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

Pergunta 1 Relatório

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

water

road

rail

pipe Resposta correta

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Pergunta 2 Relatório

The Ahaggar plateau is the shaded area marked

Q Resposta correta

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Pergunta 3 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

Savannah

Mediterranean

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Pergunta 4 Relatório

Inselbergs are formed on granite as a result of?

faulting and vulcanicity

faulting and mass wasting

deep weathering and erosion Resposta correta

deep weathering and faulting

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Pergunta 5 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

The Yantese Valley

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Pergunta 6 Relatório

Which of the following contributes LEAST to the generation and movement of ocean surface currents?

wind friction

temperature differences

ocean salinity Resposta correta

earth rotation

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Pergunta 7 Relatório

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

labour

Resposta correta

food

employment

foreign excchange

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Pergunta 8 Relatório

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

cocoa

coffee Resposta correta

palm produce

sisal

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Pergunta 9 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

The Masai of East Africa

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Pergunta 10 Relatório

In order to improve road transportation in Nigeria, bridges have been built across the river Niger at Jebba, Koton Karfe, Onitsha and?

Idah

Ajaokuta

Patani Resposta correta

Baro

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Pergunta 11 Relatório

A line graph is best for showing geographical phenomena that?

vary continuously Resposta correta

are linear in shape

occupy areas

have well-defined boundaries

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Pergunta 12 Relatório

The actual amount of water vapor held in the air at any particular time is called?

effective precipitation

effective pressure

relative humudity

absolute humidity Resposta correta

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Pergunta 13 Relatório

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

mountainous areas, tropical and temerate forests Resposta correta

mountainous areas and interior grassland

deltaic areas and coastal swamps

tropical forests and mediterranean lands

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Pergunta 14 Relatório

Coffee is an important cash crop in?

Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea and Sierra Leone Resposta correta

Senegal, Cote d Ivoire and Burkina faso

Guinea, Liberia and Mali

Guinea Bissau, Niger and Mauritania

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Pergunta 15 Relatório

Plants in the savannah are adapted mainly to alternating periods of high and low?

light intensities

water supply Resposta correta

temperatures

soil salinity

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Pergunta 16 Relatório

Hydraulic action and abrasion are associated with

Aeolian erosion

Fluvial erosion Resposta correta

Karst erosion

Glacial erosion

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Pergunta 17 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

1.85km

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Pergunta 18 Relatório

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

Podzol: Cool temperate

Chernozem: temperate desert Resposta correta

Brown soils : Warm temperate

Lateritic soils: tropical

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Pergunta 19 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

the coastal dwellers are fishermen

fishing is an old industry in the basin

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Pergunta 20 Relatório

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

zonal Resposta correta

intrazonal

azonal

alluvial

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Pergunta 21 Relatório

If the bearing of a point J, from another point K, is 228°, what is the bearing of K from J?

132°

96°

48° Resposta correta

42°

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Pergunta 22 Relatório

in the southern hemisphere, the autumnal equinox occurs on

21st March

23rd September

Resposta correta

22nd December

21st June

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

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Pergunta 23 Relatório

The textile industry is characteristically?

a high energy consumer

raw material-oriented Resposta correta

capital intensive

labour intensive

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Pergunta 24 Relatório

The gradient of the slope X-Y is approximately

1:24

1:26

1:28 Resposta correta

1:30

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Pergunta 25 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

minimization of the processes within the system

stablization of the processes within the system

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Pergunta 26 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

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Pergunta 27 Relatório

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

regosols and ferrisols

lithosols and ferrisols

ferrisols and ferrasols

regosols and lithosols Resposta correta

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Pergunta 28 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

dispersed settlements

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Pergunta 29 Relatório

The best technique for illustrating population density is the?

dot map Resposta correta

pie chart

bar graph

choropleth

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Pergunta 30 Relatório

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

J Resposta correta

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Pergunta 31 Relatório

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

synthethic fibres Resposta correta

animal feeds

artificial silk

vegetable oil

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Pergunta 32 Relatório

Urban settlements in West Africa function mainly as?

market towns amd commercial centers Resposta correta

cultural and religious centers

industrial centers

administrative capitals

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Pergunta 33 Relatório

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

Bakolori

Badeggi

Lower Chad

Numan Resposta correta

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Pergunta 34 Relatório

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

Dissected broadsurfaced escarpment Resposta correta

Dissected massed inselberg lanscape

Broken block-fault mountain

Steep-sided tilted plateau

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Pergunta 35 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

12 midnight and 7.p.m

12 noon and 7 a.m

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Pergunta 36 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

620km

680km

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Pergunta 37 Relatório

All the following are important timber producing countries in Africa except

Ghana

Cote d?lvorie

Nigeria

Mauritania

Resposta correta

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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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Pergunta 38 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

Temperate grasses

Mosses and lichens

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Pergunta 39 Relatório

If the temperature at sea level in a particular place is 30°C, a place 350m above sea level in the same area will have a temperature of?

-5.00°C

7.25°C Resposta correta

18.33°C

19.50

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Pergunta 40 Relatório

The most important consideration in the siting of settlements in this area was probably

Access to water transport

Protection aganist external attack

Nearness to the main road Resposta correta

Availability of rich agricultural land

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Pergunta 41 Relatório

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

Okitipupa

Warri Resposta correta

Uyo

Dagema

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Pergunta 42 Relatório

An entrepot is a pot?

which acts as an intermediary center of trade between countries Resposta correta

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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Pergunta 43 Relatório

In which of the following countries is the South Chad Irrigation Project located?

Niger

Cameroons Resposta correta

Nigeria

Chad

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Pergunta 44 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

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Pergunta 45 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

Jos

Warri

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Pergunta 46 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

bar graph

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Pergunta 47 Relatório

The Sennar Dam on the Nile river is that marked

Resposta correta

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Pergunta 48 Relatório

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

coal Resposta correta

crude oil

natural gas

uranium

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Pergunta 49 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

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Pergunta 50 Relatório

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

climate change

soil erosion