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 191:

  A population with low births and death rates presents

  Options:
  A) a broad-based population pyramid
  B) a young dependent population structure
  C) an equal male-female population structure
  D) an inverted population pyramid
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 192:

  The phenomenon whereby the population and functions of a single town in a country far exceed those of others is referred to as

  Options:
  A) primacy
  B) dominance
  C) agglomeration
  D) conurbation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 193: Nutrients lost by trees in leaf-fall can be re-used by the trees because the? Options:
  A) trees are renewable resources
  B) nutrients circulate in the ecosystem
  C) nutrients are inexhaustible
  D) trees store nutrients
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 194: One of the tertiary services in an urban centre is? Options:
  A) food processing
  B) petrol retailing
  C) car assembling
  D) market gardening
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 195:

  The largest ocean in the world is the

  Options:
  A) Atlantic Ocean
  B) Indian Ocean
  C) Arctic Ocean
  D) Pacific Ocean
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 196:

  __________ is a highland area which seperates the headstreams of rivers flowing in different directions but rising from the same mountainous source

  Options:
  A) flood plain
  B) cuesta
  C) watershed
  D) plateau
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 197: In chain surveying, the basic principle is to measure? Options:
  A) angles
  B) heights
  C) depths
  D) distances
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 198: Which of these is a major controlling factor of the climate of a place? Options:
  A) Temperature
  B) Rainfall
  C) Air-mass
  D) Humidity
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 199: The linear scale of a map is important in that it enables the users to conveniently measure? Options:
  A) areas of volumes
  B) distances and areas
  C) volumes and directions
  D) directions and distances
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 200:

  If the scale of two maps are (a;1:100,000 and b;1:400,000) what is the ground distance if the distance between two towns on the maps is 10cm

  Options:
  A) 10km, 40km
  B) 5km, 20km
  C) 2.5km, 10km
  D) 20km, 80km
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  The correct answer is A .