JAMB - Geography (2015)

• 1

  The following are natural resources except

  回答

  (D)

  cellphane
• 2

  all these are examples of fold mountains except

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  (D)

  Voges Mountain
• 3

  All the following are fertile plains except

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  (C)

  erosional plains
• 4

  The current world population is estimated at about

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  (B)

  7.0 billion
• 5

  soil factor in an ecosystem are referred to as -----

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  (D)

  edaphic
• 6

  All of these are the processes of chemical weathering except

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  (C)

  alternating of wet and dry land
• 7

  the axis of the earth is inclined at plane of the ecliptic at angle of

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  (A)

  66°
• 8

  west Africa is located between latitudes-----------and --------------of the equator

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  (A)

  4⁰ N and 20⁰ N
• 9

  All the following crops involve in the plantation agriculture except

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  (B)

  wheat
• 10

  in a food chain, the position occupied by an organism is called

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  (A)

  the tropic level
• 11

  Tropical rain forest can be conserved by the following practices except

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  (B)

  deforestation
• 12

  population growth rate may be define as the

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  (D)

  net rate of mortality rate per unit area over a period
• 13

  tall trees with buttress root are associated with -----------

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  (A)

  rain forest
• 14

  Which of the following resources is renewable

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  (B)

  mineral
• 15

  The solar system comprises the sun and it’s ----------

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  (C)

  nine planets
• 16

  On September 23rd, all towns or cities in the northern hemisphere can never experience

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  (A)

  equal length of day and night
• 17

  Density,mortality, birth rate are factors that affect

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  (A)

  population
• 18

  The predominant systems of agriculture among rural farmers in Nigeria is

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  (D)

  bush fallowing
• 19

  What type of mountain is associated with syncline?

  回答

  (B)

  fold mountain
• 20

  the instrument used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake is called

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  (D)

  seismograph
• 21

  All of these are major industrial zones in Nigeria except

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  (D)

  the south/south industrial zone
• 22

  lines of longitude can be best be described as

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  (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

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  (C)

  Jupiter
• 24

  -----------is the largest river in Nigeria

  回答

  (A)

  River Niger
• 25

  All these are ways of representing relief on maps

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  (C)

  dot map
• 26

  -------------is the longest river in West Africa

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  (B)

  river Niger
• 27

  Which of the following is not a way of conserving natural resources?

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  (D)

  encouraging poaching
• 28

  -------------is the movement of weathered materials under the force of gravity

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  (B)

  mass movement
• 29

  An intrusion of magma along a bedding plane is called

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  (D)

  sill
• 30

  in the southern hemisphere, the autumnal equinox occurs on

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  (B)

  23rd September
• 31

  The satellite of the earth is

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  (B)

  the moon
• 32

  the following are the effect of overgrazing except

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  (C)

  epidemic of cattle diseases
• 33

  Sharp, slender, and downward growing pinnacles in underground limestone is called

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  (D)

  stalactites
• 34

  --------------- is referred to as landlocked country

  回答

  (A)

  Burkina Faso
• 35

  The most important cash crops in the irrigated Nile Basin is

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  (A)

  cotton
• 36

  The density of sial is -----------------

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  (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

  回答

  (B)

  latitude
• 38

  Desert is found where?

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  (B)

  northern Mali
• 39

  All of these are elements of weather and climate except

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  (B)

  altitude
• 40

  ------------- is one of the reasons of high population density

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  (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?

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  (A)

  1 : 50,000
• 42

  Which of the following is not a biotic factor

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  (D)

  pressure
• 43

  water pollution is caused by all the following except

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  (C)

  sand filling
• 44

  Which of the following represents the correct sequences in which denudation occurs?

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  (B)

  weathering –erosion –deposition
• 45

  Because of its shape, the earth is best described as a

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  (B)

  geosphere
• 46

  The following are abiotic components of the ecosystem except

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  (A)

  bacteria
• 47

  Which of the following human activities has a beneficial effect on soil

  回答

  (B)

  strip-cultivation
• 48

  the degree of saltiness or concentration of salt solution in oceans or seas is referred to as -----

  回答

  (D)

  salinity of the ocean
• 49

  Stratified rocks are

  回答

  (D)

  sedimentary rocks
• 50

  which of the following is not important in defining soil
  
  .

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  (B)

  capillary
• 51

  The area around the earth where life activities go on is referred to as -------

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  (A)

  biosphere
• 52

  Nigeria is in ------ Africa

  回答

  (C)

  west
• 53

  The type of transport that is mostly affected by climatic condition is

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  (D)

  air transport
• 54

  a great circle can best be described as

  回答

  (D)

  the shortest distance between two point
• 55

  earthquake that destroyed about 30,000 people in Turkey happened in the year

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  (D)

  2003
• 56

  The longitudinal extent of Nigeria is

  回答

  (D)

  12⁰
• 57

  The liquid portion of the earth’s crust is called

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  (B)

  hydrosphere
• 58

  In which of the following areas is fruit farming least important

  回答

  (D)

  Uganda
• 59

  The busiest canal in the world is

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  (B)

  Panama Canal
• 60

  the most urbanized parts of Nigeria is

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  (C)

  south/west
• 61

  All these are the characteristic Nigerian rivers except

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  (D)

  presence of misfit
• 62

  All the following are forms of subsistence farming in west Africa except

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  (C)

  plantation agriculture
• 63

  Desert plants are usually called

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  (C)

  xerophytes
• 64

  very low animal rainfall, sparse vegetation, high day temperature and cold nights are the characteristics of the ---------

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  (D)

  desert
• 65

  ----------- is a type of mass movement or mass wasting

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  (B)

  landslides
• 66

  the method of mining crude method oil is

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  (D)

  drilling method
• 67

  ---------- is the instrument used in the measurement of rainfall

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  (A)

  rainguage
• 68

  The factors which determine the type of vegetation a particular habitat will support are related to the following except

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  (D)

  depth of the water-table
• 69

  -------- refers to water bodies like rivers, and lakes

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  (C)

  Drainage
• 70

  All the following are important timber producing countries in Africa except

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  (D)

  Mauritania.
• 71

  All of these are the features of lower course of a River except

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  (B)

  V shaped valley
• 72

  The point at which the shock originates is called

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  (A)

  focus
• 73

  Density,mortality, birth rate are factors that affect

  回答

  (A)

  population
• 74

  A spring is an outlet for

  回答

  (C)

  underground water in limestone
• 75

  loam is the best type of soil for crop production because

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  (B)

  it has a high humus content retention capacity
• 76

  Which of the following planets has no satellite

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  (A)

  Venus
• 77

  when it is 9:00am in Munich, Western Germany (longitude 11⁰E) the time in Calcutta India (longitude 96⁰E) is

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  (C)

  2:40pm
• 78

  which of the following statement is not true about the solar system

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  (B)

  all the planet rotate round the sun
• 79

  The earth’s movement from west to east on its own axis is known as

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  (D)

  rotation
• 80

  which of the following instruments is used to measure wind Speed

  回答

  (D)

  anemometer