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.
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Question 1271: The predominant system of agriculture among rural farmers in Nigeria is
Options:
A) terrace farming
B) irrigation farming
C) plantation agriculture
D) bush fallowing
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1272: Coastal deserts are likely to occur in areas where onshore winds which are?
Options:
A) cold blow over cold ocean currents
B) warm blow over warm ocean currents
C) cold blow over warm ocean currents
D) warm blow over cold ocean currents
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1273: Nucleated groups of houses occupied largely by people engaged in primary occupation are referred to as?
Options:
A) metropolises
B) villages
C) farmsteads
D) towns
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1274: Of the following regions, the one that has the highest potentiality for the production of softwood timber for manufacture of paper is the?
Options:
A) Selva of Brazil
B) equatorial forest of the Congo
C) evergreen board-leaf forests of Japan
D) temperate deciduous forests of France
E) coniferous forest of Scandinavia
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The correct answer is E .
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Question 1275: A settlement where social amenities are easily provided to the community is?
Options:
A) squatter settlement
B) dipersed settlement
C) linear settlement
D) nucleated sttlement
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1276:
Which is simplest method of rapid distance measurement in surveying?
Options:
A) Tape measurement
B) Compass measurement
C) Pacing I
D) Chaining
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1277: The critical temperature at which the air being cooled becomes saturated with vapor is known as the?
Options:
A) condensation trail
B) relative humidity
C) dew point
D) wet adiabat
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1278: The following major dam projects are located in Nigeria. Identify them?
Options:
A) Kainji,Tiga,Bakolori and Akosombo
B) Kainji, Bakolori, Shiroro and Tiga
C) Shiroro, Asewan, Kariba and Kainji
D) Kainji, Tiga, Kariba and Akosombo
E) Aswan,Tiga, Akosombo and Kariba
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1279: Rocks that are composed of particles derived previously existing rocks are referred to as?
Options:
A) Metamorphic rocks
B) intrusive igneous rocks
C) sedimentary rocks
D) extrusive igneous rocks
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1280: In west Africa,the forest-savannah mosaic is the vegetation pattern characteristic of the?
Options:
A) derived savannah
B) Southern Guinea savannah
C) tree savannah
D) woodland savannah
E) gallery forests
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The correct answer is A .