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 701:

  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) Field capacity
  C) gravitational water
  D) hygroscopic water
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 702: The highest mountain in Africa is found in? Options:
  A) Cameroun
  B) Ethiopia
  C) Kenya
  D) Rwanda
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 703: Chemical weathering is both rapid and intense in the humid tropics because of? Options:
  A) low annual range of temperature
  B) high rainfall and temperature
  C) the presence of easily weathered rocks
  D) a large volumes of run-off
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 704:
  

  If the total number of livestock is 6 million, what is the number of cattle produced

  Options:
  A) 2,200,000
  B) 2,300,000
  C) 2,400,000
  D) 2,500,000
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 705: The problems of unemployment, housing, traffic congestion and evironment degradation are associated with? Options:
  A) slums
  B) urbanization
  C) industrialization
  D) political disturbances
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 706: Pastoral nomadism was not native to the American continents or Australia because? Options:
  A) pasture lands were sparse
  B) They were heavily infested by tsetse fly
  C) the natives were more interested in hunting
  D) the environments were unfavourable for animal rearing
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 707: The major factor responsible for the low population density in the west coast of Southern Africa is? Options:
  A) slave trade
  B) low rainfall
  C) rugged relief
  D) disease infestation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 708: If the temperature at sea level at the foot of Cameroon Mountain is 32°C, what is the temperature at the summit which is 4,000m above sea level given an environmental lapse rate of sea level given environmental lapse rate of 0.65°C of 100cm? Options:
  A) -2°C
  B) 4°C
  C) 6°C
  D) 8°C
  E) 10°C
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 709: Which of these sets of features enhance the nucleation of settlements? Options:
  A) Route intersections and wet points
  B) Fertile broad plains and natural harbours
  C) Narrow valleys and rugged highlands harbours
  D) Dissected plains and route intersections
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 710:

  The sparse population in the middle belt of West Africa can be traced to all of the following except

  Options:
  A) inter-ethnic war
  B) tsetse fly infestation
  C) Arab slave trade in the North
  D) concentration of industries
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  The correct answer is D .