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 2171: An example of a calcareous rock is? Options:
  A) shale
  B) granite
  C) lignite
  D) limestone
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2172: The major bauxite-producing countries of West Africa are? Options:
  A) Guinea and Nigeria
  B) Guinea and Ghana
  C) Ivory Coast and Ghana
  D) Sierra Leone and Guinea
  E) Senegal and Ghana
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2173: Which of these best explains the rapid rise in world population during the twentieth century? Options:
  A) Large-scale migration of people
  B) Decline in death rates
  C) Increase in world food production
  D) Improvement in transportation which enables food to be moved from surplus to deficit areas
  E) Rapid rate of urbanization
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2174: The fadama lands of the Niger/Benue trough are mostly known for the commercial production of? Options:
  A) yam and vegetables
  B) paotatoes and benni-seed
  C) rice and sugarcane
  D) maize and guinea corn
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2175:

  

  Assuming that there is no vegetation cover in the area shown on the map above and that the weather is clear, which of the following statements would be false?

  Options:
  A) Q is visible from P
  B) P is visible from N
  C) M is visible from N
  D) P is visible from M
  E) Q is visible from N
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2176: In a humid areas, farmers add lime to the soil to? development Options:
  A) facilitate the absorption of nutrients
  B) encourage the development of green leaves
  C) act as fertilizer
  D) reduce acidity
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2177: Transhumance is the seasonal migration of live-stock? Options:
  A) from the lowlands to the uplands
  B) from the north to the south following the rains
  C) in the semiarid steppes
  D) in search of water and pasture
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2178:

  

  The Ahaggar plateau is the shaded area marked

  Options:
  A) P
  B) Q
  C) R
  D) S
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2179: Which of the following arranges the settlement types in descending order in terms of complexity of functions? Options:
  A) Metropolis, city, town, village and hamlet
  B) Metropolis, town, city, hamlet and village
  C) Metropolis, city, village and hamlet and village
  D) Hamlet, village, town, city and metropolis
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2180:

  Structure of export Trade of selected countries expressed in percentages

  Country H J K LFuel, Minerals 95 1 15 45

  & Metals Other Pry.

  Commodities 2 1 45 35Mach. & Trans

  Equipment - 60 13 4Other

  Manufactured 3 38 27 16

  Products

  With this export trade structure, the economy of H may be subject to

  Options:
  A) fluctuation world market price for its major export
  B) structural adjustment programme
  C) huge expenditure on food import programme
  D) mismanagement of the export earning
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  The correct answer is A .