JAMB UTME - Geography - 1979
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Which of the following towns in Nigeria is noted for the production of glass beads as a traditional craft?
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The sea bed, bordering the continents, which is covered by shallow water is known as
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The elevated feature that runs westwards from the cape near Mito to the western edge of the map is
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The true bearing of the trigonometrical station 54.0m from the peak of Bedi Hill is
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Industries like cement manufacturing and iron and steel are usually located close to the site of raw materials because
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Nigeria produces locally the major raw materials for the manufacture of all but one of these home made goods
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Which of the following features is associated with glacial erosion?
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The wearing away of the sides and bottom of a river''s channel by the load carried by a river is called
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Which of the following conditions is not conducive to the cultivation of tea?
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Two points on a river are 10.4km apart and one stands 400metres above the other. What is the gradient along the river between the points?
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One of the electric power stations in Nigeria which uses natural gas as a source of energy is
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The major disadvantage of air transportation compared with land transportation is that
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The wind system that brings the harmattan to Africa is referred to as
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Identify the pair of forces/processes which may be responsible for the formation of rift valleys
1. Centrifugal 2. Erosional 3. Compressional 4. Magnetic 5. Faulting.
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Dairy farming is often practiced near large urban centers because
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Months J F M A M J J A S O N D
TempoC 21.1 21.1 20.0 17.2 15.0 13.3 12.8 13.3 14.4 16.1 17.2 20.0
Precipitation 18 15 23 48 97 114 94 86 58 41 28 20
In what climate type is the station with the above data?
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Norway, British Columbia,the Canadian Shield, and Finland are noted for their production of
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Which of the following types of climate would a person not encounter in traveling from Algiers to Cape town?
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What is the length to the nearest kilometer of the main stream that flows into the Lake Lagoon?
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The great commercial grain-farming regions of the world include all but one of the following. Which is it?
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If the temperature at sea level is 10°C, the temperature of the air at a height of 2000 meters will be bout
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One of the following countries produces more rice than the others.which is it?
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The major disadvantage of the River Nile as a trade route is that
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Along which latitude will the day-time be longest on Christmas day?
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With which one of the following areas are active volcanoes associated?
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Which of these contributes the least to Nigeria's national economy?
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One of the following indicates why the best fishing grounds of the world are located in mid-temperate latitudes
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Which of the following scales should show the greatest amount of detail on a map?
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Bamboo and Mahogany, lianas and obeche, raphia and tree ferns. In which vegetation type are all these found?
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The Gezira plain is an important agricultural region in Africa noted for the production of
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Which of the following is not characteristic of major world cities?
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Which of these regions is not an area of high population density?
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The appropriate geographical term for that narrow feature east of Ela Lagoon along which a footpath runs is
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