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 31:

  Exports from Mali are most likely to pass through the sea port at

  Options:
  A) Banjul
  B) Abidjan
  C) Lagos
  D) dakar
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 32:

  Which of the following is a vegetation characteristics of the Tropical rainforest?

  Options:
  A) Trees are not in pure stand
  B) Tough, small, leathery, hairy leaves to guard against excessive transpiration
  C) Trees are conical in shape
  D) there is high undergrowth
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 33: One of the soil- related problems of irrigation in the savannah region is increasing? Options:
  A) salinization
  B) erosion
  C) desiccation
  D) exhaustion
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 34: Most of the iron ores produced in Africa are exported because? Options:
  A) the producing countries have good transport systems to coastal ports
  B) the producing countries have low internal consumption capacities
  C) they can only be smelted in modern furnaces that are not locally available
  D) they are of good quality and in high demand
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 35:

  On a map of scale 1:50 000 with contour interval at 20 meters, two places are 4cm apart and one lies five contour intervals higher than the other.

  The Gradient along a straight line between the two places is approximately?

  Options:
  A) 1 : 2
  B) 1 : 20
  C) 1 : 200
  D) 1 : 2000
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 36:

  A major function performed by rural settlement is

  Options:
  A) commercial
  B) industrial
  C) administrative
  D) agriculture
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 37:

  Which of the following statements is true of the North Atlantic Sea route?

  Options:
  A) It is the busiest sea route
  B) It links Nigeria with Europe
  C) Goods carried on the route include grains
  D) It links North America with Europe
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 38: The Nigerian rivers that take their sources from the Jos Plateau include? Options:
  A) Chalawa, Kano and Kaduna
  B) Katsina-Ala, Gongola and Rima
  C) Kaduna, Sokoto and Jama'are
  D) Jama'are, Gongola and Kaduna
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 39:

  In river transport, the problem of irregular levels of water can be overcome by

  Options:
  A) controlling the current
  B) building locks and canals
  C) changing the direction of flow
  D) clearing the river of water weeds
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 40:

  Rocks are said to be crystalline when the atoms forming them are

  Options:
  A) found in sedimentary rocks
  B) found in crystalline rocks
  C) arrenged in a deposit pattern
  D) arranged vertically
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  The correct answer is C .