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: The process by which materials are physically transferred from one soil layer to another is called? Options:
  A) leaching
  B) physical weathering
  C) illuviation
  D) eluviation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2: The major difference between communication and transportation is that transportation? Options:
  A) involves physical carriage of things while communication involves transmission of information
  B) requires good infrastructure on the ground while communication requires a system of satellites in space
  C) is land-based while communication is air borne
  D) involves the use of vehicles while communication is the use of cables
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3:

  

  What is the direction of Gado from Pev?

  Options:
  A) North east
  B) North
  C) South east
  D) North west
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4: Which of the following is NOT a reason for migration in West Africa? Options:
  A) To increase the population in cities
  B) To seek employment
  C) To further their education
  D) To run away from poverty
  E) To seek for pleasure
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 5: Tropical rain forest are important to the functioning of the earth's environment because they are large reservoirs of? Options:
  A) oxygen, mositure and biodiversity
  B) timber, wildlife and virgin soils
  C) water, energy and mineral resources
  D) food, fibre and medicinal plants
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: Kanu State is a major producer of groundnut Options:
  A) Rice and kolanuts
  B) Millet and Sorghum
  C) Potatoes and Tea
  D) Millet and Yam
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7: The dominant pattern pattern of seasonal labour migration in West Africa is form? Options:
  A) the interior to the coastal belt
  B) the coastal belt to the interior
  C) east to west
  D) west to east
  E) the middle belt to the north and south
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 8: Unemployment is at a high level in West African cities because? Options:
  A) there is a large youthful population
  B) many of the dwellers are skilled
  C) many of the dwellers are unskilled
  D) industrialization is at a slow pace
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9: The major mountain belts of the world were produced through? Options:
  A) wind erosion
  B) glacial activity
  C) volcanic activity
  D) folding
  E) river deposition
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 10: When condensation occurs in a rising air mass, latent heat is? Options:
  A) absorbed by carbon dioxide
  B) lost to the atmosphere
  C) stored in the water molecules
  D) released as sensible heat
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  The correct answer is A .