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 311: If the temperature at sea level is 10°C, the temperature of the air at a height of 2000 meters will be bout Options:
  A) -2°C
  B) 3°C
  C) 13°C
  D) 23°C
  E) 3.5°C
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 312: A mature soil with distinct horizons, occurring in a particular climatic zone, but influenced strongly by topography, is best described as? Options:
  A) zonal
  B) intrazonal
  C) azonal
  D) alluvial
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 313:

  Which of the following geographical region of Nigeria is generally flat and dotted with granitic hills?

  Options:
  A) Chad Basin
  B) North Cental Highlands
  C) South Eastern HIghlands
  D) Cross River basin
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 314: Along a soil cantena, hydromorphic soils are most likely to occur on the? Options:
  A) interfluve
  B) upper slope
  C) middle slope
  D) valley bottom
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 315: Which of the following groups of environmental problems is commonly associated with mining activities? Options:
  A) Air pollution, floods and sandstorms
  B) Deforestation, soil dessicated and heat wave
  C) Oil-spillage, drought and land susidence
  D) Soil ersion, sedimentation and land dereliction
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 316: Only one of these statements about West Africa is true. Which is it? Options:
  A) Climate and agricultural belts as well as political regions in West Africa generally run east to west
  B) Seasonal production of crops in the interior of West Africa is due more to the constraints of rainfall than to temperature
  C) Nigeria alone has just half as much population as the rest of West Africa put together
  D) The coastal regions of West Africa do not in any way stand in contrast to the inland regions
  E) Inter-regional trade in West Africa is ompossible because the countries of West Africa have similar agricultural products
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 317:

  

  The approximate gradient between the point marked X and the trigonometrical station is

  Options:
  A) 1:7
  B) 1:9
  C) 1:11
  D) 1:13
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 318: The major pastoral ethnic groups in Africa include the? Options:
  A) Fulani, asante and Wollof
  B) Asante, Fulani and Zulu
  C) Masai, Fulani and Tuareg
  D) Fulani, Masai and Kikuyu
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 319:

  The largest ocean in the world is the

  Options:
  A) Arctic ocean
  B) Atlantic ocean
  C) Indian ocean
  D) Pacific ocean
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 320: Water pollution is caused by all the following except Options:
  A) increased silt load
  B) sand filling
  C) sewage disposal
  D) industrial effluent
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  The correct answer is B .