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 41: The port that specializes in receiving and re-exporting goods is known as? Options:
  A) sea port
  B) jetty
  C) entrepot
  D) international port
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 42:

  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 43: All of these are major industrial zones in Nigeria except Options:
  A) the western industrial zones
  B) the south east industrial zone
  C) the north central industrial zone
  D) the south/south industrial zone
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 44: Which of the following factors may lead to an area being densely populated? Options:
  A) High plateaux
  B) Lowland plains
  C) Rugged monutains
  D) Active volcanoes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 45:

  

  An alternative graphic method that can be used to depict the same information is the

  Options:
  A) dot map
  B) proportional circle
  C) divided rectangle
  D) choropeth
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 46: The point at which the shock originates is called Options:
  A) focus
  B) vent
  C) caldera
  D) crater
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 47:

  

  Which one of the areas shaded on the world map above is not an area of high population?

  Options:
  A) 1
  B) 2
  C) 3
  D) 4
  E) 5
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 48: Which of these best explains the rapid rise in world population during the twentieth century? Options:
  A) Large-scale migration of people
  B) Decline in death rates
  C) Increase in world food production
  D) Improvement in transportation which enables food to be moved from surplus to deficit areas
  E) Rapid rate of urbanization
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 49: The difference between towns and villages is that? Options:
  A) towns contain more women
  B) villages have more occupations
  C) towns perform more tertiary functions
  D) villages have more food
  E) towns produce more children
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 50:

  

  The slope East of Parko-Gbo Road is

  Options:
  A) convex
  B) gentle
  C) concave
  D) steep
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  The correct answer is C .