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 1131: All these are the characteristic Nigerian rivers except Options:
  A) seasonal flooding
  B) development of rapids and cataracts
  C) shallowness
  D) presence of misfit
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1132: -------------is the longest river in West Africa Options:
  A) river Benue
  B) river Niger
  C) river Volta
  D) river Senegal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1133:

  Which of the following landforms is associated with parallel faulting?

  Options:
  A) Gorge
  B) Rift valley
  C) Inselberg
  D) Dyke
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1134:

  

  The central landform in the area shown on the map can be described generally as a

  Options:
  A) Dissected broadsurfaced escarpment
  B) Dissected massed inselberg lanscape
  C) Broken block-fault mountain
  D) Steep-sided tilted plateau
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1135: A major unfavorable factor in locating a steel rolling mill in Katina is the lack of? Options:
  A) propermachinery for production
  B) a suitable market for finished products
  C) appropriate means of transporting the raw material and finished product
  D) sufficient land for future expansion
  E) adequate unskilled labour for production
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1136:

  The oldest system of agriculture in Nigeria which now survives only in very remote areas is

  Options:
  A) Bush fallowing
  B) mixed farming
  C) Shifting cultivation
  D) Market gardening
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1137: What is a typical farmer in the Sudan savannah of Nigeria most likely to be doing in June? Options:
  A) Clearing his land for planting
  B) Planting his main cash crop
  C) Harvesting his main cash crop
  D) Resting because he has less to do
  E) Taking part in a fishing festival
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1138: If the deadline given Iraq expired at 7.p.m (ET) on 15th January, 1991 in New York, USA (Longitude 75°W), at what time did it expire in Baghdad (Longitude 45°E)? Options:
  A) 8pm, 15th January
  B) 9pm, 15th January
  C) 12 mid-night, 15th January
  D) 3am, 16th January
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1139: Which of the following is an element of weather? Options:
  A) Thunder
  B) Breeze
  C) Latitude
  D) Precipitation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1140:

  Arrange the following scales in ascending order: 1:50,000, 1:200,000, 1:200, 1:300,000

  Options:
  A) 1:200,1:50,000,1:200,000, 1:300,000
  B) 1:300,000,1:200,000,1:50,000,1:200
  C) 1:50,000, 1:200,000,1:300,000, 1:200
  D) 1:300,000, 1:200, 1:50,000, 1:200,000
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  The correct answer is B .