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 841: Adiabatic cooling' is the cooling of rising air as a result of? Options:
  A) increase altitude
  B) expansion and internal loss of heat
  C) movement on the windward side of mountains
  D) instability
  E) advection
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 842:

  Which of the following is a way of controlling soil erosion

  Options:
  A) Overgrazing
  B) Contour ploughing
  C) Deforestation
  D) Bush burning
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 843: The wearing away of the sides and bottom of a river''s channel by the load carried by a river is called Options:
  A) hydraulic action
  B) corrosion
  C) corrasion
  D) attrition
  E) transportation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 844: Flax, cotton, olive and groundnuts are all important sources of? Options:
  A) synthethic fibres
  B) animal feeds
  C) artificial silk
  D) vegetable oil
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 845: A state in Nigeria notable for hydroelectric power generation is? Options:
  A) Plateau
  B) Niger
  C) Adamawa
  D) Kaduna
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 846: The prairies of North America are? Options:
  A) montane grasslands
  B) temperate deserts
  C) tropical grasslands
  D) temperate grasslands
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 847:

  Which of the following distinguishes rotation from revolution?

  Options:
  A) Revolution causes day and night while rotation causes season
  B) Rotation causes variation in the lengths of day and night while revolution causes rising and falling of tides
  C) A complete revolution takes 24 hours while rotation makes a year
  D) The earth rotates on its axis while it revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 848:

  Which of the following group of countries constitutes the Chad Basin Commission?

  Options:
  A) Benin, Niger, Nigeria and Chad
  B) Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Sudan
  C) Cameroon, Libya, Chad and Sudan
  D) Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 849:

  The following are seaports used in the North Atlantic sea route except

  Options:
  A) Lagos-Hamburg
  B) Lagos-New york
  C) Lagos-Rotterdam
  D) Lagos-Southampton
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 850: Sydney, Hong Kong and San Francisco have attained considerable importance because of their function as? Options:
  A) important railway junction
  B) capital cities
  C) seaports
  D) cross roads
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  The correct answer is B .