies
  D) Harmattan
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5:

  The name given to two or more towns/cities which have grown to merge with one another is?

  Options:
  A) Hamlet
  B) Homestead
  C) Conurbation
  D) Megapolis
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 6:

  Tropical cyclones arise in the belts of the

  Options:
  A) doldrums
  B) westerlies
  C) trade winds
  D) polar winds
  E) monsoon winds
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7:

  What commodity is associated with OPEC?

  Options:
  A) Coffee
  B) Iron and Steel
  C) Vegetable oil
  D) Mineral oil
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8:

  

  The figure above shows a desert landform. Which of the following wind direction is likely to have been responsible for its formation?

  Options:
  A) 1
  B) 2
  C) 3
  D) 4
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 9: Which of the following is a feature of a rejuvenated drainage system? Options:
  A) Braided channel
  B) Levees
  C) Incised meaners
  D) Ox-bow lakes
  E) Potholes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10: The sequence of savanna vegetation zones in Nigeria towards the northern part is Options:
  A) Derived, Sahel, Guinea and Sudan
  B) Derived, Guinea , Sudan and Sahel
  C) Derived, Sudan, Guinea and Sahel
  D) Derived, Guinea, Sahel and Sudan
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  The correct answer is B .