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:

  Which of these are among the ACTIVE FACTORS of soil formation?

  Options:
  A) Parent material, topography and soil organisms
  B) Climate, soil organisms and man
  C) Parent material, time and topography
  D) Climate, time and plants
  E) Time, soil organism and man
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2: In the temperate rain forest, most of the trees? Options:
  A) are of softwood
  B) are small in size
  C) are of hardwood
  D) have needle-like leaves
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3:

  

  What is the size, in square kilometres of the area covered by the map?

  Options:
  A) 64.0 sq.km
  B) 62.0 sq.km
  C) 58.0 sq.km
  D) 55.0 sq.km
  E) 51.0 sq.km
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4:

  Which of the following types of rock is a source of energy?

  Options:
  A) Sandstone
  B) Coal
  C) Granite
  D) Graphite
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5: In which vegetation zone is Abuja, the new Federal Capital, location? Options:
  A) Southern Guinea savannah
  B) Sahel savannah
  C) Northern Guinea savannah
  D) Tropical rain forest
  E) Montane grassland
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6: The greatest problem facing lumbering in Tropical Africa is that the? Options:
  A) trees are often buttressed at the base
  B) trees do not grow in pure stands
  C) further expansion of saw- mill is not viable
  D) demand is low
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7: Environmentalists agree that there is a general rise in sea level as a result of Options:
  A) excessive rainfall
  B) excavation of sand from ocean beds
  C) global warming
  D) man-induced erosion along sea coasts
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 8: A typical example of landforms produced by marine erosion is a Options:
  A) beach
  B) spit
  C) mud-flat
  D) stack
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9:

  The term 'catena' describes the?

  Options:
  A) effect of topography on soil series
  B) sequence of modified soil along a slope profile
  C) changes in soil fertility along a slope profile
  D) group of soil on sedimentary rocks
  E) colour differences in soils along slope profile
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 10: For which of the following pairs of economic activities is the Ukraine (in the U.S.S.R) famous Options:
  A) Commercial grain agriculture and livestock ranching
  B) Commercial grain farming and industry
  C) Commercial gardening
  D) Fishing and lumbering
  E) Primitive subsistence agriculture and nomadic herding
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  The correct answer is A .