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 901:

  

  The major human activity in the area is probably

  Options:
  A) Farming
  B) Fishing
  C) Lumbering
  D) Ranching
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 902:

  The merging together of a number of urban settlements will produce a

  Options:
  A) Suburb
  B) Nucleated settlement
  C) Linear settlement
  D) Conurbation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 903: Which of the following statements about the relationship between urban and rural areas is TRUE? Options:
  A) Urban centers depend on rural areas for innovations
  B) Rural areas depends on urban centers for labours
  C) Rural areas obtain industiral raw materials from urban centers
  D) Urban centres and rural areas are interdependent
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 904: The main objective of the 'Green Revolution' programme in Nigeria is to encourage? Options:
  A) irrigation agriculture
  B) large-scale production of cereals
  C) improvement in crop yield and total output
  D) large-scale mechanization
  E) importation of fertilizers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 905: Which of the following are associated with the lower course of a river? Options:
  A) Gorge, rapids and waterfalls
  B) Corrasion, corrosion and attrition
  C) Floodplains, ox-bow lakes and deltas
  D) Meanders, cliff and spurs
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 906: Which of the following is the major factor responsible for Japan's unparallelled industrial growth in the last few decades? Options:
  A) Availability of abundant hydrelectricity
  B) Japan's proximity to mainland Asia
  C) Japan's large population
  D) Technological proficiency
  E) Availability of abundant coal and petroleum
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 907: In which of these West African countries does groundnut alone constitute around 70% of the country's export earnings? Options:
  A) Ghana
  B) Benin
  C) Ivory Coast
  D) Liberia
  E) Senegal
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 908:

  

  The shaded areas labelled Y on the map are noted for

  Options:
  A) Dry season wheat cultivation
  B) Floodland rice cultivation
  C) Large-scale fish farming
  D) Large-scale irrigation farming
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 909:

  

  What type of climate experienced in the region 'P' shaded on the map

  Options:
  A) Cool temperate Western Margin
  B) Tropical Marina
  C) Tropical Monsoon
  D) Mediterranean
  E) Tropical continental
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 910: The chronological order of these mining activities is Options:
  A) exploitation, exploration, refining, transportation
  B) transportation, refining, exploitation, exploration
  C) exploration, exploiration, refining, transportation
  D) refining, exploitation, transportation, exploration
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  The correct answer is C .