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:

  

  A common feature of the lakes marked F, G, H is that they are

  Options:
  A) Used for HEP
  B) Located very close to the equator
  C) Located within the East African Rift Valley
  D) Very shallow
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: Where winds are onshore, warm ocean currents will bring a type of condition to the coastland that is Options:
  A) cool and dry
  B) warm and wet
  C) cold and wet
  D) hot and dry
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3: One operation common to all survey methods is? Options:
  A) the determination of coordinates
  B) reconnaissance
  C) the use of aerial photography
  D) triangulation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4:

  A slope is said to be even when the contours are

  Options:
  A) equally spaced
  B) concentric
  C) closely spaced
  D) irregularly spaced
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 5:

  The Nigerian towns which owed much of their growth in the 20th century to the development of the railway include

  Options:
  A) Enugu, Jos, Kaduna and Minna
  B) Lagos, Minna, Nnewi and Gusau
  C) Oshogbo, Minna, Owerri and Jos
  D) Lagos, Lokoja, Gusau and Umuahia
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6: High clouds is made up of Options:
  A) stratus
  B) cirrus
  C) altostratus
  D) alto cummullus
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7: A river loses energy and may deposit some of its load if? Options:
  A) its bed and banks become smoother
  B) its discharge increases
  C) its gradient decreases
  D) it becomes narrow and deep
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 8:

  The Gezira plain is an important agricultural region in Africa noted for the production of

  Options:
  A) rice
  B) cotton
  C) groundnut
  D) beniseed
  E) rubber
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9:

  'It is universal and can reach almost every where'. Which transport mode is being referred to ?

  Options:
  A) ocean
  B) railway
  C) road
  D) ropeways
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10:

  Study the table given which shows the mean climatic conditions of station Q and answer the questions.

  Month	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
  Temp(°C)	-11	-9	4	3	12	17	19	17	11	4	-2	-8
  Precipitation(mm)	28	23	30	38	48	51	71	74	56	36	41	41

  What type of climate has the station?

  Options:
  A) Cool temperate
  B) Warm temperate
  C) Mediterranean
  D) Cold temperate
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  The correct answer is D .