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 2231: Lateralization of the soil is very common in the? Options:
  A) tropical region
  B) desert region
  C) temperate region
  D) polar region
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2232:

  Which of the following is not a major river basin in Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) The Cross River Basin
  B) The Niger Basin
  C) The South Atlantic Basin
  D) The Sokoto Basin
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2233: the Nigerian petroleum refineries are located at one of the following pairs of town? Options:
  A) Lagos and Port-Harcourt
  B) Port-Harcourt and Calabar
  C) Benin and Warri
  D) Calabar and Kaduna
  E) Port-Harcourt and Warri
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2234: Three land-locked countries in West Africa are Options:
  A) Republic of Benin, Mauritania and Niger
  B) Togo, Ghana, and Chad
  C) Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger
  D) Mali, Chad, Senegal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2235: Which of the following scales should show the greatest amount of detail on a map? Options:
  A) 1:2500 000
  B) 1:63 360
  C) 1:32
  D) 1:160 934
  E) 1:2
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2236:

  

  The most prominent economic activity in the North-Western part of the area is likely to be

  Options:
  A) mining
  B) lumbering
  C) mixed farming
  D) animal husbandry
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2237: If the population of an area is 690 million and the land area is 300 000 km²,the population density is approximately? Options:
  A) 230 persons per km²
  B) 240 persons per km²
  C) 210 persons per km²
  D) 220 persons per km²
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2238: 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 2239:

  _________ is formed when two corries cut back opposite sides of the same mountain, resulting in a knife-edged ridge

  Options:
  A) Cirque
  B) Pyramidal Peak
  C) Striation
  D) Arete
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2240: Which of the following resources is non-renewable? Options:
  A) Wind energy
  B) Solar energy
  C) Hydro energy
  D) Nuclear energy
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  The correct answer is D .