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 1601: The Great Soil Group, found in the temperate grasslands, having a deep, black, nutrient-rich A- horizon, a compact B-horizon, and a zone of calcium carbonate accumulation is called a? Options:
  A) chestnut soil
  B) prairie soil
  C) cheronzem
  D) podzol
  E) pedocal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1602: The soil type which favors the growth of cotton in Northern Nigeria is? Options:
  A) well drained sandy loam
  B) well drained dark clay loam
  C) light, loose sandy soils
  D) dark, hydromorphic soils
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1603: 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 .
• Question 1604: The 'Mediterranean type' of climate refers to? Options:
  A) short wet summer, dry winter, mean temperature above 20°C and precipitation about 1,000 mm per year
  B) wet winter, dry summer, temperature varies from about 6°C in winter to about 20°C in summer and precipitation ranges between 700 and 1,000mm per year
  C) short wet summer, prolonged dry winter and percipitation is about 500 mm per year
  D) dry and wet climate; temperature around 20°C and percipitation ranges between 1,000 and 2,000 mm per year
  E) precipitation all the year round (about1,000 mm per year) with a peak in with warm summer (20-26°C) and mild winter (6-10°C)
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1605:

  

  The export trade of the country marked G is based mainly on

  Options:
  A) Cocoa
  B) Cotton
  C) Maize
  D) Cattle
  E) Groundnuts
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1606:

  

  The major economic activity in the area is likely to be

  Options:
  A) Fishing
  B) Lumbering
  C) Farming
  D) Pastoralism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1607:

  The following are seaports used in the North Atlantic sea route except

  Options:
  A) Lagos-Antwerp
  B) Lagos-Montreal
  C) Lagos-Southampton
  D) Lagos-Rotterdam
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1608: The three leading manufacturing countries of the world are? Options:
  A) Japan, Italy and Portugal
  B) U.S.A, Britain and Tawian
  C) U.S.A, Germany and Japan
  D) China, Brazil and Spain
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1609:

  

  Name the geographical phenomenon happening in the diagram above

  Options:
  A) Lunar eclipse
  B) Solar eclipse
  C) Solar radiation
  D) Solar solstice
  E) spring tide
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1610:
  

  
  The table above shows the temperature and rainfall distribution of station Z. Study and use it to answer the question.

  What is the annual range of temperature for station Z

  Options:
  A) ${10}^o$C
  B) (\54^0\)C
  C) ${22}^o$C
  D) ${32}^o$C
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  The correct answer is A .