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 the following factors best explains the generally low insolation in the high latitudes Options:
  A) continentality
  B) longitudinal position
  C) angle of inclination
  D) altitude
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: Which of these sets of economic activities is completely primary? Options:
  A) Farming, transportation, fishing and manufacturing
  B) Fishing, Lumbering, farming and mining
  C) Lumbering, banking, transportation and farming
  D) Mining, trading, farming and lumbering
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3:

  

  The force that is primarily responsible for this type of process is

  Options:
  A) compressional
  B) tensional
  C) kinectic
  D) gravitational
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4:

  The pair of countries where conurbation is most highly developed is

  Options:
  A) Japan and china
  B) Argentina and Australia
  C) USA and England
  D) France and Germany
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5: One direct adverse environmental effect of deforestation is? Options:
  A) èscalated soil erosion
  B) reduced forest income
  C) increased farmer-conflicts
  D) ozone layer depletion
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6: In tropical highlands, density rainforest occur at altitudes ranging from 1200m to 2400m above sea level. This is due to the influence of? Options:
  A) abundant water supply from snow melt
  B) high humidity and cool air
  C) orographic rainfall
  D) fertile soils
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7: The best quality cotton produced in Nigeria comes from the? Options:
  A) Ikeja-Agege-Ota area
  B) Sokoto-Zaria-Kastina area
  C) Kano-Kaduna-Jos area
  D) Ibadan-Ijebu-Ondo area
  E) Eungu- Asaba -Onitsha area
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8:

  A major percentage of the world's exports of citrus fruits is from the

  Options:
  A) Tropical region
  B) Cool temperate region
  C) Polar region
  D) Mediterranean region
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9: Cane chairs, wooden masks and ornamental brass trays found in Nigeria are products of? Options:
  A) manufacturing industries
  B) processing industries
  C) Local crafts
  D) foreign lands
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10: Urban growth in sub-Saharan Africa has been enhanced mostly by? Options:
  A) natural population growth
  B) rural-urban migration
  C) agricultural development
  D) housing development
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  The correct answer is C .