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 11: Which of the following explains the variation in the lengths of day and night with the seasons? Options:
  A) Earth's rotation on its axis
  B) Earth's revolution along its orbit
  C) The inclination of the earth
  D) the sperical shape of the earth
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 12: Which of the following seas has the highest salinity? Options:
  A) Caspian
  B) Mediterranean Sea
  C) Baltic Sea
  D) Red Sea
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 13: The fundamental role played by the decomposers in the functioning ecosystem is the? Options:
  A) diposal of plant ana animals waste products
  B) releases of energy and nutrients locked up in organic litter
  C) precipitation of organic and mineral elements from the soil
  D) cycling of water and chemical elements
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 14: a given map is enlarged 3 times its original size which is 1;150,000 what will be the new scale? Options:
  A) 1 : 50,000
  B) 1 : 75,000
  C) 1 : 100,000
  D) 1 : 450,000
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 15:

  The highest category of rural settlement is the

  Options:
  A) Homestead
  B) Hut
  C) Hamlet
  D) Village
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 16: Which of the following best explains the growth of Lagos? i. Infrastructural facilities. ii. Early contact with the outside world. iii. Being the former seat of the government. iv. Extensive land for development. Options:
  A) i and ii
  B) i and iv
  C) i, ii and iii
  D) ii, iii and iv
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 17: The geological structure of Africa is largely composed of? Options:
  A) sedimentary rocks
  B) volcanic rocks
  C) granitic rocks
  D) crystalline rocks
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 18: A basic relationship between the growth of population and the production of food in developing countries is that the population? Options:
  A) increases at the same rate as food production
  B) increase at a lower rate than food production
  C) increases much faster than food production
  D) becomes more urbanized as food production increases
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 19: The Nigerian rivers that take their sources from the Jos Plateau include? Options:
  A) Chalawa, Kano and Kaduna
  B) Katsina-Ala, Gongola and Rima
  C) Kaduna, Sokoto and Jama'are
  D) Jama'are, Gongola and Kaduna
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 20: Which of these economic activities is LEAST characteristic of a typical urban centre? Options:
  A) Manufacturing
  B) Quarrying
  C) Commerce
  D) Transportation
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  The correct answer is B .