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 1971: On maps, places with equal sunshine duration are joined by? Options:
  A) isohyets
  B) isotherms
  C) isonephs
  D) isohels
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1972: The major means of transportation of goods from the Rhine industrial region to other European cities is by? Options:
  A) waterways
  B) road
  C) air
  D) rail
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1973: There are few natural harbors on the African coastline because the? Options:
  A) continent is a shield
  B) coastline is regular
  C) continent shelf of Africa is narrow
  D) coasts are rocky
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1974: lines of longitude can be best be described as Options:
  A) imaginary line on the earth’s surface joining the north and the south pole
  B) the distance of a place east or west of Greenwich meridian
  C) the angular distance of a place north or south of the equator
  D) great circles number from 0 to 90
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1975: Which of these best explains the rapid rise in world population during the twentieth century? Options:
  A) Large-scale migration of people
  B) Decline in death rates
  C) Increase in world food production
  D) Improvement in transportation which enables food to be moved from surplus to deficit areas
  E) Rapid rate of urbanization
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1976: Which of the following shipping routes carries the world's heavies ocean traffic? Options:
  A) Panama Canal West Coast U.S.A.
  B) Eastern North America Western Europe
  C) Mediterranean Suez Canal India Ocean
  D) Western Europe Southern Africa Australia
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1977: From which of the following lakes in Africa did the emission of toxic gas lead to the death of a large number of people in 1986? Options:
  A) Lake Monoum
  B) Lake Nyos
  C) Oguta Lake
  D) Lake Nkongsamba
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1978: The tundra region is sparsely populated because of? Options:
  A) scarcity of water
  B) harsh environmental conditions
  C) low natural resources base
  D) low level of avaiable technology
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1979: the instrument used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake is called Options:
  A) Epicenter
  B) Ismograph
  C) thermometer
  D) seismograph
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1980: 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 .