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 highest category of rural settlement is the? Options:
  A) village
  B) halmet
  C) homestead
  D) hut
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2152: Which of these is CORRECT about the industrial economy of Zaria? Options:
  A) Well intergated railway system
  B) Abundance of high skilled labour
  C) Availability of large international market
  D) Abundance of minerals
  E) Cheap air transport
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2153: Most of the iron ores produced in Africa are exported because? Options:
  A) the producing countries have good transport systems to coastal ports
  B) the producing countries have low internal consumption capacities
  C) they can only be smelted in modern furnaces that are not locally available
  D) they are of good quality and in high demand
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2154:

  __________ 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 2155:

  Latitude 66 and half marks the____________

  Options:
  A) antarctic circle
  B) arctic circle
  C) tropic of cancer
  D) tropic of capricorn
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2156: The flow diagram is the most appropriate mapping technique to use in showing? Options:
  A) wind directions at different stations
  B) movements of migrants between states
  C) proportion of birds population in each state
  D) man/land ratio in each state
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2157:

  

  What type of climate experienced in the region 'P' shaded on the map

  Options:
  A) Cool temperate Western Margin
  B) Tropical Marina
  C) Tropical Monsoon
  D) Mediterranean
  E) Tropical continental
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2158: Recent space explorations indicate that the other planet of the solar system with the possibility of having had life-supporting conditions in the past is? Options:
  A) Pluto
  B) Mercury
  C) Mars
  D) Jupiter
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2159:

  The soil gains nitrogen through one of the following except?

  Options:
  A) Denitrification
  B) Application of organic manure
  C) Electrical discharge
  D) Symbiotic nitrogen fixation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2160: The direction of flow of ocean currents is determined mainly by the? Options:
  A) prevailing winds and the rotation of the earth
  B) salinity of the ocean and the amount of freshwater inflow
  C) rotation of the earth and land and sea breezes
  D) shape of the continental and the temperature of the continental interior
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  The correct answer is A .