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 201:

  If the time at the Greenwich Meridian is 11.00am, what would the local time be at a place 750W?

  Options:
  A) 6.00 pm
  B) 5.00 pm
  C) 6:30 am
  D) 6:00 am
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 202: Which of these regions is not an area of high population density? Options:
  A) The Nile Delta
  B) The Niger Delta
  C) The Ganges Delta
  D) The Rhine Delta Delta
  E) The Hwang Ho Delta
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 203:

  

  The elevation of the point marked Z is approximately

  Options:
  A) 500m
  B) 525m
  C) 550m
  D) 575m
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 204:

  

  The total land area of Nuriki District is

  Options:
  A) 290sq km
  B) 300sq km
  C) 310sq km
  D) 320 sq km
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 205: Which of the following types of climate would a person not encounter in traveling from Algiers to Cape town? Options:
  A) Tropical rain forest
  B) Temperate
  C) Desert
  D) Mediterranean
  E) Tropical Savannah
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 206: Which of the following export commodities is NOT handled by the port of Mombasa? Options:
  A) Coffee
  B) Cocoa
  C) Tea
  D) Sisal
  E) Cotton
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 207: Which of the following characteristics clearly distinguishes a mature soil from a juvenile one? Options:
  A) Sand fraction greater than 50%
  B) Low nitrogen content
  C) Well-developed profile
  D) Soil pH-value of approximately 6.5
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 208: Which of the following groups of landforms is associated with sandstone formations in Nigeria? Options:
  A) Cuseta, gullies, dry valleys, residual hills
  B) Cuesta, bornhard, gullies, dry valleys
  C) Cuesta, inselbergs, escarpments, dry valleys,
  D) Bornhardts, inscarpbergs , gullies, cornstones
  E) Cuesta, residual hills, escarpments,corestones,
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 209:

  Name the climate represented by the data:

  	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
  Temp oC	14	17	23	28	33	34	31	30	29	26	20	15
  Rain mm	23	18	13	18	13	74	180	174	117	10	3	10

  Options:
  A) Equatorial climate
  B) Mediterranean climate
  C) Monsoon climate
  D) Tropical climate
  E) Sub-tropical climate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 210: In which vegetation zone is Abuja, the new Federal Capital, location? Options:
  A) Southern Guinea savannah
  B) Sahel savannah
  C) Northern Guinea savannah
  D) Tropical rain forest
  E) Montane grassland
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  The correct answer is A .