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 511: Two major groups of immature and weekly developed soils in Nigeria are? Options:
  A) regosols and ferrisols
  B) lithosols and ferrisols
  C) ferrisols and ferrasols
  D) regosols and lithosols
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 512: Hydraulic action and abrasion are associated with Options:
  A) Aeolian erosion
  B) Fluvial erosion
  C) Karst erosion
  D) Glacial erosion
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 513:

  In a combined maximum and minimum thermometer, the difference between the hottest and coldest daily temperature for that day gives the

  Options:
  A) Diurnal range of temperature
  B) Mean daily temperature
  C) Minimum daily temperature
  D) Maximum daily temperature
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 514:

  Which of the following is best defined as the movement of people from one geographical area to another involving permanent or temporary residence or settlement

  Options:
  A) Transportation
  B) Networking
  C) Migration
  D) Urbanization
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 515: Which of the following factors account for the traffic on Africa rivers? 1. Availability of cheaper means of transport 2. Seasonal fluctuations of river flow. 3. Pressure of water falls and rapids. 4. Rivers flowing through sparsely populated areas. Options:
  A) 1 and 2
  B) 2 and 3
  C) 1 and 4
  D) 3 and 4
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 516:

  A major function performed by rural settlement is

  Options:
  A) commercial
  B) industrial
  C) administrative
  D) agriculture
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 517: The prismatic compass indicates the positions of objects in relation to the? Options:
  A) North Star
  B) Grid North
  C) True North
  D) Magnetic North
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 518:

  Which of the following sources of power supply is renewable?

  Options:
  A) gas
  B) nuclear
  C) solar
  D) coal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 519:

  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 520: Large-scale wheat production is associated with the? Options:
  A) Kano River Plains and the Ghezira Plains
  B) Ghezira Plains and the Pampas of Argentina Plains
  C) Praries of North America and the Pampas of Argentina
  D) Ganges Plains and the Pampas of Argentina
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  The correct answer is D .