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 1331:

  

  The feature marked X in the above diagram is

  Options:
  A) Continental slope
  B) a continental shelf
  C) an ocean floor
  D) an ocean ridge
  E) a drowned island
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1332:

  

  A major problem the settlements in this area are likely to face is that of

  Options:
  A) Poor drainage
  B) Poor accesibility
  C) Dense vegetation
  D) Infertile soils
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1333: If the distance between two places on a map is 2cm while the distance on land is 4km, the scale of the map is? Options:
  A) 1: 50 000
  B) 1: 100 000
  C) 1: 150 000
  D) 1; 200 000
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1334: The method used for coal mining in Nigeria is? Options:
  A) resurgence
  B) open cast
  C) mechanized
  D) edit
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1335: Which is the simplest method of rapid distance measurement in surveying? Options:
  A) Pacing
  B) Tape measurement
  C) Changing
  D) Compass measurement
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1336:

  

  The annual range of temperature for the town is

  Options:
  A) 7^oC
  B) 17^oC
  C) 23^oC
  D) 30^oC
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1337:

  _________ is formed when two corries cut back opposite sides of the same mountain, resulting in a knife-edged ridge

  Options:
  A) Cirque
  B) Pyramidal Peak
  C) Striation
  D) Arete
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1338: Adiabatic cooling' is the cooling of rising air as a result of? Options:
  A) increase altitude
  B) expansion and internal loss of heat
  C) movement on the windward side of mountains
  D) instability
  E) advection
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1339: Which of the following is a product of volcanicity? Options:
  A) Plug dome
  B) Ocean trench
  C) Fold mountain
  D) Rift valley lake
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1340: Sydney, Hong Kong and San Francisco have attained considerable importance because of their function as? Options:
  A) important railway junction
  B) capital cities
  C) seaports
  D) cross roads
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  The correct answer is B .