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 591:

  Urban type of settlement is best described as

  Options:
  A) isolated
  B) dispersed
  C) nucleated
  D) nucleated
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 592: Linear villages may be expected to develop? Options:
  A) in narrow valley floors
  B) on flat plains
  C) in thick forests
  D) on deltas
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 593:

  Which of the following criteria is used to classify settlements into rural or urban?

  Options:
  A) age
  B) function
  C) site
  D) location
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 594:

  Sugar Plantations in Africa are most highly developed in the lowlands of

  Options:
  A) the Guinea Coast and Mozambique
  B) the mediterranean seaboard and the Guinea coast
  C) Mozambique and Natal
  D) Natal and Lower Nile
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 595: The location of a cement industry in Ewekoro, Nigeria is largely influenced by? Options:
  A) nearness to source of water
  B) adequate transportation facilities
  C) nearness to raw materials
  D) governement policy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 596: Migrant-receiving areas tend to be characterized by? Options:
  A) equal sex ratio
  B) high per capita income
  C) the predominance of males
  D) extensive industrial development
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 597: The most common traditional method of restoring soil fertility in Nigeria is? Options:
  A) increased infant mortality due to neglection
  B) the declining in food imports
  C) the growth of slums
  D) the deterioration of city transport systems
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 598: The most suitable method for depicting the production figures of a given commodity in many countries over a given period of times is the? Options:
  A) pie graph
  B) choropleth
  C) multiple graph
  D) bar graph
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 599: Only one of these statements about West Africa is true. Which is it? Options:
  A) Climate and agricultural belts as well as political regions in West Africa generally run east to west
  B) Seasonal production of crops in the interior of West Africa is due more to the constraints of rainfall than to temperature
  C) Nigeria alone has just half as much population as the rest of West Africa put together
  D) The coastal regions of West Africa do not in any way stand in contrast to the inland regions
  E) Inter-regional trade in West Africa is ompossible because the countries of West Africa have similar agricultural products
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 600: The major primary activity in a coniferous forest is? Options:
  A) paper manufacturing
  B) lumbering
  C) hunting
  D) furniture making
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  The correct answer is A .