JAMB UTME - Geography - 1978

Regional Geography Of Sierra Leone

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Question 4 Report

Which statement is NOT true of the middle belt in Nigeria?

the soil is not productive

the population is sparse

there are insect pests and disease carriers

mineral resources can be found there

none of the above

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Question 5 Report

What is the Nile valley best known for?

Industrial development

Water navigation

Commerce

Development

Hydro-electricity

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Industry

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Question 6 Report

Which of the following pairs best accounts for the importance of Ere? 1. Road junction. 2. Industries 3. Commerce 4. River Ere.

1 and 3

3 and 4

1 and 4

2 and 3

2 and 4

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Transportation

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Question 7 Report

Which of the following most accurately describe the climate of coast lands which are adjacent to cool ocean currents?

summer rain, winter drought

winter rain, summer drought

rain all the year round

monsoon rainfall pattern

aridity

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Hydrosphere*

Physical Geography

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Question 8 Report

Temperature is to isotherms as air pressure is to

isopleths

contours

isobars

isolines

isohyets

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Geographic Information System (GIS)**

Statistical Maps And Diagrams

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Question 9 Report

The Middle Best of West Africa is NOT characterised by one of the following. Which one?

Low population densities

Ethnic fragmentation

Few large towns

Much export crop production

Predominance of subsistence agriculture

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Regional Geography Of Senegambia

Human Geography

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Question 10 Report

Which is not exported by the Republic of South Africa?

Wines

Maize

Wool

Coffee

Wheat

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Question 11 Report

Name the most important industrial mineral of Ghana

Diamond

Bauxite

Manganese

Gold

Aluminium

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Industry

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Question 12 Report

Which of the following statements is not borne out by the pie graph?

Asia is the world's largest producer of natural rubber

Africa is a major producer of natural rubber

Natural rubber comes mainly from developing countries

The developed countries are not producers of natural rubber

Natural rubber is a product of the hot lands of the world

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Statistical Maps And Diagrams

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Question 13 Report

How were the major mountain belts of the world produced?

By wind erosion

By Folding

By glacial erosion

By weathering

By river deposition

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Question 14 Report

Which of the following factors must account for the rapid increase in world population during the twentieth century?

The slave trade was abolished

Death rates have decreased rapidly

Birth rates have increased rapidly

Increasing world production of food

Large-scale migration of people

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Question 15 Report

Which of the following groups of activities are most likely to be important in this area?

Animal husbandry and mining

Trade and commerce

Mining and commerce

Arable farming and lumbering

Lumbering and mining

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Question 16 Report

Which of the following factors least explains the fast growing population in Africa?

control of diseases

decline in death rate

the education of women

improvement in transportation

provision of more hospitals

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Question 17 Report

Which of the following has the highest mean annual rainfall?

Freetown

Accra

Lome

Lagos

Enugu

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Question 18 Report

On a population map of the world, all but one of the following appear generally as regions of low population density

The hot deserts

The Amazon forests

Antarctica

The island of Java

The Canadian shield

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Question 19 Report

What is a typical farmer in the Sudan savannah of Nigeria most likely to be doing in June?

Clearing his land for planting

Planting his main cash crop

Harvesting his main cash crop

Resting because he has less to do

Taking part in a fishing festival

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Question 20 Report

Which of the following provides the best location for a bakery?

Near a regular source of flour

In an area of cheap labour

Near a large market for bread

Near a source of good clean water

Near a regular source of electricity

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Question 21 Report

Smooth oval hills composed mainly of boulders or glacial sands and gravels are known as

eskers

drumlins

moraines

aretes

pyramidal peaks

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Physical Geography

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Question 22 Report

Which of the following gradients is the steepest?

1 in 134

1 in 351

1 in 531

1 in 315

1 in 153

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Question 23 Report

If a map at a scale of 1:50,000 is reduced by half, what is the new scale of the map?

1:250,000

1:25,000

1:200,000

1:100,000

1:125,000

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Question 24 Report

Which of the following zones is the least industrialized in Nigeria?

Lokoja-Ajaokuta

Lagos-Ikeja

Port harcourt-Aba

Kaduna-Zaria

Abeokuta-Ibadan

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Question 25 Report

Name the feature shown in the diagram above

Grag and tail

Seif dune

Nunatak

Inselberg

Crescent dune

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Physical Geography

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Question 26 Report

Which of the following towns is NOT a pre-colonial town?

Ilorin

Bida

Enugu

Ibadan

Kano

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Question 27 Report

Nigeria is the world's leading producer of

Groundnut

Petroleum

Columbite

Palm Kernels

Timber

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Industry

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Question 28 Report

Give the most appropriate name for the feature P.

Col

Plateau

Valley

Elbow

Spur

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Question 29 Report

The scarcity of settlements on the eastern half of the area is probably due to

Absence of roads

Scarcity of surface water

Rough topography

Swampy land surface

Insect pests

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Regional Geography

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Question 30 Report

Which of the following phenomena is not directly related to the revolution of the earth?

seasonal changes

varrying duration of sunshine hours

unequal solar radiation on the earth's surface

night and day

the tropics

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Question 31 Report

In which of the following countries is commercial grain farming an important occupation?

Nigeria

Kenya

Spain

Canada

Brazil

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Industry

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Question 32 Report

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?

Wednesday between 03:30 and 04:30 Hours

Monday between 03:30 and 04:30 Hours

Tuesday between 15:30 and 16:30 Hours

Tuesday between 21:30 and 22:30 Hours

Tuesday between 02:30 and 03:30 Hours

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Question 33 Report

Which of the following phrases best describes the entire area on the right bank of River Ere?

A dissected upland

A dissected plateau

A glaciated mountain

An undulating land

A scarp land

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Question 34 Report

What is the most likely cause for the paucity of surface streams on the eastern half of the area?

No rainfall

Rugged topography

Flat terrain

Poor vegetation

Nature of the rocks

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Question 35 Report

Which purpose is NOT served by the Kainji Dam?

provision of research facilities

provision of water of domestic use all over Nigeria

provision of fishing facilities

generation of electricity for use all over Nigeria

provision of recreational facilities

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Question 36 Report

Pick out the incorrect statement

The Ruhr is a great industrial region

Scandinavia is noted for its hardwood timber

The North Sea is a great fishing area

Katanga is a copper mining region

Woollen fabrics are manufactured in Yorkshire

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Question 37 Report

Which of the following type of agriculture would you expect to find around a big city in an industrial society such as in Europe?

Dairy farming

Grain farming

Fish farming

Animal husbandry

Intensive subsistence agriculture

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Question 38 Report

What is the angular bearing of settlement Dor from settlement can?

40 ^o

45 ^o

300 ^o

320 ^o

325 ^o

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Question 39 Report

Which of the following lakes owes its origin mainly to faulting?

Lake Chad

Lake Superior

Lake Malawi

Lake Victoria

lake Kariba

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Question 40 Report

The length of a year is 365(1/4)days because that is the time it takes

the sun to revolve round its orbit

the earth to rotate on its axis

the moon to revolve once round the earth

the sun to revolve once round the earch

the earth to revolve once round the sun

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Question 41 Report

Estimate the highest of trigonometry station.

315 metres

320 metres

325 metres

345 metres

365 metres

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Question 42 Report

Which of the following currents has a warming influence upon the coast along which it flows?

Mozambique current

Labrador current

Benguela current

Canaries current

Humboldt current

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Question 43 Report

What does subsistence agriculture mean?

Intensive agriculture

Extensive agriculture

Agricultural production for cash

Agricultural production for export

Agricultural production for household consumption

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Question 44 Report

The wearing away of the sides and bottom of a river's channel is called

hydraulic action

corrosion

attrition

corrasion

solution

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Question 45 Report

When is the earth relative to the sun in the position shown in the diagram above?

December 22

March 21

June 21

September 22

October 23

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Question 46 Report

Which ONE of the following statements about the railway lines of Africa is false?

There is no trans-continental railway in Africa which can be compared with the Trans-Siberian Railway in length or importance

Africa's railway lines are all of uniform gauge

Few railway lines in Africa cross from one country to another

The railway lines of Africa generally run from the coast inland

The densest railway network in Africa is in the Republic of South Africa

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Regional Geography Of Liberia