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:

  The benefits of international trade to developing nations include the following except

  Options:
  A) Encourages specialisation in production
  B) Encourages healthy competition
  C) Strains international trade relation
  D) Enables nations to move from subsistence to mechanized economy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 32:

  

  The woodland vegetation in the area is probably due to the

  Options:
  A) Low level of lumbering activity
  B) Humus rich soils
  C) Abundant orographic rainfall
  D) Steep gradient precluding cultivation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 33:

  One of the following surveying instruments is used to set out lines at right angles to the main chain line

  Options:
  A) Optical square
  B) Station pegs
  C) Offset staff
  D) Steel Band
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 34: The first petroleum refinery in Nigeria is located at? Options:
  A) Kaduna,
  B) Ekpan
  C) Warri
  D) Port Harcourt
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 35: One of the areas noted for paddy rice production in Nigeria is? Options:
  A) Eungu Scarpland
  B) Obudu Plateau
  C) Badeggi
  D) Kaduna
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 36: The settlement pattern associated with pastoral farming is? Options:
  A) radial
  B) dispersed
  C) nucleated
  D) linear
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 37:

  

  The shaded areas labelled X on the map indicate the probable areas of the occurrence of

  Options:
  A) Phosphate
  B) Natural gas
  C) Marble
  D) Lignite
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 38: Proportional circles are commonly used to illustrate Options:
  A) Population distribution
  B) Information on transport
  C) Relative amount of traffic
  D) Amount of rainfall
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 39: In which of the following countries is commercial grain farming an important occupation? Options:
  A) Nigeria
  B) Kenya
  C) Spain
  D) Canada
  E) Brazil
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 40:
  

  The slope labelled X is best described as a

  Options:
  A) valley slide slope
  B) faultscarp
  C) cuesta
  D) fault-line scarp
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  The correct answer is A .