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 2201: The time difference between new Orleans on longitude 90${}^{\circ }$W and Cairo on longitude 30${}^{\circ }$E is Options:
  A) 4 hours
  B) 8 hours
  C) 12 hours
  D) 16 hours
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2202: A sharp decrease in the population of herbivores in an ecosystem is likely to lead to? Options:
  A) an increase in the amount of plant cover
  B) a decrease in the population of rodents
  C) an increase inthe population of rodents
  D) a decrease in the population of saprophytes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2203:

  Which of these hazards would most likely result directly from deforestation?

  Options:
  A) Water pollution
  B) Soil erosion
  C) Mass wasting
  D) Drought
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2204: Which of the following landforms is NOT due tot he process of glacial erosion? Options:
  A) Valley-bench
  B) Hanging valley
  C) Corrie
  D) Arete
  E) Esker
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2205:

  

  Which of the following statements is NOT true?

  Options:
  A) In the tropical latitude, warm ocean currents wash the western sides of the continents
  B) In the middle latitudes, warm ocean currents wash the western sides of the continents
  C) In the higher latitudes, warm ocean currents wash the western sides of the continents
  D) In the tropical latitudes, cool ocean currents wash the western sides of continents
  E) In the higher latitudes, cool ocean currents wash the eastern sides of continenets.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2206:

  Which of the following criteria is used to classify settlements into rural or urban?

  Options:
  A) age
  B) function
  C) site
  D) location
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2207: All the following crops involve in the plantation agriculture except Options:
  A) rubber
  B) wheat
  C) cocoa
  D) Howbell
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2208: Which of the following is not a way of conserving natural resources? Options:
  A) adopting good farming practices
  B) establishing forest reserves
  C) establishing game reserves
  D) encouraging poaching
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2209:

  Which of the following is a way of controlling soil erosion?

  Options:
  A) Overgrazing
  B) Contour ploughing
  C) Deforestation
  D) Bush burning
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2210: In which vegetation zone is Abuja, the new Federal Capital, location? Options:
  A) Southern Guinea savannah
  B) Sahel savannah
  C) Northern Guinea savannah
  D) Tropical rain forest
  E) Montane grassland
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  The correct answer is A .