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JAMB - Geography (2015)

1
The following are natural resources except
Answer
(D)
cellphane
2
all these are examples of fold mountains except
Answer
(D)
Voges Mountain
3
All the following are fertile plains except
Answer
(C)
erosional plains
4
The current world population is estimated at about
Answer
(B)
7.0 billion
5
soil factor in an ecosystem are referred to as -----
Answer
(D)
edaphic
6
All of these are the processes of chemical weathering except
Answer
(C)
alternating of wet and dry land
7
the axis of the earth is inclined at plane of the ecliptic at angle of
Answer
(A)
66°
8
west Africa is located between latitudes-----------and --------------of the equator
Answer
(A)
40 N and 200 N
9
All the following crops involve in the plantation agriculture except
Answer
(B)
wheat
10
in a food chain, the position occupied by an organism is called
Answer
(A)
the tropic level
11
Tropical rain forest can be conserved by the following practices except
Answer
(B)
deforestation
12
population growth rate may be define as the
Answer
(D)
net rate of mortality rate per unit area over a period
13
tall trees with buttress root are associated with -----------
Answer
(A)
rain forest
14
Which of the following resources is renewable
Answer
(B)
mineral
15
The solar system comprises the sun and it’s ----------
Answer
(C)
nine planets
16
On September 23rd, all towns or cities in the northern hemisphere can never experience
Answer
(A)
equal length of day and night
17
Density,mortality, birth rate are factors that affect
Answer
(A)
population
18
The predominant systems of agriculture among rural farmers in Nigeria is
Answer
(D)
bush fallowing
19
What type of mountain is associated with syncline?
Answer
(B)
fold mountain
20
the instrument used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake is called
Answer
(D)
seismograph
21
All of these are major industrial zones in Nigeria except
Answer
(D)
the south/south industrial zone
22
lines of longitude can be best be described as
Answer
(A)
imaginary line on the earth’s surface joining the north and the south pole
23
The planet with rings of circular light dark bands is called
Answer
(C)
Jupiter
24
-----------is the largest river in Nigeria
Answer
(A)
River Niger
25
All these are ways of representing relief on maps
Answer
(C)
dot map
26
-------------is the longest river in West Africa
Answer
(B)
river Niger
27
Which of the following is not a way of conserving natural resources?
Answer
(D)
encouraging poaching
28
-------------is the movement of weathered materials under the force of gravity
Answer
(B)
mass movement
29
An intrusion of magma along a bedding plane is called
Answer
(D)
sill
30
in the southern hemisphere, the autumnal equinox occurs on
Answer
(B)
23rd September
31
The satellite of the earth is
Answer
(B)
the moon
32
the following are the effect of overgrazing except
Answer
(C)
epidemic of cattle diseases
33
Sharp, slender, and downward growing pinnacles in underground limestone is called
Answer
(D)
stalactites
34
--------------- is referred to as landlocked country
Answer
(A)
Burkina Faso
35
The most important cash crops in the irrigated Nile Basin is
Answer
(A)
cotton
36
The density of sial is -----------------
Answer
(B)
2.7
37
the angular distance of a point on the earth’s surface measured in degrees from the Centre of the earth is known as
Answer
(B)
latitude
38
Desert is found where?
Answer
(B)
northern Mali
39
All of these are elements of weather and climate except
Answer
(B)
altitude
40
------------- is one of the reasons of high population density
Answer
(A)
fertile soil
41
a given map is enlarged 3 times its original size which is 1;150,000 what will be the new scale?
Answer
(A)
1 : 50,000
42
Which of the following is not a biotic factor
Answer
(D)
pressure
43
water pollution is caused by all the following except
Answer
(C)
sand filling
44
Which of the following represents the correct sequences in which denudation occurs?
Answer
(B)
weathering –erosion –deposition
45
Because of its shape, the earth is best described as a
Answer
(B)
geosphere
46
The following are abiotic components of the ecosystem except
Answer
(A)
bacteria
47
Which of the following human activities has a beneficial effect on soil
Answer
(B)
strip-cultivation
48
the degree of saltiness or concentration of salt solution in oceans or seas is referred to as -----
Answer
(D)
salinity of the ocean
49
Stratified rocks are
Answer
(D)
sedimentary rocks
50
which of the following is not important in defining soil

.
Answer
(B)
capillary
51
The area around the earth where life activities go on is referred to as -------
Answer
(A)
biosphere
52
Nigeria is in ------ Africa
Answer
(C)
west
53
The type of transport that is mostly affected by climatic condition is
Answer
(D)
air transport
54
a great circle can best be described as
Answer
(D)
the shortest distance between two point
55
earthquake that destroyed about 30,000 people in Turkey happened in the year
Answer
(D)
2003
56
The longitudinal extent of Nigeria is
Answer
(D)
120
57
The liquid portion of the earth’s crust is called
Answer
(B)
hydrosphere
58
In which of the following areas is fruit farming least important
Answer
(D)
Uganda
59
The busiest canal in the world is
Answer
(B)
Panama Canal
60
the most urbanized parts of Nigeria is
Answer
(C)
south/west
61
All these are the characteristic Nigerian rivers except
Answer
(D)
presence of misfit
62
All the following are forms of subsistence farming in west Africa except
Answer
(C)
plantation agriculture
63
Desert plants are usually called
Answer
(C)
xerophytes
64
very low animal rainfall, sparse vegetation, high day temperature and cold nights are the characteristics of the ---------
Answer
(D)
desert
65
----------- is a type of mass movement or mass wasting
Answer
(B)
landslides
66
the method of mining crude method oil is
Answer
(D)
drilling method
67
---------- is the instrument used in the measurement of rainfall
Answer
(A)
rainguage
68
The factors which determine the type of vegetation a particular habitat will support are related to the following except
Answer
(D)
depth of the water-table
69
-------- refers to water bodies like rivers, and lakes
Answer
(C)
Drainage
70
All the following are important timber producing countries in Africa except
Answer
(D)
Mauritania.
71
All of these are the features of lower course of a River except
Answer
(B)
V shaped valley
72
The point at which the shock originates is called
Answer
(A)
focus
73
Density,mortality, birth rate are factors that affect
Answer
(A)
population
74
A spring is an outlet for
Answer
(C)
underground water in limestone
75
loam is the best type of soil for crop production because
Answer
(B)
it has a high humus content retention capacity
76
Which of the following planets has no satellite
Answer
(A)
Venus
77
when it is 9:00am in Munich, Western Germany (longitude 110E) the time in Calcutta India (longitude 960E) is
Answer
(C)
2:40pm
78
which of the following statement is not true about the solar system
Answer
(B)
all the planet rotate round the sun
79
The earth’s movement from west to east on its own axis is known as
Answer
(D)
rotation
80
which of the following instruments is used to measure wind Speed
Answer
(D)
anemometer