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 concept of environment balance can be taken to mean that an alteration in one of the components of the ecosystem may result in the? Options:
  A) acceleration of the processes within the system
  B) disruption of the processes within the system
  C) minimization of the processes within the system
  D) stablization of the processes within the system
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 42: A direct natural consequence of drought is Options:
  A) famine and starvation
  B) high mortality rate in livestock
  C) drying up of most water sources
  D) change in the chemical property of soils
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 43: The vegetation that is characterized by tall trees climbing plants and creepers in the Amazon is called Options:
  A) pampas
  B) veldt
  C) selvas
  D) steppes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 44:

  

  The drainage pattern of the area shown is

  Options:
  A) Trellis
  B) Dendritic
  C) Radial
  D) Centripetal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 45:

  

  The bearing of Jata from Adaba is approximately

  Options:
  A) 17^o
  B) 21^o
  C) 25^o
  D) 29^o
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 46:

  

  The most important consideration in the siting of settlements in this area was probably

  Options:
  A) Access to water transport
  B) Protection aganist external attack
  C) Nearness to the main road
  D) Availability of rich agricultural land
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 47: A major gold mining centered in South Africa is? Options:
  A) Kimberley
  B) Kuruman
  C) Newcastle
  D) Klerkdorp
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 48: Four elements of the natural environment which influence rural land use are? Options:
  A) rock type, rellief, land tenure system and climate
  B) climate, relief soil and vegetation
  C) slope, mineral resources, ground water and farm implements
  D) markets, size of agricultural land , pest and diseases
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 49: The difference in elevation between the highest and the lowest points in an area is its? Options:
  A) maximum relief
  B) relative relief
  C) verticle interval
  D) average relief
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 50: Which of the following factors must account for the rapid increase in world population during the twentieth century? Options:
  A) The slave trade was abolished
  B) Death rates have decreased rapidly
  C) Birth rates have increased rapidly
  D) Increasing world production of food
  E) Large-scale migration of people
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  The correct answer is B .