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 261: An example of a man-made lake is? Options:
  A) Lake Tanganyika
  B) Lake Volta
  C) Lake Victoria
  D) Lake Chad
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 262:

  Textile Industry	7.2°
  Petroleum Industry	172.8°
  Iron and Steel Industry	115.2°
  Cosmetics Industry	43.2°
  Automobile Industry	21.6°

  The table above shows the employment distribution in a town with the share of the different industries depicted in degrees of a pie chart. The total number of workers in the town is 25,000.

  The proportion of workers in the iron and steel industry, in relation to the number off workers in the town is

  Options:
  A) 0.32
  B) 0.06
  C) 0.12
  D) 0.26
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 263: Which of the following statements about the relationship between urban and rural areas is TRUE? Options:
  A) Urban centers depend on rural areas for innovations
  B) Rural areas depends on urban centers for labours
  C) Rural areas obtain industiral raw materials from urban centers
  D) Urban centres and rural areas are interdependent
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 264: Which of the following towns is NOT a pre-colonial town? Options:
  A) Ilorin
  B) Bida
  C) Enugu
  D) Ibadan
  E) Kano
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 265:

  One of the following does not determine the availability of resources in a country____________

  Options:
  A) Evolution
  B) Emigration
  C) Population
  D) Morbidity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 266:

  

  The above graphs describe the climate of

  Options:
  A) Kano
  B) Bulawayo
  C) London
  D) Moscow
  E) Bombay
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 267:

  Which of the following lakes owes its origin mainly to faulting?

  Options:
  A) Lake Chad
  B) Lake Superior
  C) Lake Malawi
  D) Lake Victoria
  E) lake Kariba
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 268: A map with a scale of 1:40,000 is reduced to one quarter of its size, what is the new scale of the map? Options:
  A) 1:20,000
  B) 1:40,000
  C) 1:60,000
  D) 1:80,000
  E) 1:100,000
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 269: Which of the following features is produced by wave deposition? Options:
  A) Cliff
  B) Stack
  C) Tombolo
  D) Caves
  E) Blow holes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 270: The concept of environment balance can be taken to mean that an alteration in one of the components of the ecosystem may result in the? Options:
  A) acceleration of the processes within the system
  B) disruption of the processes within the system
  C) minimization of the processes within the system
  D) stablization of the processes within the system
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  The correct answer is B .