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 1141:

  Rain falls mainly during the warm summer months.Summer temperature rarely exceeds 18.3°C.Annual rainfall is often below 125cm.Which of these crops is most unlikely to do well in the area described above?

  Options:
  A) Wheat
  B) Cotton
  C) Oats
  D) Rice
  E) Rye
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1142: If the distance between two points on a 1:25 000 map is 10cm, what would the same distance be on a map 1:50 000 map? Options:
  A) 25cm
  B) 20cm
  C) 15cm
  D) 10cm
  E) 5cm
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1143:

  Industries can be classified as either light or heavy.

  Which of the following groups of industries can be classified as light?

  Options:
  A) Textile, clothing, footwear and printing
  B) Iron and steel, cement and sugar
  C) N0n-metalic products an chemicals
  D) Petroleum, sugar and block-making
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1144:

  

  The graphic technique used in Q is

  Options:
  A) simple line graph
  B) polygraph
  C) compound line graph
  D) flow lines
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1145: Which of the following is a nodal town? Options:
  A) Kumasi
  B) Port Harcourt
  C) Banjul
  D) Monrovia
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1146: earthquake that destroyed about 30,000 people in Turkey happened in the year Options:
  A) 1755
  B) 1906
  C) 1920
  D) 2003
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1147: From its source to its mouth, the River Niger passes through Options:
  A) Mali, Guinea, Niger and Nigeria
  B) Guinea, Mali, Togo and Nigeria
  C) Guinea, Mali, Niger and Nigeria
  D) Mali, Niger, Guinea and Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1148: The existence of the Namib Desert can be partly attributed to? Options:
  A) coastal deforestation
  B) the cold Benguela Current
  C) persistent offshore winds
  D) exculsive fishing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1149: The two most important determinants of air temperature of a region are? Options:
  A) evaporation and sunshine hours
  B) wind and air mass
  C) latitude and altitude
  D) rainfall and humidity
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1150: What is the main contribution of immigrants to the economy of The Gambia? Options:
  A) labour
  B) food
  C) employment
  D) foreign excchange
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  The correct answer is A .