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 861: The stratification of sedimentary rocks is mainly caused by? Options:
  A) lateral pressure being applied from two sides
  B) deposition of rocks particles in layers
  C) the sorting action of the wind
  D) wave action and longshore drift
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 862:

  Use the map below to answer the question. The major environmental problems associated with the area marked Y is

  Options:
  A) Insect pest
  B) Gully erosion
  C) Oil pollution
  D) Drought
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 863:

  The following are areas of lowlands in Nigeria except in Nigeria

  Options:
  A) The Chad Basin
  B) The Eastern Scarpland
  C) The Coaster plain
  D) The Niger-Benue trough
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 864: The low rainfall along Cape Three Points in Ghana is due to the Options:
  A) upwelling of cold water
  B) sparse vegetation
  C) prevalence of south west winds
  D) upwelling of warm water
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 865: A tropical tree that is often grown in pure stands is the? Options:
  A) mahogany
  B) teak
  C) ebony
  D) ironwood
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 866:

  Which of the following farming activity best describes the rearing of only animals like cattle, sheep and goat mainly in the savanna belt of the north?

  Options:
  A) Mixed farming
  B) Animal farming
  C) Pastoral farming
  D) Intensive farming
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 867:

  Tropical cyclones arise in the belts of the

  Options:
  A) doldrums
  B) westerlies
  C) trade winds
  D) polar winds
  E) monsoon winds
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 868:

  The correct arrangement of the layers of the earth crust from the surface to the interior is

  Options:
  A) sial, mantle, sima, core
  B) sima, sial, core, mantle
  C) core, mantle, sima and sial
  D) sial, sima, mantle and core
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 869:

  

  From the diagram above the structure labelled Y is a

  Options:
  A) sill
  B) batholith
  C) hill
  D) lopolith
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 870: Of the following regions, the one that has the highest potentiality for the production of softwood timber for manufacture of paper is the? Options:
  A) Selva of Brazil
  B) equatorial forest of the Congo
  C) evergreen board-leaf forests of Japan
  D) temperate deciduous forests of France
  E) coniferous forest of Scandinavia
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  The correct answer is E .