For which of the following pairs of economic activities is the Argentine Pampas famous?

Ranching and commercial grain farming

Subsistence agriculture and ranching

Four ways in which a river transports its load are?

saltation, solution, suspension and traction

corrasion, saltation, solution and suspension

attrition, saltation, solution and suspension

saltation, solution, suspension and traction

corrosion, solution, suspension and traction

JAMB UTME - Geography - 1988 | Green Bridge CBT

Question 1 Report

The most important agent in the transformation of the natural vegetation of Nigeria is?

climate change

soil erosion

agricultural practices

industrial pollution

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Question 2 Report

If the distance between two points on a map with a scale 1:50 000 is 35mm, what is the distance between them on the ground?

1.50km

1.55km

1.75km

1.85km

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Question 3 Report

Element	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	Year
Temp (Max)	31	33	33	33	31	30	28	28	29	30	32	31	31
Temp (Min)	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	23	22	22	22	24	23
Rainfall	32.5	52.5	132.5	235	270	370.5	386	256	427.5	427.5	110	50	2655

The temperature (oC) and rainfall (mm) data above are true of

Kano

Ibadan

Jos

Warri

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Question 4 Report

The most suitable method for depicting the production figures of a given commodity in many countries over a given period of times is the?

pie graph

choropleth

multiple graph

bar graph

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Question 5 Report

The vegetation consists of small trees and shrubs many of which have the ability to store water in their stem. Their leaves are small and commonly covered with wax. This description fits the vegetation of?

coastal Tanzania

north-east Brazil

coastal British Columbia

north-east Queensland

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Question 6 Report

A mature soil with distinct horizons, occurring in a particular climatic zone, but influenced strongly by topography, is best described as?

zonal

intrazonal

azonal

alluvial

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Question 7 Report

In which of the following groups of countries has heavy concentration of population been made possible by irrigation along fertile river valleys in an otherwise arid environment?

Egypt, Ethiopia, India

Egypt, Nambia , Somalia

Egypt, Iran, Iraq

Egypt, Chile,Australia

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Question 8 Report

What is the main contribution of immigrants to the economy of The Gambia?

labour

food

employment

foreign excchange

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Question 9 Report

The most efficient means of transporting crude petroleum over extensive land masses is by?

water

road

rail

pipe

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Question 10 Report

Which mineral production is common to the countries numbered 5 to 8?

coal

crude oil

natural gas

uranium

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Question 11 Report

Which of the ports indicated on the map does NOT have a natural harbour?

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Question 12 Report

Two major groups of immature and weekly developed soils in Nigeria are?

regosols and ferrisols

lithosols and ferrisols

ferrisols and ferrasols

regosols and lithosols

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Question 13 Report

In which of the following regions is the high population density due to heavy concentration of manufacturing industries?

The Ganges Valley

The Nile Valley

The Rhur Valley

The Yantese Valley

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Question 14 Report

A line graph is best for showing geographical phenomena that?

vary continuously

are linear in shape

occupy areas

have well-defined boundaries

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Question 15 Report

Urban settlements in West Africa function mainly as?

market towns amd commercial centers

cultural and religious centers

industrial centers

administrative capitals

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Question 16 Report

In which of the following is the soil matched with the wrong type of climate?

Podzol: Cool temperate

Chernozem: temperate desert

Brown soils : Warm temperate

Lateritic soils: tropical

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Question 17 Report

Coffee is an important cash crop in?

Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea and Sierra Leone

Senegal, Cote d Ivoire and Burkina faso

Guinea, Liberia and Mali

Guinea Bissau, Niger and Mauritania

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Question 18 Report

Which of the following coastal areas in Nigeria has the problem of severe gully erosion?

Okitipupa

Warri

Uyo

Dagema

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Question 19 Report

All the following are important timber producing countries in Africa except

Ghana

Cote d?lvorie

Nigeria

Mauritania

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D is correct; Mauritania is a land locked country. It is not parts of the countries producing timber in Africa.

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Question 20 Report

Flax, cotton, olive and groundnuts are all important sources of?

synthethic fibres

animal feeds

artificial silk

vegetable oil

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Question 21 Report

Which vegetation type is found in regions with the following characteristics? i. Temperature generally over 20°C during the summer. ii Rainfall only during the winter months

Conifers

Chaparrels

Temperate grasses

Mosses and lichens

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Question 22 Report

In a humid environment, settlement located at the foot slope of a scarp where a permeable one are often referred to as?

linear settlements

ribbon settlements

Spring-line settlements

dispersed settlements

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Question 23 Report

The gradient of the slope X-Y is approximately

1:24

1:26

1:28

1:30

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Question 24 Report

The central landform in the area shown on the map can be described generally as a

Dissected broadsurfaced escarpment

Dissected massed inselberg lanscape

Broken block-fault mountain

Steep-sided tilted plateau

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Question 25 Report

Which of the following islands has rich volcanic soils supporting a well-organized plantaion agriculture and is one of the most densely populated areas in the world?

Cuba

Cyprus

Sumatra

Java

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Question 26 Report

The Sennar Dam on the Nile river is that marked

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Question 27 Report

Which of the following irrigation farming projects is devoted mainly to sugarcane cultivation?

Bakolori

Badeggi

Lower Chad

Numan

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Question 28 Report

in the southern hemisphere, the autumnal equinox occurs on

21st March

23rd September

22nd December

21st June

Answer Details

The southern hemisphere, the autumnal equinox occurs on 23rd September.

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Question 29 Report

A soccer match which began at 1800 hours GMT at town Son longitude 90°W was telecast live to an audience in town T on longitude 15°E. The local times in towns S and T were respectively?

12 noon and 7 p.m

12 midnight and 7.a.m

12 midnight and 7.p.m

12 noon and 7 a.m

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Question 30 Report

An entrepot is a pot?

which acts as an intermediary center of trade between countries

at an entrance of a river

through which only certain goods are permitted to pass

wich also serves as the capital of a country

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Question 31 Report

Hydraulic action and abrasion are associated with

Aeolian erosion

Fluvial erosion

Karst erosion

Glacial erosion

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Question 32 Report

Inselbergs are formed on granite as a result of?

faulting and vulcanicity

faulting and mass wasting

deep weathering and erosion

deep weathering and faulting

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Question 33 Report

U and V are two places along the same meridian on latitudes 20°N and 25°N respectively. The shortest between the two places is approximately?

500km

560km

620km

680km

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Question 34 Report

The Ahaggar plateau is the shaded area marked

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Question 35 Report

Which group of people have the following characteristics? i. Adapted to living in a harsh environment. ii. The natural occupations are hunting, fishing and herding. iii. The food consists mainly of meat, milk, fish and berries. iv Lead a nomadic life.

The turaregs of the Sahara Desert

The lapps of Eurasia

The Eskimos of North America

The Masai of East Africa

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Question 36 Report

The fishing industry in the Mediterranean Sea is BEST accounted for by the fact that?

it is a warm sea

it is shallow and rich plankton

the coastal dwellers are fishermen

fishing is an old industry in the basin

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Question 37 Report

The concept of environment balance can be taken to mean that an alteration in one of the components of the ecosystem may result in the?

acceleration of the processes within the system

disruption of the processes within the system

minimization of the processes within the system

stablization of the processes within the system

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Question 38 Report

The textile industry is characteristically?

a high energy consumer

raw material-oriented

capital intensive

labour intensive

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Question 39 Report

The best technique for illustrating population density is the?

dot map

pie chart

bar graph

choropleth

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Question 40 Report

The major export crop common to the countries shaded on the map is

cocoa

coffee

palm produce

sisal

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Question 41 Report

Which type of climate has the following characteristics? i. Both monthly and annual temperature average about 28°C. ii Annual rainfall commonly varies from about 1800mm to more than commonly 3000mm. iii Rainfall of at least 150mm occurring every month of the year.

Monsoon

Equatorial

Savannah

Mediterranean

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Question 42 Report

The largest areas of very sparse population in the world outside the desert are the?

mountainous areas, tropical and temerate forests

mountainous areas and interior grassland