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 561:
  

  The slope labelled X is best described as a

  Options:
  A) valley slide slope
  B) faultscarp
  C) cuesta
  D) fault-line scarp
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 562:

  

  The river marked X is

  Options:
  A) River volta
  B) River Sassandra
  C) River Senegal
  D) River Gambia
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 563:

  

  The area shaded receives little rainfall because

  Options:
  A) the coastal strip is narrow
  B) the area offshore is washed by a cool current
  C) it lies on the windward side of the Andes
  D) the area off-shore is washed by a warm current
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 564:

  

  The settlements pattern is BEST described as

  Options:
  A) Nucleated
  B) Dispersed
  C) Linear
  D) Nodal
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 565: a given map is enlarged 3 times its original size which is 1;150,000 what will be the new scale? Options:
  A) 1 : 50,000
  B) 1 : 75,000
  C) 1 : 100,000
  D) 1 : 450,000
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 566:

  What is the process of lowering and levelling of the earth surface by gradual breaking and wearing away of such earth's surfaces.

  Options:
  A) Weathering
  B) Denudation
  C) Relief
  D) Mass wasting
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 567: Which of the following farming practices may be used to check soil erosion? Options:
  A) Ploughing of land upslope
  B) Contour ploughing
  C) Bush burning
  D) Shifting cultivation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 568: Akosombo dam is one on the? Options:
  A) Senegal River
  B) River Rockel
  C) River Niger
  D) River Gongola
  E) River Volta
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 569: 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 .
• Question 570:

  Dodoma is to Tanzania as ______ to Nigeria

  Options:
  A) Abuja
  B) Warri
  C) Lagos
  D) Port Harcourt
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  The correct answer is A .