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 301: The movement of people from a village to a farm settlement may be described as? Options:
  A) urban - rural migration
  B) rural-urban migration
  C) rural - rural migration
  D) urban-urban migration
  E) suburban - rural migration
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 302:

  In a combined maximum and minimum thermometer, the difference between the hottest and coldest daily temperature for that day gives the

  Options:
  A) Diurnal range of temperature
  B) Mean daily temperature
  C) Minimum daily temperature
  D) Maximum daily temperature
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 303: Which of the following is likely to be found in an oasis in the Sahara Desert? Options:
  A) Raffia palm
  B) Oil palm
  C) Date palm
  D) Dum palm
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 304: Lakes formed as a result of landslides, screes or avalanches are known as Options:
  A) man-made lakes
  B) barrier lakes
  C) caldera lakes
  D) rock-hollow lakes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 305: An example of a calcareous rock is? Options:
  A) shale
  B) granite
  C) lignite
  D) limestone
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 306: When it is 9:00am in Munich, Western Germany (longitude 11⁰E) the time in Calcutta India (longitude 96⁰E) is Options:
  A) 4:20am
  B) 2:40am
  C) 2:40pm
  D) 5:40pm
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 307: The location of most of the light manufacturing industries in Africa is determined primarily by the location of? Options:
  A) raw materials
  B) markets
  C) railways terminals
  D) labour
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 308: A traveller from South America, on crossing the International Date Line to Asia at 12 noon on Tuesday, would sail into? Options:
  A) Monday noon
  B) Tuesday noon
  C) Wednesday noon
  D) Wednesday mid-night
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 309: The population size of any place is best determined by? Options:
  A) the level of industrialization and the standard of living of the people
  B) natural change and migration
  C) census and vital registeration
  D) its migration and employment indices
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 310: The growth rate of population is determined by? Options:
  A) improved agriculture
  B) number of death per 1000
  C) birth and death rates
  D) technological know-how
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  The correct answer is C .