JAMB UTME - Geography - 1986 | Green Bridge CBT

Question 1 Report

Which of these statements is true about rural urban life in Nigeria?

some towns contain features of rural living

features of rural living exist only in the villages

rural people have nothing to do with the towns

urban centres are more peaceful than the rural areas

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Question 2 Report

The major constituents of a typical soil are

gravel, sand ,silt and clay

mineral matter, organic matter, air and water

stone, mineral matter, pore spaces and micro- organism

calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium

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Question 3 Report

The cloud which is closely associated with thunderstorms is?

cumulonimbus

stratocumulus

cirronimbus

altostratus

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Question 4 Report

A basic relationship between the growth of population and the production of food in developing countries is that the population?

increases at the same rate as food production

increase at a lower rate than food production

increases much faster than food production

becomes more urbanized as food production increases

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Question 5 Report

Linear villages may be expected to develop?

in narrow valley floors

on flat plains

in thick forests

on deltas

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Question 6 Report

Which of the following statements best characterizes the population of Southeast Asia?

High density and high growth rate

High density and low growth rate

Low density and High growth rate

Low density and low growth rate

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Question 7 Report

Which of the following countries is well known for aluminum smelting?

Nigeria

Ghana

Senegal

Liberia

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Question 8 Report

Large scale migration of people from one country to another may be explained by all of the following EXCEPT?

Drought

civil war

oppressive home government

higher standard of living in the host country

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Question 9 Report

A distinctly bedded and usually well-jointed sedimentary rock is?

chalk

limestone

shale

conglomerate

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Question 10 Report

What is common to the Bororo tribe of West Africa, the Eskimos of Alaska and Canada, the Lapps of Eurasia and the Mongols of Mongolia?

Cattle rearing

Nomadic herding

Dispersed rural settlements

Hunting and trapping

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Question 11 Report

The inability of Nigerian farmers to adequately feed the nation is due mainly to the?

poor quality of the soil

low demand for agricultural products

shortage of agricultural land

poor methods of agricultural production

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Question 12 Report

The length of the major road in Ruwawa is approximately

7km

9km

11km

13km

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Question 13 Report

The process whereby a manufacturing enterprise produces goods which form raw materials for other manufacturing enterprises is referred to as?

value added

sub-contracting

forward linkage

backward linkage

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Question 14 Report

Ferrel's law states that winds deflect to the?

right in the Northern Hemisperes and to the left in the Southern Hemispere

right in both hemispere

left in both hemisperes

left in the Northern Hemispere and to the right in the southern Hemispere

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Question 15 Report

Which of the following vegetation belts carries the largest concentration of domesticated livestock in Nigeria?

Montane Grassland

Guinea Savannah

Sudan Savannah

Sahel Savannah

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Question 16 Report

Soils found in semi-arid regions which have an accumulation of calcareous substances in their upper layers are referred to as?

pedocals

rendzinas

chernozems

vertisols

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Question 17 Report

In which of the following vegetation types would walnut, hickory , oak, birch and magnolia trees be found?

tropical rain forest

coniferous forest

tropical savannah

temperate deciduous forest

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Question 18 Report

Which of the following groups of environmental problems is commonly associated with mining activities?

Air pollution, floods and sandstorms

Deforestation, soil dessicated and heat wave

Oil-spillage, drought and land susidence

Soil ersion, sedimentation and land dereliction

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Question 19 Report

The most important factor in the economy of Ruwawa is

Forestry

Water Resources

Transportation

Agriculture

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Question 20 Report

Which of the following areas is noted for the highest production of soft wood?

The Amazon Basin

The Ganges-Indus Basin

The St.Lawrence Basin

The Rhine Basin

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Question 21 Report

Which of the following countries produces all of copper, petroleum, iron ore and diamond?

Egypt

Zimbabwe

Angola

Tanzania

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Question 22 Report

The figure above shows a desert landform. Which of the following wind direction is likely to have been responsible for its formation?

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Question 23 Report

The fadama lands of the Niger/Benue trough are mostly known for the commercial production of?

yam and vegetables

paotatoes and benni-seed

rice and sugarcane

maize and guinea corn

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Question 24 Report

Which of the following countries is most dependent on international trade?

USSR

The people's Republic of China

Poland

Japan

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Question 25 Report

Although both grasslands and forestland's can provide food for animals, there is more livestock in northern than in southern Nigeria because?

animal food from the southern forest is not palatable

no animal can stand the tsetse fly of the southern forests

there is a relative scarcity of grazing land in the south

livestock breeding is not encouraged in the south

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Question 26 Report

Which of the following landforms will result from an erosional marine action?

Sand spit

Beach

Cliff

Off-shore bar

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Question 27 Report

Which of the following stations is NOT in the Dry Summer Subtropical(Cs) climatic region?

Los Angeles

Casablanca

Buenous Aires

Cape Town

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Question 28 Report

The emergence of the derived savannah vegetation of Nigeria is due mainly to?

cultivation and urbanization

soil erosion and deforestation

lumbering and grazing

farming and bush burning

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Question 29 Report

Which of the following countries of Africa has little or no potential for hydro-electricity generation ?

Sudan

Mozambique

Mauritania

Liberia

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Question 30 Report

The inhabitants of the area north of the major road in Ruwawa rely more on ground water than on surface reservoirs because

The large plantations use up all the surface water

The reservoirs have been reduced to marshes

There are mainly boreholes in the area

The surface water has been diverted to serve the National Farm Project Area

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Question 31 Report

The highest elevation above sea level is found on Juju Hill and is approximately

1965m

1985m

2005m

2025m

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Question 32 Report

In addition to rice which crop combination can be ideally grown in the climatic region depicted in the graph above?

surghum and coffee

jute and tea

oil palm and cotton

olives and tea

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Question 33 Report

Ruwawa is located in

A tropical area in the Southern Hemisphere

An Equatorial area in the Southern Hemisphere

An Equatorial area in the Northern Hemisphere

A subtropical area in the Northern Hemisphere

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Question 34 Report

Agbaja Platea in Kwara State and Nsude of Udi Plateau are important to Nigeria's industrial development efforts because they are sources of?

coking coal

iron ore

glass sand

limestone

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Question 35 Report

The graph above shows the birth and death in a country over a period of time. At what point was the population increase most rapid?

zero

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Question 36 Report

Using the diagram above, calculate the percentage of the world's millet output produced in Africa.

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Question 37 Report

Nigeria's second sea port in terms of tonnage of goods handled is?

Warri

Calabar

Port-Harcourt

Bonny

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Question 38 Report

Soils in the savannah are inherently fertile than those of the Tropical Rain Forest mainly because they are less?

weathered

leached

hardened

eroded

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Question 39 Report

A rift valley can develop given?

heavy rainfall and earthquake

volcanic intrusion and avalanche

parallel faults and tensional forces

landslide and slump

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Question 40 Report

The western side of Southern Africa is dry because?

it enjoys tropical climate

of the absence of mountains

the main wind blows offshore

it has a Mediterranean type of climate

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Question 41 Report

Which of the following observation can be inferred from the table above, which the hydro-electric power (HEP) development in some selected countries?

More HEP stations are built in canada than in Japan

Per capital HEP consumption is higher in Switzerland than in Italy

Power from hydro-electricity is cheaper than power from other sources

More factories uses HEP in Brazil than in Switzerland

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Question 42 Report

The west coast of Norway is warmer in winter than is expected for its latitude because?

the area experiences low pressure during winter

the area experiences high pressure during winter

of the effect of the Gulf Stream

of the effect of altitude

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Question 43 Report

Coast with very low relief are characterized by all of the following EXPECT?

stacks

sand bars

swamps

tidal flats

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Question 44 Report

The contents of a Stevenson's screen include thermometer and?

anemometer

wind vane

hygrometer

rain gauge

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Question 45 Report

In which of the following countries or regions is the high population density due to agricultural development?

The Midlands of England

China

Japan

The Ruhr

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Question 46 Report

What is the most important mineral deposit found in the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic?

Petroleum

Phosphate

Iron ore

Bauxite

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Question 47 Report

Along a soil cantena, hydromorphic soils are most likely to occur on the?

interfluve

upper slope

middle slope

valley bottom

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Question 48 Report

ECOWAS is a viable economic region because of?

the large size of the territory

the support it receives from the EEC

its mineral and agricultural potentialities

the ability of the region to defend itself against external aggression

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Question 49 Report

The figure above shows a cuesta landscape. Along which of the lines are spring likely to be found?

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Question 50 Report

Which of the following soil types favors the growth of cocoa in Nigeria?

Ferruginous soils

Ferrallitic soils

Regosols

Vertisols

no option indicated

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