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 121: Which statement is NOT true of the middle belt in Nigeria? Options:
  A) the soil is not productive
  B) the population is sparse
  C) there are insect pests and disease carriers
  D) mineral resources can be found there
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 122: Which of the following combinations of factors BEST explains the absence of major ocean fishing ground around tropical Africa? Options:
  A) Hot climate and warm ocean currents
  B) Narrow comtinental shelf and unindented coastline
  C) Upwelling of deep sea water and poor plankton supply
  D) Warm seas and pollution of sea water
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 123:

  In a combined maximum and minimum thermometer, the difference between the hottest and coldest daily temperature for that day gives the?

  Options:
  A) Diurnal range of temperature
  B) Mean daily temperature
  C) Minimum daily temperature
  D) Maximum daily temperature
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 124: The three leading manufacturing nations of the world are? Options:
  A) Japan, the U.S.A and Germany
  B) Japan, Germany and Birtain
  C) China, the U.S.A and Germany
  D) Japan, the U.S.A and Italy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 125: A broad-based population pyramid is composed mainly of? Options:
  A) old dependants
  B) young dependants
  C) active inhabitants
  D) more males than females
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 126: Which of these completes its orbits in a much shorter space of time? Options:
  A) Saturn
  B) Jupiter
  C) Mercury
  D) Earth
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 127:

  Which of the following is not a major river basin in Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) The Cross River Basin
  B) The Niger Basin
  C) The South Atlantic Basin
  D) The Sokoto Basin
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 128: Which of the following types of climate would a person not encounter in traveling from Algiers to Cape town? Options:
  A) Tropical rain forest
  B) Temperate
  C) Desert
  D) Mediterranean
  E) Tropical Savannah
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 129: In a karst topography, the visible features on the landscape include? Options:
  A) sinkhole
  B) tunnel
  C) stalactite
  D) stalagmite
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 130: The rotation of the earth on its axis? Options:
  A) causes the varying lengths of day and night
  B) is responsible for the change of the seasons
  C) causes day and night
  D) delimits the tropics
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  The correct answer is C .