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 271: The relatively low level of rail transport development in tropical Africa has? Options:
  A) encouraged the development of airports
  B) reduced governement expenditure on transportation
  C) placed undue pressure on roads
  D) increased the rate of migration from the sea
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 272:

  

  The diagram showing proportion are

  Options:
  A) P and Q
  B) P and S
  C) Q and S
  D) P, Q and S
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 273:

  Which of the following shipping routes carries the world's heaviest ocean traffic?

  Options:
  A) Mediterranean - Suez Canal - Indian Ocean
  B) Western Europe - Caribbean
  C) Eastern North America - Western Europe
  D) West Coast United States - Panama Canal
  E) Western Europe - southern Africa - Australia
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 274: The area around the earth where life activities go on is referred to as ------- Options:
  A) biosphere
  B) lithosphere
  C) habitat
  D) ecosystem
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 275: A major world population problem is that countries which have very large populations and very high population growth rates are generally those which? Options:
  A) posses very limited natural resources
  B) suffer serious industrial population
  C) are located in climatically marginal areas
  D) are least able to provide for the population
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 276:

  

  Use the map to answer the following question:

  One important area for gold is

  Options:
  A) Burutu
  B) Jos
  C) Ilesha
  D) Ughelli
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 277:

  The type of water left in the soil after excess water has been drained off, following heavy rainfall is known as

  Options:
  A) Field capacity
  B) Field capacity
  C) gravitational water
  D) hygroscopic water
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 278: The stratification of sedimentary rocks is mainly caused by? Options:
  A) lateral pressure being applied from two sides
  B) deposition of rocks particles in layers
  C) the sorting action of the wind
  D) wave action and longshore drift
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 279: Two major causes of environmental population in the Niger Delta are? Options:
  A) oil blowout and gas flaring
  B) road construction and pipe laying
  C) deforestation and water polllution
  D) creek erosion and waste dumping
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 280: The inability of Nigerian farmers to adequately feed the nation is due mainly to the? Options:
  A) poor quality of the soil
  B) low demand for agricultural products
  C) shortage of agricultural land
  D) poor methods of agricultural production
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  The correct answer is D .