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 151:

  The type of water left in the soil after excess water has been drained off, following heavy rainfall is known as

  Options:
  A) Field capacity
  B) capillary water
  C) gravitational water
  D) hygroscopic water
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 152: --------------- is referred to as landlocked country Options:
  A) Burkina Faso
  B) Guinea
  C) Nigeria
  D) Ghana
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 153:

  Wheat is cultivated through irrigation in Nigeria in

  Options:
  A) Kano state
  B) Kogi state
  C) Kaduna state
  D) Nasarawa state
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 154: The leading rubber producing areas of the world are? Options:
  A) Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Ghana
  B) Liberia, Indonesia and Sierra Leone
  C) Brazil, Malaysia and Zarie
  D) Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 155:

  The textile industry is characteristically

  Options:
  A) a high energy consumer
  B) raw material-oriented
  C) capital intensive
  D) labour intensive
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 156: One of the places noted for irrigation agriculture in Africa is the Options:
  A) Southern part of Sudan
  B) Ghezira Plains
  C) Great Rift Valley
  D) The Zaire Basin
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 157: Commercial agriculture in the tropics concentrates on the production of? Options:
  A) rice
  B) wheat
  C) tea
  D) millet
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 158: The most densely populated city which is also the capital of a country in Africa is? Options:
  A) Dakar
  B) Cape Town
  C) Abuja
  D) Cairo
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 159: The level of urbanization in a country means the? Options:
  A) absolute number of people in the country `living in urban areas
  B) number of urban centres in the country
  C) proportion of the country's population living in urban areas
  D) number of urban centres in the country divided by the of rural settlements
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 160: Which of these is a major controlling factor of the climate of a place? Options:
  A) Temperature
  B) Rainfall
  C) Air-mass
  D) Humidity
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  The correct answer is C .