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 851:

  

  The roads in the area shown on the map appear to have been constructed mainly to avoid

  Options:
  A) Footslopes
  B) Steep gradients
  C) Upland areas
  D) Building bridges
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 852:

  One of the following is not a problem involved in harnessing solar energy?

  Options:
  A) Poor technological know-how
  B) Adequacy of capital
  C) Unreliability
  D) Fear of competition with established energy sources
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 853: A direct natural consequence of drought is Options:
  A) famine and starvation
  B) high mortality rate in livestock
  C) drying up of most water sources
  D) change in the chemical property of soils
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 854: A system of continuous cultivation based on intensive use of manure is widely practiced in the? Options:
  A) Kano close-settled zone
  B) Chad Basin
  C) Niger Valley
  D) Jos area
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 855:

  Under the Greek system of climate classification, the world is divided into

  Options:
  A) hot, temperate and dry zones
  B) temperate, fridgid and hot zones
  C) torrid, equatorial and tropical zones
  D) torrid, temperate and frigid zones
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 856:

  

  The main cash crop produced in the area shaded on the map above is

  Options:
  A) used in producing groundnut oil
  B) mostly exported
  C) used in making textile materials
  D) used in making sacks
  E) used in brewing beer
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 857:

  

  Production of diamond in thousand of carats. In the pie chart,Zaire accounts for about

  Options:
  A) 105^o
  B) 107^o
  C) 108^o
  D) 111^o
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 858: The emergence of the derived savannah vegetation of Nigeria is due mainly to? Options:
  A) cultivation and urbanization
  B) soil erosion and deforestation
  C) lumbering and grazing
  D) farming and bush burning
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 859: The greatest industries areas of the world are? Options:
  A) Africa and the Caribbean
  B) the Ruhr industrial region and South Africa
  C) Western Europe and the United States of America
  D) Japan and Australia
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 860: One of the following instruments is used in measuring the direction of wind Options:
  A) Cup anenometer
  B) barometer
  C) wind anenometer
  D) wind vane
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  The correct answer is D .