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 791: the angular distance of a point on the earth’s surface measured in degrees from the Centre of the earth is known as Options:
  A) orbit
  B) latitude
  C) axis
  D) longitude
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 792:

  

  Use the information given in the chart and answer the question. An alternative graphic method that can be used to depict the same information is the

  Options:
  A) Divided rectangle
  B) Chloropleth
  C) Dot map
  D) Proportional circle
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 793: Villages develop into urban centers when they? Options:
  A) attract more people
  B) produce enough food
  C) establish educational institutions
  D) grow in commerce and industry
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 794:

  Plants in the savannah are adapted mainly to alternating periods of high and low?

  Options:
  A) Light intensities
  B) Water supply
  C) Temperatures
  D) Soil salinity
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 795: The major disadvantage of air transportation compared with land transportation is that Options:
  A) an aircraft can fly above terrestial obstacles and therefore has a much wider choice of routes
  B) air transport is much more expensive to develope, build and maintain
  C) air transportation is faster in speed, enabling to make much more frequent runs
  D) air transportation is much more suitable for international information exchange systems
  E) air transportation is much more flexible
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 796: Tropical rain forest are important to the functioning of the earth's environment because they are large reservoirs of? Options:
  A) oxygen, mositure and biodiversity
  B) timber, wildlife and virgin soils
  C) water, energy and mineral resources
  D) food, fibre and medicinal plants
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 797: Two major causes of environmental population in the Niger Delta are? Options:
  A) oil blowout and gas flaring
  B) road construction and pipe laying
  C) deforestation and water polllution
  D) creek erosion and waste dumping
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 798: 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 799:

  

  The feature marked X in the above diagram is

  Options:
  A) Continental slope
  B) a continental shelf
  C) an ocean floor
  D) an ocean ridge
  E) a drowned island
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 800:

  

  What is the size, in square kilometres of the area covered by the map?

  Options:
  A) 64.0 sq.km
  B) 62.0 sq.km
  C) 58.0 sq.km
  D) 55.0 sq.km
  E) 51.0 sq.km
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  The correct answer is C .