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 1921:

  The most common greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is

  Options:
  A) hydrogen bromide
  B) carbon (iv) oxide
  C) chlorofluorocarbon
  D) carbon (ii) oxide
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1922:

  Which of the following irrigation schemes is the most successful in Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) The Kiri Dam Project
  B) The Zobe Dam Project
  C) The Kainji Dam Project
  D) The Kano River Project
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1923:

  One of the following surveying instruments is used to set out lines at right angles to the main chain line

  Options:
  A) Optical square
  B) Station pegs
  C) Offset staff
  D) Steel Band
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1924:

  The development of a climax vegetation in the Savannah belt of Nigeria is disturbed mainly by

  Options:
  A) Lumbering
  B) Mining
  C) Animal Grazing
  D) Bush burning
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1925: In Nigeria, geographical location poses the greatest hindrance to economic development in the Options:
  A) Eastern scarplands
  B) Eastern highlands
  C) Western highlands
  D) Niger-Benue Trough
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1926: Water pollution is caused by all the following except Options:
  A) increased silt load
  B) sand filling
  C) sewage disposal
  D) industrial effluent
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1927: The Tennessee Valley Authority can best be said to administer? Options:
  A) a multi-purpose river basin development project
  B) an agricultural generation project
  C) an electricity power generation project
  D) a flood control project
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1928: Which of the following irrigation farming projects is devoted mainly to sugarcane cultivation? Options:
  A) Bakolori
  B) Badeggi
  C) Lower Chad
  D) Numan
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1929: The best way to promote industrialization in Nigeria is through the development of? Options:
  A) iron and steel processing
  B) automobile manufacturing
  C) textile manufacturing
  D) cassava processing
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1930: Which of the following conditions is not conducive to the cultivation of tea? Options:
  A) Heavy rainfall throughout the year
  B) High elevation
  C) A spell of dry weather in season
  D) Good drainage
  E) cheap labour
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  The correct answer is C .