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 1241: The level of utilization of resources in a country does not depend only on the population size but also on the? Options:
  A) standard of living
  B) population density
  C) life expectancy
  D) population mobility
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1242: When both the macropores and the micropores are filled with water, the soil is? Options:
  A) leached
  B) at field capacity
  C) water logged
  D) erodeil
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1243:

  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 1244: In Nigeria, geographical location poses the greatest hindrance to economic development in the? Options:
  A) Eastern Scarplands
  B) Eastern Highlands
  C) Western Highlands
  D) Niger-Benue Trough
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1245:

  In developed countries, a greater percentage of the working population are engaged in?

  Options:
  A) tertiary activity only
  B) primary and tertiary activities
  C) secondary and tertiary activities
  D) primary and secondary activities
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1246: One of the negative effects of building new dams is Options:
  A) making water available for domestic uses in rural areas
  B) developing electricity to run industries
  C) raising and catching a variety of fish
  D) creating employment for the indigenous population
  E) resettling people away from their ancestral homes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1247: Arable farming and animal husbandry widely practiced in Britain and many parts of Europe is referred to as? Options:
  A) mixed farming
  B) crop farming
  C) orchard farming
  D) pastoral farming
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1248: Lagos Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and Calabar are cities which have attained considerable importance because they? Options:
  A) are cross roads to international airlines
  B) have seaports
  C) are densely populated
  D) are administrative capitals
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1249: The oldest system of agriculture in Nigeria which now survives only in very remote areas is? Options:
  A) mixed farming
  B) shifting cultivation
  C) marketing gardening
  D) bush fallowing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1250:

  Study the table below, which shows the mean climatic conditions at station Y an d answer the question below

  	J	F	M	J	J	J	A	S	S	O	N	D
  *T (oC)	22.1	24.1	27.5	30.9	31.5	30.0	27.3	25.8	26.7	27.7	25.2	22.7
  *R(mm)	0	0	0.3	7.6	40.6	68.6	175.3	233.5	104.1	20.8	0	0

  ^*T = Temperature

  ^*R = Rainfall

  Station Y is located in the northern Hemisphere because the

  Options:
  A) The rainfall pattern is seasonal
  B) temperature of the warmest month is 31.5^oC
  C) highest rainfall is in August
  D) coolest period is from November to February
  E) annual range of temperature is 9.4^oC
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  The correct answer is E .