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 1101:

  A poor settlement on the edge of a city is known as

  Options:
  A) ghetto
  B) shanty town
  C) slum
  D) new town
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1102: Which of these best accounts for the decline in railway transport in Nigeria in the last two decades? Options:
  A) Competition from air transport
  B) The inefficiency of the railway administration
  C) Competition from road transport
  D) The slow speed of the trains
  E) The decline in agricultural exports
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1103: The areas in Nigeria where temperate crops may be grown include? Options:
  A) Jos, Plateau and Mambilla plateau
  B) Mandara Mountains and Biu Plateau
  C) Apata Hills and Effong Ridge
  D) Oban Hills and Yoruba Highlands
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1104:

  

  The major economic activity in the area is likely to be

  Options:
  A) Fishing
  B) Lumbering
  C) Farming
  D) Pastoralism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1105: Which of the following features is associated with glacial erosion? Options:
  A) Esker
  B) Moraine
  C) Erratic
  D) Cirque
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1106:

  

  The River marked R is the River

  Options:
  A) Gongola
  B) Yobe
  C) Gurara
  D) Taraba
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1107:

  

  A major implication of this population structure is a

  Options:
  A) A large productive labour force
  B) High dependency ratio
  C) Relatively low investment in social services
  D) High life expectancy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1108:

  The relative dryness of the Horn Africa is due to

  Options:
  A) The dominance of cold currents in the region
  B) The shape and direction of the shoreline
  C) Its closeness to the high ranges of East Africa
  D) The distance from the belt of tropical cyclones
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1109: Sandstone can be classified as? Options:
  A) argillaceous
  B) calcareous
  C) carbonaceous
  D) aranaceous
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1110: The world's richest fishing grounds are to be found? Options:
  A) in river estuaries
  B) on the continental shelves
  C) in coral seas
  D) in fjord coastlines
  E) on the deep sea platforms
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  The correct answer is B .