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:
  

  Express the agricultural production of Y in degrees.

  Options:
  A) 57^o
  B) 67^o
  C) 37^o
  D) 47^o
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2: One of the following indicates why the best fishing grounds of the world are located in mid-temperate latitudes Options:
  A) There is abundant food for fish
  B) the climate is suitable
  C) an extensive continental shelf exists
  D) the coincidence of A,B and C
  E) Man rarely tampers with fish in these areas
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3: which of these sea routes carries the heaviest traffic? Options:
  A) the North Atlantic routes between europe and North America
  B) the Suez Canal route between Europe and Asia
  C) the Cape route between Europe and ASIA
  D) the Panama Canal route between Europe and ASIA
  E) the Atlantic route between North America and West Africa
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4:

  The most serious environment effect posed by hazardous wastes is

  Options:
  A) contamination of ground water
  B) destruction of habitat
  C) air pollution
  D) increase use for land to landfills
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 5: Which of the following farming practices may be used to check soil erosion? Options:
  A) Ploughing of land upslope
  B) Contour ploughing
  C) Bush burning
  D) Shifting cultivation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: Why is the fallow period decreasing in the agricultural areas of West Africa? Options:
  A) Farmers now use fertilizers
  B) population preesure is increasing
  C) Land area is decreasing
  D) Soil fertility is decreasing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7: Which of the following landscapes is mostly likely to promote rural settlement nucleation? Options:
  A) Open, flat country
  B) Rugged, hilly country
  C) Extensive arable land
  D) Well-drained plain
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8: Expressways mainly help intracity traffic in that Options:
  A) the multiple lanes can hold more traffic
  B) vehicles can move at high speed
  C) they divert traffic awasy from the city
  D) new motor parks can be sited along them
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 9: Dodoma is to Tanzania as .........is to Nigeria Options:
  A) Lagos
  B) Abuja
  C) Port Hacourt
  D) Ajaokuta
  E) Warri
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 10: 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 .