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 1021: Rocks minerals are said to be crystalline when the atoms forming them are? Options:
  A) found in sedimentary rocks
  B) found in crystalline rocks
  C) arrange in a deginite pattern
  D) arrange vertically
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1022: The most common traditional method of restoring soil fertility in Nigeria is? Options:
  A) increased infant mortality due to neglection
  B) the declining in food imports
  C) the growth of slums
  D) the deterioration of city transport systems
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1023: Which of the following best interprets the scale "1cm represents 1km? Options:
  A) 1:50 000
  B) 1:300 000
  C) 1:12 000
  D) 1/80 000
  E) 1:100 000
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1024:

  Where the salinity of an ocean is high;

  Options:
  A) the ocean water is dense and flows at the ocean surface towards a low salinity area
  B) the ocean water is dense and creeps at the bottom of the ocean towards low salinity areas
  C) the ocean water is light and flows at the area surface towards a high salinity area
  D) the ocean water is light and flows at the ocean surface towards a low salinity area
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1025:

  ________is the failure of the end point of a closed traverse to fall exactly on the point of origin of the transverse

  Options:
  A) Error of compass
  B) Traverse error
  C) Error of closure
  D) Field error
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1026: The actual physical place a settlement occupies is known as? Options:
  A) situation
  B) site
  C) community
  D) society
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1027:

  

  The shaded areas marked Y on the map are

  Options:
  A) Salt lakes
  B) Major groundwater aquifers
  C) Oil-producing areas
  D) Regions of large-scale irrigation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1028:

  

  Use the map above to answer the questions that follows.

  The area marked E is good for the production of

  Options:
  A) cotton
  B) millet
  C) groundnuts
  D) raffia palm
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1029:

  The type of water left in the soil after excess water has been drained off, following heavy rainfall is known as

  Options:
  A) Field capacity
  B) capillary water
  C) gravitational water
  D) hygroscopic water
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1030:

  The discovery and mining of coal at the foot of the Udi Hills led to the founding of?

  Options:
  A) Enugu
  B) Okigwe
  C) Akwa
  D) Onitsha
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  The correct answer is A .