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 type of water left in the soil after excess water has been drained off, following heavy rainfall is known as?

  Options:
  A) Field capacity
  B) capillary water
  C) gravitational water
  D) hygroscopic water
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 42:

  

  The part labelled X in the soil profile above is known as

  Options:
  A) top soil
  B) sub soil
  C) parent materials
  D) bedrock
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 43:

  A nucleated settlement differs from a dispersed settlement because?

  Options:
  A) it contains more buildings and more people
  B) its buildings are clustered together
  C) it often occurs in a densely populated area
  D) it usually occurs at the meeting point of transportation networks
  E) it is often found near rivers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 44: Which of the following sets of rocks is organically formed? Options:
  A) Rock salt, breccia and conglometerate
  B) Clay, mudstone and sandstone
  C) peat, chalk and limestone
  D) Girt, coal and shale
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 45:

  _______ is defined as the total surrounding or medium of any organism in a given area?

  Options:
  A) Biotic component
  B) Abiotic component
  C) Environment
  D) Ecosystem
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 46: A city may be differentiated from a rural settlement by considering its Options:
  A) population size and age structure
  B) skilled and unskilled manpower
  C) population and functions
  D) road network and industrial estates
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 47: When both the macropores and the micropores are filled with water, the soil is? Options:
  A) leached
  B) at field capacity
  C) water logged
  D) erodeil
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 48: Mangrove vegetation is found along the coast of? Options:
  A) Namibia
  B) Somalia
  C) Tanzania
  D) Morocco
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 49:

  The outer structure of the earth is made up of the following except?

  Options:
  A) mesosphere
  B) atmosphere
  C) biosphere
  D) Hydrosphere
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 50: In which of the following vegetation types do you expect to find reindeer? Options:
  A) Mediterranean
  B) Temperate evergreen
  C) Tundra
  D) Tropical monsoon
  E) Temperate grassland
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  The correct answer is C .