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 211: The carbon cycle is more prevalent in the? Options:
  A) hydrosphere
  B) ionosphere
  C) lithosphere
  D) atmosphere
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 212: The process of weathering include all but one of the following Options:
  A) Alternate heating and cooling of rocks
  B) Rock-breaking due to frost action
  C) peeling off of exposed layers of rounded crystalline rocks
  D) rock rotting because of chemical changes
  E) movement of rock particles downslope because of pull of gravity
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 213: Which of the following represents the correct sequences in which denudation occurs? Options:
  A) Weathering –deposition-erosion
  B) weathering –erosion –deposition
  C) erosion –weathering –deposition
  D) deposition -erosion – weathering
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 214: The relief system in East Africa is characterized by? Options:
  A) ridge
  B) basin
  C) rift valleys
  D) escarpment
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 215: Which of these statements is NOT true of the great circle? Options:
  A) The equator is a great circle
  B) The great circle is the largest circle one can draw on a sphere
  C) The great circle is the path of the shortest distance over the earth's surface between two points
  D) Each meridian is a great circle
  E) All great circles bisect the earth
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 216:

  If the scale of a map is 2cm to 1km, what is the ground distance if the distance between two towns on the map is 20cm?

  Options:
  A) 5km
  B) 2.5km
  C) 10km
  D) 20km
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 217:

  

  The true bearing, to the nearest degree of the highest peak in the mapped area from the center of the bridge across River Obe is?

  Options:
  A) 199°
  B) 239°
  C) 249°
  D) 319°
  E) 339°
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 218: Which of the following features is formed by the lower plucking, grinding and dragging action of ice? Options:
  A) Hanging valley
  B) Arete
  C) Pyramidal peak
  D) Cirque
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 219: Which type of climate has the following characteristics? i. Both monthly and annual temperature average about 28°C. ii Annual rainfall commonly varies from about 1800mm to more than commonly 3000mm. iii Rainfall of at least 150mm occurring every month of the year. Options:
  A) Monsoon
  B) Equatorial
  C) Savannah
  D) Mediterranean
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 220: The world’s principal fishing regions are located on continental shelves where Options:
  A) there are no noticeable ocean currents
  B) there are cold ocean currents
  C) there are warm ocean currents
  D) cold and warm currents meet
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  The correct answer is C .