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 2291:

  

  The crop that will be most suitable for cultivation in the lower basin of River Madu is

  Options:
  A) coffee
  B) groundnut
  C) cotton
  D) rice
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2292: Which of the following is NOT an important factor in determining population distribution in a country or region? Options:
  A) Industrial development
  B) Fertile soils for agriculture
  C) Longitudinal location
  D) Well developed transportation system
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2293: In a soil profile, the C-horizon can be described as the? Options:
  A) topmost layer that may include organic litter
  B) zone relatively unaffected by soil-forming processes
  C) portion of the soil affected by leaching
  D) zone of accumulation rich in bases and organic matter
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2294:

  	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
  Temp.(oC)	27	28	28	28	27	26	25	26	26	26	27	28
  Rainfall (mm)	32.5	52.5	132.5	225.0	270.0	370.5	385.0	295.0	427.5	427.5	110.0	10.0

  The regime of the rainfall pattern is

  Options:
  A) seasonal rainfall with double maxima
  B) rainfall throughout the year with double maxima
  C) seasonal rainfall with single maxima
  D) rainfall throughout the year with single maxima
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2295: A city may be differentiated from a rural settlement by considering its? Options:
  A) population size and age structure
  B) skilled and unskilled manpower
  C) population and functions
  D) road network and industral estates
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2296:

  If M is due west of station N, the bearing of M from N is

  Options:
  A) 180°
  B) 270°
  C) 90°
  D) 360°
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2297:

  

  The ground distance along the river from the confluence of Rivers Obe and Opi to the bridge across River Obe is 5.5kilometres. What is the scale of the map in Representative Fraction?

  Options:
  A) 1:10,000
  B) 1:50,000
  C) 1:100,000
  D) 1:500,000
  E) 1:1,000,000
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2298: An industry in which a large proportion of the weight of the inputs is lost during processing is likely to locate near the source of? Options:
  A) labour
  B) energy
  C) capital
  D) raw materials
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2299: The low level mechanized agriculture in West Africa is best explained by the? Options:
  A) lack of markets
  B) seasonal variation and unreliability of rainfall
  C) predominance of small farm holdings
  D) undulating topography
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2300: Which of the geographical reasons below least supports the existence of ECOWAS? Options:
  A) the countries in the community are contiguous
  B) it has an internal market of about 160million people
  C) the peoples are of the same racial group
  D) the products are complementary
  E) the countries in the community share similar physical characteristics
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  The correct answer is E .