JAMB - Geography (1978)

  • 1
    Which of the following phenomena is not directly related to the rotation of the earth?
    Trả lời
    (D)
    night and day
  • 2
    Which pair of activities would you NOT find in an equatorial climate?
    1. commercial grain farming. 2. rice cultivation. 3. lumbering. 4. plantation agriculture. 5. dry farming
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    (D)
    1 and 5
  • 3
    Inter-regional trade between countries in West Africa is promoted mainly by
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    (C)
    deliberate government policies in recent times
  • 4
    Which statement is NOT true of the middle belt in Nigeria?
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    (E)
    none of the above
  • 5
    Which of the following zones is the least industrialized in Nigeria?
    Trả lời
    (A)
    Lokoja-Ajaokuta
  • 6
    Which purpose is NOT served by the Kainji Dam?
    Trả lời
    (C)
    provision of fishing facilities
  • 7
    What is the Nile valley best known for?
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    (E)
    Hydro-electricity
  • 8
    Which is not exported by the Republic of South Africa?
    Trả lời
    (E)
    Wheat
  • 9
    Name the most important industrial mineral of Ghana
    Trả lời
    (D)
    Gold
  • 10
    Which of the following factors least explains the fast growing population in Africa?
    Trả lời
    (D)
    improvement in transportation
  • 11
    If a map at a scale of 1:50,000 is reduced by half, what is the new scale of the map?
    Trả lời
    (D)
    1:100,000
  • 12
    Which of the following most accurately describe the climate of coast lands which are adjacent to cool ocean currents?
    Trả lời
    (E)
    aridity
  • 13
    How were the major mountain belts of the world produced?
    Trả lời
    (B)
    By Folding
  • 14
    Which of the following factors must account for the rapid increase in world population during the twentieth century?
    Trả lời
    (B)
    Death rates have decreased rapidly
  • 15
    What does subsistence agriculture mean?
    Trả lời
    (E)
    Agricultural production for household consumption
  • 16
    Which of the following type of agriculture would you expect to find around a big city in an industrial society such as in Europe?
    Trả lời
    (A)
    Dairy farming
  • 17
    Which of the following provides the best location for a bakery?
    Trả lời
    (C)
    Near a large market for bread
  • 18
    The greatest volume of shipping across the Atlantic Ocean is
    Trả lời
    (D)
    between Europe and North America
  • 19
    Which of the following towns is NOT a pre-colonial town?
    Trả lời
    (C)
    Enugu
  • 20
    Which of the following has the highest mean annual rainfall?
    Trả lời
    (A)
    Freetown
  • 21
    The Middle Best of West Africa is NOT characterised by one of the following. Which one?
    Trả lời
    (D)
    Much export crop production
  • 22
    Which ONE of the following statements about the railway lines of Africa is false?
    Trả lời
    (B)
    Africa's railway lines are all of uniform gauge
  • 23
    Which one of the following countries has an export trade which is dominated by a single mineral?
    Trả lời
    (A)
    Central Africa Empire
  • 24
    A World Title Boxing contest took place in New York (75°W time zone) on a Tuesday between 21:30 and 22:30 Hours and was televised live. When did viewers in Lagos (15°E time zone) watch the contest live on television?
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    (A)
    Wednesday between 03:30 and 04:30 Hours
  • 25
    Which of the following currents has a warming influence upon the coast along which it flows?
    Trả lời
    (A)
    Mozambique current
  • 26
    Which of the following lakes owes its origin mainly to faulting?
    Trả lời
    (A)
    Lake Chad
  • 27
    The wearing away of the sides and bottom of a river's channel is called
    Trả lời
    (D)
    corrasion
  • 28
    Temperature is to isotherms as air pressure is to
    Trả lời
    (C)
    isobars
  • 29
    Which of the following gradients is the steepest?
    Trả lời
    (C)
    1 in 531
  • 30
    In which of the following countries is commercial grain farming an important occupation?
    Trả lời
    (E)
    Brazil
  • 31
    Pick out the incorrect statement
    Trả lời
    (B)
    Scandinavia is noted for its hardwood timber
  • 32
    The length of a year is 365(1/4)days because that is the time it takes
    Trả lời
    (E)
    the earth to revolve once round the sun
  • 33
    Two factors which promote rapid chemical weathering in the tropics are
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    (D)
    high temperature and high humidity
  • 34
    Smooth oval hills composed mainly of boulders or glacial sands and gravels are known as
    Trả lời
    (B)
    drumlins
  • 35
    On a population map of the world, all but one of the following appear generally as regions of low population density
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    (C)
    Antarctica
  • 36
    Mixed farming implies
    Trả lời
    (A)
    growing crops and rearing animals on a given land area
  • 37
    What is a typical farmer in the Sudan savannah of Nigeria most likely to be doing in June?
    Trả lời
    (A)
    Clearing his land for planting
  • 38
    When is the earth relative to the sun in the position shown in the diagram above?
    Trả lời
    (C)
    June 21
  • 39
    Name the feature shown in the diagram above
    Trả lời
    (E)
    Crescent dune
  • 40
    Name the climate represented by the data

    J F M A M J J A S O N D
    Temp o C 14 17 23 28 33 34 31 30 29 26 20 15
    Rain mm 23 18 13 18 13 74 180 174 117 10 3 10
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    (D)
    Tropical climate
  • 41
    Which of the following statements is not borne out by the pie graph?
    Trả lời
    (E)
    Natural rubber is a product of the hot lands of the world
  • 42
    Nigeria is the world's leading producer of
    Trả lời
    (C)
    Columbite
  • 43
    Give the most appropriate name for the feature P.
    Trả lời
    (A)
    Col
  • 44
    What is the angular bearing of settlement Dor from settlement can?
    Trả lời
    (C)
    300 o
  • 45
    Estimate the highest of trigonometry station.
    Trả lời
    (D)
    345 metres