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 1351:

  A nucleated settlement differs from a dispersed settlement because?

  Options:
  A) it contains more buildings and more people
  B) its buildings are clustered together
  C) it often occurs in a densely populated area
  D) it usually occurs at the meeting point of transportation networks
  E) it is often found near rivers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1352:

  

  The distribution of settlements in the area is mostly influenced by

  Options:
  A) Drainage
  B) Vegetation
  C) Relief
  D) Mineral deposits
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1353: 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 .
• Question 1354: The inorganic component of an ecosystem is made up of? Options:
  A) water and microbes
  B) plants and animals
  C) minerals and litter
  D) soil and climate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1355: Three ethnic groups of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria are Options:
  A) Ibibio, Tiv and Ijo
  B) Igbo, Idoma and Ijo
  C) Ijo, Urhobo and Itshekiri
  D) Itshekiri, Igbo and Ibibio
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1356:

  Lines joining places of equal sunshine hours on a map are called?

  Options:
  A) Isobars
  B) Isotherms
  C) Isohytes
  D) Isohels
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1357: Which of the following operations is common to both chain and prismatic compass surveys? Options:
  A) Baseline determination
  B) Forward bearing reading
  C) Backward bearing reading
  D) Offset measurement
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1358: One of the major environmental problem facing agriculture and forestry in North America, which can be attributed to modern industrial development is? Options:
  A) frost damage
  B) water pollution
  C) accellerated erosion
  D) acid rain
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1359:

  

  The channel of River Kudi is broad and

  Options:
  A) Incised
  B) Graded
  C) Shallow
  D) U-shaped
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1360:

  A government policy which is likely to encourage massive importation of goods into a country is the

  Options:
  A) reduction in travel allowance
  B) increase in wages
  C) relaxation of currency control
  D) increase in imports tariffs
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  The correct answer is C .