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 2021: The two major economic activities in the Chad basin are? Options:
  A) tourism and livestock production
  B) fishing abd ship building
  C) fishing and irrigation agriculture
  D) forestry and livestock production
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2022: Two points on a river are 10.4 km apart and one stands 400 meters above the other. What is the gradient along the river between the points? Options:
  A) 1 in 20
  B) 1 in 24
  C) 1 in 32
  D) 1 in 36
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2023:

  One of the features of wind deposition is

  Options:
  A) a mesa
  B) an inselberg
  C) a ventifact
  D) barchan
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2024:

  Kossou Dam is located on river

  Options:
  A) Nile
  B) Volta
  C) Bandama
  D) Cunene
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2025: All the following are forms of subsistence farming in west Africa except Options:
  A) rotational bush farming
  B) permanent cultivation
  C) plantation agriculture
  D) mixed farming
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2026:

  

  The dominant settlement pattern in the Eastern part of the map can best be described as
  Options:
  A) nucleated
  B) linear
  C) conurbated
  D) dispersed
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2027: What is the bearing of Q from P, if Q lies NNW from P? Options:
  A) 67.5°
  B) 157.5°
  C) 247.5°
  D) 337.5°
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2028: The time difference between new Orleans on longitude 90${}^{\circ }$W and Cairo on longitude 30${}^{\circ }$E is Options:
  A) 4 hours
  B) 8 hours
  C) 12 hours
  D) 16 hours
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2029: Which of these sets of rivers enter the sea through esturies? Options:
  A) The Thames, Zaire and Plate
  B) The Plate, Ganges and Columbia
  C) The Nile, Rhine and st. Lawrence
  D) The Zarie, Thames and Niger
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2030: The Qattara Depression in Egypt is the product of Options:
  A) wind deflation
  B) glacial gouging
  C) volcanic activity
  D) river gullying
  E) down-warping
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  The correct answer is A .