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.
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Question 291: The largest rift valley system in the world is in?
Options:
A) West Africa
B) North Africa
C) East Africa
D) South Africa
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 292: 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 .
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Question 293: Which of the following contributes LEAST to the generation and movement of ocean surface currents?
Options:
A) wind friction
B) temperature differences
C) ocean salinity
D) earth rotation
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 294: The greatest benefit of mixed farming is that?
Options:
A) it is very cheap to practice
B) the animals produce the manure for crop production
C) it combines the advantage of crop and animal husbandry
D) the animals feed from crop farming
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 295: The flow of a river at the lower course is slow because
Options:
A) thick vegetation cover affects free flow of water
B) of the increase in human activities
C) the gradient is greatly reduced
D) of the increase in the volume of water
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 296: Dairy farming is often practiced near large urban centers because
Options:
A) cattle feed is manufactured in cities
B) dairy products are perishable
C) dairy cattle are required to supply meat to urban population
D) special care for dairy cattle is available only in towns
E) the areas near large urban centres are usually very fertile
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 297: The highest landforms in Nigeria are developed on?
Options:
A) sandstones
B) granites
C) basalts
D) shales
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 298: One of the reasons of rapid growth of world population is
Options:
A) improved social and medical facilities
B) stable government
C) rainfall and its reliability
D) agricultural system practised
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 299: Transhumance is the seasonal migration of live-stock?
Options:
A) from the lowlands to the uplands
B) from the north to the south following the rains
C) in the semiarid steppes
D) in search of water and pasture
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 300: Which of these sets of economic activities is completely primary?
Options:
A) Farming, transprotation, fishing and manufacturing
B) lumerbering, banking, transportation and farming
C) Fishing, lumbering,farming and mining
D) Mining, trade, farming and lumbering
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The correct answer is C .