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 2081: Which of these groups of rocks consist of only sedimentary rocks and are used in the manufacture of cement? Options:
  A) Limestone, granite, chalk
  B) Shale, gypsum, slate
  C) Coal, Limestone, gypsum
  D) Graphite, marble, limestone
  E) Sandstone, chalk, ironstone
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2082:

  One of the leading industrial nations of the world ranking second in manufacturing output after the USA is__________

  Options:
  A) Germany
  B) Britain
  C) Japan
  D) Russia
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2083: Which of the following irrigation farming projects is devoted mainly to sugarcane cultivation? Options:
  A) Bakolori
  B) Badeggi
  C) Lower Chad
  D) Numan
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2084:

  

  In addition to rice which crop combination can be ideally grown in the climatic region depicted in the graph above?

  Options:
  A) surghum and coffee
  B) jute and tea
  C) oil palm and cotton
  D) olives and tea
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2085: The most efficient means of transporting crude petroleum over extensive land masses is by? Options:
  A) water
  B) road
  C) rail
  D) pipe
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2086:

  

  The most prominent economic activity in the North-Western part of the area is likely to be

  Options:
  A) mining
  B) lumbering
  C) mixed farming
  D) animal husbandry
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2087: The population density of a country is calculated on the basis of the? Options:
  A) rate of population increase
  B) birth rate and the the death rate
  C) number of people migrating to the country
  D) size of the country in relation to the population
  E) number of people living in the towns
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2088:

  

  The features marked PQ is a fault

  Options:
  A) line
  B) scarp
  C) slope
  D) plane
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2089:

  Kano is a major population centre in Nigeria because its

  Options:
  A) Early religious and economic significance
  B) Conducive climate for groundnut production
  C) Early industrial development
  D) Large population of Hausa-speaking indigenes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2090: Which climate type is characterized by (i) very high temperature (over 33⁰C) during the period of high sun; (ii)moderately high annual temperature range 17-12⁰C and very high daily range 20-30°C. (iii) annual rainfall less than 4cm; and (iv)annual evaporation from a free water surface exceeding 200cm? Options:
  A) Tropical desert climate, Bwh
  B) Tropical steppe climate,Bsh
  C) Tropical wet and dry climate, Aw
  D) Dry summer subtropical climate,Csa
  E) Tropical monsoon climate, Am
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  The correct answer is A .