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 2181: Which of the following BEST explains the relatively low population density of the middle belt of Nigeria? Options:
  A) thick forest
  B) rugged d landscape
  C) swampy river troughs
  D) historical factors
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2182: The density of sial is ----------------- Options:
  A) 2
  B) 2.7
  C) 3
  D) 5
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2183: The period when the earth is furthest from the sun is Options:
  A) aphelion
  B) summer
  C) perihelion
  D) spring
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2184: One major characteristic of rural settlements is that they? Options:
  A) are heterogeneous
  B) are homogeneous
  C) are large in size
  D) have many functions
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2185: A ship's radioed message on the high sea at 5.45pm was heard at Abidjan(5°W) at 11.15a.m on the same day.Find the position of the ship Options:
  A) 90E°
  B) 92° 30'E
  C) 95°E
  D) 97° 30'E
  E) 100°E
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2186:

  The land-use activities which can be considered responsible for soil erosion in the tropics are

  Options:
  A) irrigation, terrace farming and crop rotation
  B) mining, bush fallowing and market gardening
  C) industrialization, monoculture and lumbering
  D) bush fallowing, overgrazing and monoculture
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2187: Rocks minerals are said to be crystalline when the atoms forming them are? Options:
  A) found in sedimentary rocks
  B) found in crystalline rocks
  C) arrange in a deginite pattern
  D) arrange vertically
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2188:

  The oldest system of agriculture in Nigeria which now survives only in very remote areas is

  Options:
  A) Bush fallowing
  B) mixed farming
  C) Shifting cultivation
  D) Market gardening
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2189: A populated problem faced by some developed countries today is? Options:
  A) very slow replacement rate
  B) over populattion
  C) high death rates
  D) high dependency ratio
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2190: The pattern of rural population distribution in a region is determined mainly by the? Options:
  A) quality of the land
  B) size of the land
  C) quality of the population
  D) size of the population
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .