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 diagram is a

  Options:
  A) pie chart
  B) chloropeth map
  C) proportional graph
  D) bar graph
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2: Which of the following factors must account for the rapid increase in world population during the twentieth century? Options:
  A) The slave trade was abolished
  B) Death rates have decreased rapidly
  C) Birth rates have increased rapidly
  D) Increasing world production of food
  E) Large-scale migration of people
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3:

  

  In addition to rice which crop combination can be ideally grown in the climatic region depicted in the graph above?

  Options:
  A) surghum and coffee
  B) jute and tea
  C) oil palm and cotton
  D) olives and tea
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4:

  The most extensive vegetation type in the area marked Z is the

  Options:
  A) Mangrove swamp
  B) Coastal thicket
  C) Fresh water swam
  D) Guinea savannah
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5:

  

  The annual range of temperature as shown in the graph is approximately

  Options:
  A) 4^oC
  B) 8^oC
  C) 24^oC
  D) 28^oC
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6: The first stage in a compass survey is to? Options:
  A) mark each traverse station with a peg
  B) determine the magnetic inclination of the areas
  C) take a walk around the filed amd make notes
  D) determine the preparedness of the team
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 7: What is the birth rate of a country with a total population of 150,000,000 and registered births of 3,000,000 in a given year? Options:
  A) 1%
  B) 2%
  C) 3%
  D) 4%
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8: If the distance between two points on a map with scale 1: 50 000 is 28mm, what is the distance between them on the ground? Options:
  A) 5.6 km
  B) 2.8km
  C) 1.4km
  D) 0.7km
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9: The shaba Province in Zaire is noted for producing copper and? Options:
  A) silver
  B) lead
  C) gold
  D) uranium
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 10: The most significant way the components of ecosystem can be identified is that, there must be a degree of? Options:
  A) reciprocal inter-relationship existing among them
  B) independent inter-relationship existing among them
  C) complexity
  D) adaptation
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  The correct answer is B .