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 671:

  

  The most important minerals found in the area marked X are

  Options:
  A) iron ore and thorium
  B) galena and tantalite
  C) lead and zinc
  D) tin and columbite
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 672:

  The two most important factors which account for the pattern of population distribution in West Africa are

  Options:
  A) historical antecedence and regional migration
  B) economic properity and regional migration
  C) favourable physical conditions and human inertia
  D) economic prosperity and favourable physical coditions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 673: The Sahel region of Africa is prone to be? Options:
  A) drought
  B) flooding
  C) earthquakes
  D) volcanoes
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 674: The high cost of lumbering operations in tropical forests is mainly due to? Options:
  A) shortage of labour
  B) absence of many rivers
  C) absence of pure stands of trees
  D) low quality of available timber
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 675: Industrial Europe, North America and Japan are the major importers of? Options:
  A) raw materials
  B) manufactured goods
  C) iron and steel
  D) building materials
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 676: Which of the following scales would allow the greatest amount of detail on a map? Options:
  A) 1: 20
  B) 1: 50
  C) 1: 500
  D) 1: 2,500
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 677:

  

  The above diagram shows the position of the Earth in relation to the sun on June 21st. The earth's axis is inclined from the vertical at an angle

  Options:
  A) 23¹/₂^o
  B) 45¹/₂^o
  C) 66¹/₂^o
  D) 72¹/₂^o
  E) 86¹/₂^o
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 678: One of the steel-rolling mills in Nigeria is located at? Options:
  A) Ajaokuta
  B) Ovwian-Aladja
  C) Jos
  D) Eungu
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 679: Seasons are recognized with in the tropics primarily on the basis of? Options:
  A) air masses
  B) temperature
  C) rainfall
  D) evaporation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 680: The dominant foreign exchange earner of Senegal is? Options:
  A) fish
  B) iron ore
  C) groundnut
  D) tourism
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  The correct answer is C .