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 341: In which of the following is the soil matched with the wrong type of climate? Options:
  A) Podzol: Cool temperate
  B) Chernozem: temperate desert
  C) Brown soils : Warm temperate
  D) Lateritic soils: tropical
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 342: Some lakes are seasonal due to their location in? Options:
  A) hot deserts
  B) humid areas
  C) high altitudes
  D) cool temperate margin
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 343:

  A broad-based population pyramid is composed mainly

  Options:
  A) active inhabitants
  B) old dependants
  C) young dependants
  D) more females than males
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 344:
  

  From the diagram above the feature marked F-F is the

  Options:
  A) thrust fault
  B) normal fault
  C) reverse fault
  D) tear fault
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 345: Which climate type is characterized by (i) very high temperature (over 33⁰C) during the period of high sun; (ii)moderately high annual temperature range 17-12⁰C and very high daily range 20-30°C. (iii) annual rainfall less than 4cm; and (iv)annual evaporation from a free water surface exceeding 200cm? Options:
  A) Tropical desert climate, Bwh
  B) Tropical steppe climate,Bsh
  C) Tropical wet and dry climate, Aw
  D) Dry summer subtropical climate,Csa
  E) Tropical monsoon climate, Am
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 346: Which of the following sedimentary rocks is mechanically formed? Options:
  A) chalk
  B) coal
  C) shale
  D) limestone
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 347: Which of the following factors best explains the generally low insolation in the high latitudes Options:
  A) continentality
  B) longitudinal position
  C) angle of inclination
  D) altitude
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 348: The live commentary of a football match which started at 4:00pm at a place on longitude 15°E will be received by a listener in a town on longitude 160°W at Options:
  A) 6:20am same day
  B) 4:20am same day
  C) 1:40am next day
  D) 3:40am next day
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 349:

  

  The most common mature soil types in the shaded portion are

  Options:
  A) alluvial soil
  B) forest soil
  C) drifts soils
  D) laterite soil
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 350: Commercial grain farming is practiced mainly in the? Options:
  A) steppes and prairie lands of the middle latitudes
  B) savannah and grasslands of the low latitudes
  C) tundra and grassland of the high latitudes
  D) montane and grasslands of the high altitudes
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  The correct answer is A .