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 1931:

  A climate that is wet for up to 10 months with a single peak, an annual rainfall of 3000mm and a mean monthly temperature of at least 26° is

  Options:
  A) Tropical humid (Af)
  B) Tropical monsoon (Am)
  C) Tropical wet and dry (Aw)
  D) Warm humid subtropical (ca)
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1932:

  The wind which blows across the Atlantic Ocean towards the coast of Nigeria and is responsible for rainy season is known as?

  Options:
  A) Equatorial Easterlies
  B) Land and sea breeze
  C) Tropical continental airmass
  D) Tropical maritime airmass
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1933: An environmental hazard which occurs slowly and unnoticed in the oil-producing region of the Niger Delta of Nigeria is Options:
  A) erosion
  B) pollution
  C) flood
  D) subsidence
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1934: The major factors accounting for increasing desertification in the West Africa Sahel are drought? Options:
  A) overgrazing and overcultivation
  B) locusts and queller birds
  C) urbanization and fuel wood exploitation
  D) harmattan and sand dunes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1935: Two areas of very sparse population in Nigeria are? Options:
  A) the Niger Delta and parts of Niger State
  B) Kano and parts of Borno State
  C) Ibadan and parts of Sokoto State
  D) Osun State and parts of Borno State
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1936:

  

  Region 1 is located in the

  Options:
  A) Apalachians
  B) Great lake region
  C) Great plains
  D) Rockies
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1937: The progressive widening of joints and cracks in limestone by solutions, initially leads to the formation of? Options:
  A) grikes and clints
  B) stalactities and stalagmites
  C) caves and caverns
  D) cliff and dry valleys
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1938: One direct adverse environmental effect of deforestation is? Options:
  A) èscalated soil erosion
  B) reduced forest income
  C) increased farmer-conflicts
  D) ozone layer depletion
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1939: The major areas of mixed farming in the world are also areas of? Options:
  A) sparse population with low arable crop productions
  B) dense population with a high percentage of farms
  C) dense population and a large number of urban centres
  D) sparse population and dispersed rural settlements
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1940:

  Use the table below to answer the following two question.Country.................Iron ore output in 1975 Output

  ...........................'000 tonnes

  USSR...........................139.82

  Australia......................64.82

  Brazil.........................48.77

  USA...............................46.78

  China............................36.00If the five countries produced 3335,990 tonnes of iron ore, what percentage was produced by the USSR?

  Options:
  A) 41.614%
  B) 24.030%
  C) 0.416%
  D) 0.042%
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  The correct answer is A .