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 1981:

  Which of the following has the highest salinity?

  Options:
  A) Dead sea
  B) Mediterranean sea
  C) Red sea
  D) South Atlantic ocean
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1982:

  

  The force that is primarily responsible for this type of process is

  Options:
  A) compressional
  B) tensional
  C) kinectic
  D) gravitational
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1983:

  Study the map and answer the question. Given that the area show on the map is in Northern Nigeria, which of the following crop combinations would best be cultivated in the area that is liable to flooding

  Options:
  A) Banana, rice and cassava
  B) Cassava, rice and yam
  C) Sugar-cane, rice and cassava
  D) Sugar-cane, rice and bananas
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1984:

  In the desert region the most prominent agent of erosion is

  Options:
  A) Thunder storms
  B) Rain fall
  C) Rivers
  D) Wind
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1985: If the distance between two points on a map with scale 1: 50 000 is 28mm, what is the distance between them on the ground? Options:
  A) 5.6 km
  B) 2.8km
  C) 1.4km
  D) 0.7km
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1986:

  Industries can be classified as either light or heavy.

  Which of the following groups of industries can be classified as light?

  Options:
  A) Textile, clothing, footwear and printing
  B) Iron and steel, cement and sugar
  C) N0n-metalic products an chemicals
  D) Petroleum, sugar and block-making
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1987:

  

  In the area covered by the contour map above, six men standing various places. Which of the men at J, K, L, M and N will NOT be able to see the man at X? (Assume that there is no vegetable cover; contours are in metres). The man is at

  Options:
  A) J
  B) K
  C) L
  D) M
  E) N
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1988:

  The following are volcanic mountains except

  Options:
  A) Cotopaxi of Ecuador
  B) Midcrop of Sumatra
  C) Fuji of Japan
  D) Monadnock of USA
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1989: An area of the world that is likely to have 24-hour sunshine on July 15 of any year is the Options:
  A) Horse latitudes
  B) Southern polar area
  C) Equatorial area
  D) Northern polar area
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1990: One distinguishing characteristics of ferruginous soils is the? Options:
  A) occurence of iron concreation in the B horizon
  B) predominance of clay in the A horizon
  C) well-developed A and B horizons
  D) high content of organic matter in all the horizons
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  The correct answer is A .