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 501:

  The following are the importance of highland in Nigeria except

  Options:
  A) occupy good land
  B) settlement sites
  C) source of minerals
  D) source of rivers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 502:

  A line joining all points of equal salinity is an

  Options:
  A) isopalh
  B) isopleth
  C) isohaline
  D) isobar
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 503: The existence of the Namib Desert can be partly attributed to? Options:
  A) coastal deforestation
  B) the cold Benguela Current
  C) persistent offshore winds
  D) exculsive fishing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 504: Which of the following factors is MOST important in bringing about a rapid increase in urban population? Options:
  A) High birth rate
  B) Low death rate
  C) international migration
  D) migration from rural areas
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 505: Which of the following is not important in defining soil? Options:
  A) color
  B) capillary
  C) permeability
  D) texture
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 506: A unique system of arable farming in the semi-arid, warm and cool temperate regions is known as? Options:
  A) mixed farming
  B) dry farming
  C) floodland farming
  D) alley croping
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 507: Chain survey is most convenient for measurements on ? Options:
  A) rocky environment
  B) plains
  C) embarkment
  D) irregular slopes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 508: Entrenched meanders, unpaired alluvial terraces and Knickpoints are features associated with? Options:
  A) rejuvenated river valleys
  B) emergent coastkands
  C) rivers in arid zones
  D) the middle stage of the cycle erosion
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 509:

  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 510:

  The Nigerian towns which owed much of their growth in the 20th century to the development of the railway include

  Options:
  A) Enugu, Jos, Kaduna and Minna
  B) Lagos, Minna, Nnewi and Gusau
  C) Oshogbo, Minna, Owerri and Jos
  D) Lagos, Lokoja, Gusau and Umuahia
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  The correct answer is A .