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 981: The tropical maritime and the tropical continental air masses in Nigeria are responsible for the? Options:
  A) increasing humidity during the seasons
  B) increasing pressure during the seasons
  C) alternating wet and dry seasons
  D) alternating dry and wet seasons
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 982: Which of the following is NOT a sedimentary rock? Options:
  A) slate
  B) coal
  C) clay
  D) sand
  E) shale
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 983: Petroleum is usually abundant in? Options:
  A) anticlinal structures of sedimentary rocks
  B) intrusive igenous rocks
  C) synclinal structures of sedimentary rocks
  D) anticlinal structures associated with igenous rocks
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 984: The instrument used for measuring atmospheric pressure is? Options:
  A) a thermometer
  B) a wind vane
  C) an anemometer
  D) a barmometer
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 985: the Nigerian petroleum refineries are located at one of the following pairs of town? Options:
  A) Lagos and Port-Harcourt
  B) Port-Harcourt and Calabar
  C) Benin and Warri
  D) Calabar and Kaduna
  E) Port-Harcourt and Warri
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 986: In Nigeria, bays and headlands are features associated with the? Options:
  A) Southern Coastlands
  B) North Central Highlands
  C) Sokoto Plains
  D) Eastern Scarpland
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 987: The dominant pattern pattern of seasonal labour migration in West Africa is form? Options:
  A) the interior to the coastal belt
  B) the coastal belt to the interior
  C) east to west
  D) west to east
  E) the middle belt to the north and south
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 988:

  A river that enters the sea at a gently inclined costal plain where tidal waves are weak will most likely develop into a

  Options:
  A) lagoon
  B) knickpoint
  C) delta
  D) platform
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 989:

  The main advantage of the chain survey over the prismatic compass survey is that the former

  Options:
  A) yields relatively more accurate results
  B) involves highly more portable equipment
  C) does not require a base map
  D) closes its boundaries with no correction
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 990:

  

  The average gradient of the rail line from the centre of Zafi to the bridge over River Saga is approximately

  Options:
  A) 1:68
  B) 1:65
  C) 1:62
  D) 1:59
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  The correct answer is B .