JAMB UTME - Geography - 1987
Question 1 Report
Which of these is a major controlling factor of the climate of a place?
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Question 2 Report
Which of the following farming systems is likely to give rise to nucleated rural settlements?
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Urban centers originate mainly as zones of?
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Which of the following expresses the main advantages of road transportation?
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Question 8 Report
The point marked N which is the site of hydroelectric power project is at the
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Question 9 Report
The most obvious evidence of over population in some parts of south eastern Nigeria is the?
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Question 10 Report
Under which of the following vegetation types would you expect to find soils which have a B horizon rich in calcium carbonate?
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Question 11 Report
Which of the following factors explains the temperature difference between Dakar and Ouaga-dougou?
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Question 13 Report
Four elements of the natural environment which influence rural land use are?
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Question 15 Report
Which of the following represents the cheapest mode of transportation?
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Question 16 Report
The level of urbanization in a country means the?
Question 17 Report
Entrenched meanders, unpaired alluvial terraces and Knickpoints are features associated with?
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Question 18 Report
Which of these economic activities is LEAST characteristic of a typical urban centre?
Question 20 Report
A radio message sent from Lagos at 2.pm was received at another location at 7.a.m the same day.
What is the approximate longitudinal position of the location?
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Question 23 Report
When subjected to sufficient stress, rocks break and sometimes move along the plane of fracture and are displaced. This process is known as?
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Question 24 Report
Growth of world population over anyone period of time is best explained by?
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Question 25 Report
The map of a farm on scale 1 : 50 000 measures 10.2cm by 12.6cm. The actual area of the farm to the nearest km2 is?
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Question 27 Report
Latitudes 66 1/2° North and South of the Equator are important because they?
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Question 31 Report
The railway extension from J to M was constructed in the 1960s to evacuate
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Question 33 Report
Salinity in Black Sea is generally lower than the average for the oceans on the same latitudes because?
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Question 36 Report
Improved agricultural production in Cote d'Ivoire is due mainly to?
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Question 37 Report
The irrigation project in the area marked Q is devoted to the cultivation of
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Question 38 Report
The bearing of Jata from Adaba is approximately
Question 42 Report
Which of the following industries is likely be located at the source of its major raw materials?
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Question 43 Report
In which of the following types of vegetation would cork oak and Aleppo pine be found?
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Question 44 Report
On a map of scale 1:50 000 with contour interval at 20 meters, two places are 4cm apart and one lies five contour intervals higher than the other.
The Gradient along a straight line between the two places is approximately?
Question 45 Report
In which of the following types of climate are cyclones most prevalent?
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Question 46 Report
Given that the area shown on the map is in northern Nigeria, which of the following crop combinations would best be cultivated in the area that is liable to flooding
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Question 47 Report
Why is the fallow period decreasing in the agricultural areas of West Africa?
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Question 48 Report
Intervisibility is possible between the points marked X and Y because the intervening slope is
Question 50 Report
The landform feature at the centre of the map can best be described as
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