JAMB - Geography (2005)

  • 1
    `The principle of similar triangle is commonly used in chain survey to?
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    (A)
    overcome obstacles on survey line
  • 2
    The linear scale of a map is important in that it enables the users to conveniently measure?
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    (B)
    distances and areas
  • 3
    The Atlas mountains of Africa are found mainly in?
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    (C)
    Algeria
  • 4
    The discovery and mining of coal at the foot of the Udi Hills led to the founding of?
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    (A)
    Eungu
  • 5
    Cities with populations over one million people in Africa include?
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    (D)
    Cairo, Lagos, Kinshasa and Johannesburg
  • 6
    The geological formation with which inselbergs are commonly associated in Nigeria is the?
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    (D)
    basement complex
  • 7
    The most serious cause of desertification in Nigeria is?
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    (B)
    excessive pressure on land
  • 8
    The dominant foreign exchange earner of Senegal is?
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    (C)
    groundnut
  • 9
    Recent growth in manufacturing sector of the Nigerian economy has been mostly associated with the?
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    (C)
    increase in agricultural divesification
  • 10
    The Nigerian rivers that take their sources from the Jos Plateau include?
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    (C)
    Kaduna, Sokoto and Jama'are
  • 11
    Temperate and sub-tropical grasslands on the Africa continent are found in?
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    (C)
    Namibia and Zambia
  • 12
    Equatorial trough or low-pressure belt is commonly known as the?
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    (B)
    doldrums
  • 13
    The most common greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is?
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    (D)
    carbon (iv) oxide
  • 14
    Which of the following sets of environmental resources is renewable?
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    (C)
    Water, plants and soils
  • 15
    The state of equilibrium reached by the vegetation of an area when it is left undisturbed for a long time is the?
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    (C)
    trophic level
  • 16
    Rocks minerals are said to be crystalline when the atoms forming them are?
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    (A)
    found in sedimentary rocks
  • 17
    A cool ocean current may bring to the coast it washes cool and?
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    (A)
    dry conditions if winds are off shore
  • 18
    Trees in the coniferous forest are noted for their?
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    (A)
    needle leaves and softwood
  • 19
    The difference in time between two longitudes is approximately?
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    (D)
    4 minutes
  • 20
    The concept of environment balance can be taken to mean that an alteration in one of the components of the ecosystem may result in the?
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    (B)
    disruption of the processes within the system
  • 21
    A small hill resulting from the process of peneplanation is called?
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    (C)
    a monadnock
  • 22
    Ocean currents flow in a clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere but in an anticlockwise direction in he southern hemisphere because of the?
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    (A)
    rotation of the earth from east to west
  • 23
    A tropical soil formed on wind drift material and usually featuring a late-rite layer is known as?
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    (D)
    podzol
  • 24
    A country which experiences earthquakes frequently is?
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    (B)
    Japan
  • 25
    Plants are of primary importance to animals within an ecosystem because they?
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    (B)
    act as windbreakers and provide shades
  • 26
    The most critical and variable element of weather in a tropical environment is?
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    (D)
    rainfall
  • 27
    Urban and rural settlements are best differentiated by their?
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    (A)
    population and function
  • 28
    The most dense airline network in the world is found in?
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    (D)
    Western Europe and North America
  • 29
    Harsh desert conditions are responsible for the low population density in the?
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    (A)
    west coast of South Africa
  • 30
    The joining together of many cities result in the formation of a?
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    (B)
    megalopolis
  • 31
    The raw material for terylene is?
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    (A)
    petroleum
  • 32
    The most important effect of migration on population is?
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    (D)
    redistribution
  • 33
    The Ruhr coalfield is located in?
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    (B)
    Germany
  • 34
    British foreign investments are concentrated in?
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    (A)
    Commomwealth countries
  • 35
    South-facing slopes are favorable for rural settlement locations in the cool temperate regions of the northern hemisphere because they?
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    (B)
    are agriculturally more productive
  • 36
    JFMAMJJASOND
    Temp.oC242427283029272727282725
    22001850561036826948100

    The data best describes
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    (C)
    a warm temperate climate
  • 37
    JFMAMJJASOND
    Temp.oC242427283029272727282725
    22001850561036826948100

    The annual range of temperature is
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    (A)
    6oC
  • 38
    The reservoir was created primarily for
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    (A)
    industrial power generation
  • 39
    The Town marked X and Y respectively are
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    (B)
    Accra and Kumasi
  • 40
    The Major cash crop in the shaded portion is
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    (C)
    oil palm
  • 41
    The production of the crop is usually done mainly through
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    (A)
    gathering from natural forest and plantation
  • 42
    The feature shown are
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    (C)
    exfoliation domes
  • 43
    The feature are usually associated with
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    (A)
    dry and wet tropics
  • 44
    The rock that is igneous is
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    (C)
    K
  • 45
    Limestone can be identified within the area marked
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    (B)
    M