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:

  On maps, lines drawn to join all places in the ocean having equal degree of salinity are called

  Options:
  A) isohalines
  B) isobars
  C) isosalines
  D) isossal
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2: Petroleum is usually abundant in? Options:
  A) anticlinal structures of sedimentary rocks
  B) intrusive igenous rocks
  C) synclinal structures of sedimentary rocks
  D) anticlinal structures associated with igenous rocks
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3: The earth’s movement from west to east on its own axis is known as Options:
  A) friction
  B) revolution
  C) gravitation
  D) rotation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4:

  The human activity that can improve composition of the atmosphere is

  Options:
  A) Use of chemicals
  B) Land reclamation
  C) Mining and Construction works
  D) Cutting down of trees
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5: The most outstanding maize-growing area of Nigeria is the? Options:
  A) Savanna lands of South-western Nigeria
  B) Ikom-Obubra of Cross River State
  C) Bendel State
  D) Cross River Plains
  E) Niger-Benue trough
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 6:

  

  The vegetation belt numbered 4 on the map is the

  Options:
  A) Derived savannah
  B) Guinea savannah
  C) Forest/savannah mosaic
  D) sudan savannah
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7: The most efficient means of transporting crude petroleum over extensive land masses is by? Options:
  A) water
  B) road
  C) rail
  D) pipe
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8: The most economically renewable energy substitute to petroleum in Nigeria is? Options:
  A) coal
  B) hydroelectricity
  C) wind
  D) sunlight
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9: Which of the following trees evergreen and has small, thick, leathery and needle-shaped leaves? Options:
  A) Spruce
  B) Teak
  C) Oak
  D) Eucalyptus
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 10: Which of these sets of features enhance the nucleation of settlements? Options:
  A) Route intersections and wet points
  B) Fertile broad plains and natural harbours
  C) Narrow valleys and rugged highlands harbours
  D) Dissected plains and route intersections
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  The correct answer is A .