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JAMB Geography Past Questions 2023

10 questions from the JAMB 2023 Geography paper, with answers and explanations. Tap "Show answer" under each one when you are ready.

JAMB 2023Question 1 · Agriculture and Vegetation
The broad-leafed evergreen and dense equatorial forest of the Amazon basin is called
  1. A.blanos
  2. B.campos
  3. C.selvas
  4. D.pampas
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Answer: C. selvas

The dense equatorial forest of the Amazon basin is called selvas.

JAMB 2023Question 2 · Agriculture and Vegetation
"An open forest with evergreen, thick leathery leaves and woody stems with deep roots" is known as
  1. A.mediterranean vegetation
  2. B.montane vegetation
  3. C.hot desert vegetation
  4. D.tropical rainforest
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Answer: A. mediterranean vegetation

An open forest with evergreen, thick leathery leaves and deep-rooted woody stems is Mediterranean vegetation.

JAMB 2023Question 3 · Economic Geography and Trade
Countries in the northern hemisphere experience shorter days and longer nights when the sun is overhead on the
  1. A.Equator
  2. B.Artic Circle
  3. C.Tropic of Cancer
  4. D.Tropic of Capricorn
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Answer: D. Tropic of Capricorn

Northern hemisphere countries experience shorter days and longer nights when the sun is overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn.

JAMB 2023Question 4 · Industry and Natural Resources
Which of the following is a feature of heavy industries?
  1. A.capital intensive
  2. B.small scale plants
  3. C.consumer goods production
  4. D.low turn-over
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Answer: A. capital intensive

Heavy industries are capital intensive.

JAMB 2023Question 5 · Map Reading and Practical Geography
A slope is said to be even when the contours are
  1. A.concentric
  2. B.irregularly spaced
  3. C.closely spaced
  4. D.equally placed
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Answer: D. equally placed

A slope is even when the contours are equally spaced.

JAMB 2023Question 6 · Population and Settlement
Urban type of settlement is best described as
  1. A.isolated
  2. B.dispersed
  3. C.nucleated
  4. D.nucleated
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Answer: C. nucleated

Nucleated settlement best describes the urban settlement type.

JAMB 2023Question 7 · Relief, Drainage, and Rocks/Minerals
Which of the following rocks is produced by the solidification of magna within the earth crust
  1. A.extrusive rock
  2. B.sedimentary rock
  3. C.plutonic rocks
  4. D.metamorphic rock
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Answer: C. plutonic rocks

Plutonic rocks form from the solidification of magma within the earth's crust.

JAMB 2023Question 8 · Relief, Drainage, and Rocks/Minerals
The part of the earth crust covered by water bodies is known as the
  1. A.hydrosphere
  2. B.sial
  3. C.stratosphere
  4. D.lithosphere
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Answer: A. hydrosphere

Hydrosphere refers to the part of the earth's crust covered by water bodies.

JAMB 2023Question 9 · Weather, Climate, and Ecology
Under the Greek system of climate classification, the world is divided into
  1. A.hot, temperate and dry zones
  2. B.temperate, fridgid and hot zones
  3. C.torrid, equatorial and tropical zones
  4. D.torrid, temperate and frigid zones
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Answer: D. torrid, temperate and frigid zones

The Greek system classifies world climate into torrid, temperate, and frigid zones.

JAMB 2023Question 10 · Weathering, Erosion, and Soils
Soil erosion by action of rain can be caused y all the following except
  1. A.scanty vegetation
  2. B.aridity
  3. C.tropical rainstorms
  4. D.steep slopes
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Answer: B. aridity

Aridity (dryness) does not itself cause erosion by rain, unlike scanty vegetation, tropical rainstorms, and steep slopes.

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