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 2151: The warm ocean current which washes the southeastern coast of Africa is called the? Options:
  A) Benguela current
  B) Guinea current
  C) Canaries current
  D) Agulhas current
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2152: Which of the following is the major factor responsible for Japan's unparallelled industrial growth in the last few decades? Options:
  A) Availability of abundant hydrelectricity
  B) Japan's proximity to mainland Asia
  C) Japan's large population
  D) Technological proficiency
  E) Availability of abundant coal and petroleum
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2153:

  

  The landform marked X is a

  Options:
  A) Gap
  B) Valley
  C) Saddle
  D) Trough
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2154: a great circle can best be described as Options:
  A) a circle whose plane passes through Centre of the globe.
  B) a line of longitude
  C) the equator
  D) the shortest distance between two point
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2155: Which of the following rivers is an inland drainage? Options:
  A) River Hadejia
  B) River Nile
  C) River Senegal
  D) River Volta
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2156: The circulation of ocean currents is? Options:
  A) clockwise both in the north and southern hemispheres
  B) anti-clockwise both in the southern hemispheres
  C) anti-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise both in the southern hemispheres
  D) clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise both in the southern hemispheres
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2157: Eluviation is the process by which? Options:
  A) soluble substances are removed from the upper layers of the soil
  B) soluble substances are deposited in the upper layers of the soil
  C) fine particles are removed from one layer of the soil to another
  D) Fine particles are deposited in the upper layers of the soil
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2158: A desert landform made up of alternate horizontal layers of soft and hard rocks and characterized by ridges and furrows aligned in the direction of the wind is known as? Options:
  A) yardang
  B) zeugen
  C) horst
  D) playa
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2159: Most of the industries located in rural areas are? Options:
  A) market-oriented
  B) high energy consumers
  C) raw materials-oriented
  D) transport-oriented
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2160:

  Which of the following is a vegetation characteristics of the Tropical rainforest?

  Options:
  A) Trees are not in pure stand
  B) Tough, small, leathery, hairy leaves to guard against excessive transpiration
  C) Trees are conical in shape
  D) there is high undergrowth
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  The correct answer is A .