JAMB UTME - Geography - 1985
Question 1 Report
Which of the following timber trees are found in the Tropical Rain Forest of Africa?
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Question 2 Report
The system of cultivation whereby a piece of land is cultivated for one or two years and is then left to fallow while the farmer moves to another piece of land around the same permanent settlement is known as?
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Question 4 Report
Which of the following groups of West Africa countries does NOT have a railway system?
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Question 5 Report
When it is 12.00 noon on longitude 30°W local time on longitude 75°E is?
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Question 6 Report
A nucleated settlement differs from a dispersed settlement because?
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Question 7 Report
Which of the following groups of features is normally associated with the old age of a river?
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Question 8 Report
Which of the following is NOT a major contributory factor to the large-scale production of groundnuts in the Gambia?
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The major physical factor restricting the cultivation of perennial crops in the Sudan savanna of Nigeria is the?
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Question 18 Report
The essential nature of the economic activity called grazing can be described as the?
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Question 19 Report
One of the effects of rural-urban migration on the source region it?
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Question 20 Report
Which of the following African cities is situated near the confluence of rivers?
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Question 21 Report
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the Podzol horizon?
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Question 22 Report
In west Africa,the forest-savannah mosaic is the vegetation pattern characteristic of the?
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Question 24 Report
The relief feature along the western bank of the Cross River between Anofia and Unwana demonstrates
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Question 25 Report
Nature reserves in Africa are managed and utilized for several activities with the EXCEPTION of?
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Question 26 Report
Study the table below, which shows the mean climatic conditions at station Y, and answer question below
| J | F | M | J | J | J | A | S | S | O | N | D | |
| *T (oC) | 22.1 | 24.1 | 27.5 | 30.9 | 31.5 | 30.0 | 27.3 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 27.7 | 25.2 | 22.7 |
| *R(mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 40.6 | 68.6 | 175.3 | 233.5 | 104.1 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 |
*R = Rainfall
The mean annual rainfall of station Y is
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Question 27 Report
The diagram above shows the population in the French-speaking countries of West Africa in 1970.
From the diagram determine the population of the Ivory coast, If the total population of all the country was 32,300,000
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Question 28 Report
A major unfavorable factor in locating a steel rolling mill in Katina is the lack of?
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The areas of population concentration is S.E Asia are also areas of?
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Question 30 Report
Which of the following export commodities is NOT handled by the port of Mombasa?
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Question 32 Report
Study the table below, which shows the mean climatic conditions at station Y an d answer the question below
| J | F | M | J | J | J | A | S | S | O | N | D | |
| *T (oC) | 22.1 | 24.1 | 27.5 | 30.9 | 31.5 | 30.0 | 27.3 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 27.7 | 25.2 | 22.7 |
| *R(mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 40.6 | 68.6 | 175.3 | 233.5 | 104.1 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 |
*R = Rainfall
Station Y is located in the northern Hemisphere because the
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Question 33 Report
Which of these statement is true about petroleum production and/for marketing?
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Southern U.S.A, southern Russia, the Nile Valley, western Indian and northeastern China are all noted for the large-scale production of?
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Question 35 Report
What is the correct combination of crops grown in the area shaded on the map of Nigeria above?
1. Yam 2. Sugar 3. Wheat 4. Maize 5. Millet 6. Onion
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Question 36 Report
Tourists are attracted to the East Africa countries of Kenya and Tanzania mainly by the?
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The Great Soil Group, found in the temperate grasslands, having a deep, black, nutrient-rich A- horizon, a compact B-horizon, and a zone of calcium carbonate accumulation is called a?
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Question 39 Report
The streams flowing from the eastern part of the area do not appear to reach the Cross River probably because they
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Question 40 Report
What will be the length of a two-kilometer canal on an air photography on a scale 1: 50 000?
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Question 42 Report
Which of the following statements is FALSE about the economy of most West African countries?
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Question 44 Report
Which of the following groups of landforms is associated with sandstone formations in Nigeria?
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Question 45 Report
The distinctive character of tropical red soil is BEST described as?
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Question 46 Report
The plain to the east of the Cross River is virtually uninhabited probably because
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Question 47 Report
| Coal Mined In % (World) | ||||||
| USA | UK | Germany | USSR | France | Japan | Rest |
| 35 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
From the table above, it can be deduced that
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Question 49 Report
Which of the following river basins has the highest population concentration? The
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