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:

  Two points on a river are 10.4km apart and one stands 400metres above the other. What is the gradient along the river between the points?

  Options:
  A) 1 in 20
  B) 1 in 24
  C) 1 in 26
  D) 1 in 32
  E) 1 in 36
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: Variations in the lengths of day and night over the earth's surface are due to the? Options:
  A) earth's inclination to the sun and its revolution
  B) earth's inclination to the sun and its rotation
  C) length of the earth's orbit
  D) thickness of the earth's atmosphere
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3: For which of the following pairs of economic activities is the Argentine Pampas famous? Options:
  A) Lumbering and manufacturing
  B) Mining and fishing
  C) Ranching and commercial grain farming
  D) Subsistence agriculture and ranching
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4: Which of the following sets of settlements is influenced by the presence of water body? Options:
  A) lagos , Lokoja and Baga
  B) Warri, Jos and Yola
  C) Kano, Port Harcourt and Eungu
  D) Benin, Sokoto and Calabar
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 5: Which of the following is a component of soil? Options:
  A) Structure
  B) Texture
  C) Water
  D) Plasticity
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6:

  If the scale of two maps are (a;1:100,000 and b;1:400,000) what is the ground distance if the distance between two towns on the maps is 10cm?

  Options:
  A) 10km, 40km
  B) 5km, 20km
  C) 2.5km, 10km
  D) 20km, 80km
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 7: On maps, places with equal sunshine duration are joined by? Options:
  A) isohyets
  B) isotherms
  C) isonephs
  D) isohels
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8: Which of the following is mainly associated with tourism? Options:
  A) Rural settlement
  B) Commercial settlement
  C) Holiday resort
  D) Confluence town
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9:

  When the traverse connects two stations, whose positions are known, what type of traverse is this?

  Options:
  A) closed traverse
  B) open traverse
  C) station traverse
  D) leg traverse
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 10:

  South-facing slopes are favourable for rural settlement locations in the cool temperate regions of the Northern hemisphere because they

  Options:
  A) receive more solar energy
  B) are agriculturally more productive
  C) are always well drained
  D) offer good shelter from storms
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  The correct answer is A .