Year : 
1991
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

One of the effects of rural-urban migration on the source region is?

A. rural congestion

B. urban depopulation

C. rural depopulation

D. urban congestion

C

22.

Which of the following farming systems is likely to give rise to nucleated rural settlements?

A. Grazing

B. Large-scale farming

C. Subsistence farming

D. Irrigation farming

B

23.

Which of the following combinations of factors BEST accounts for the evolution of cities?

A. Food surplus, transport and relief

B. Climate, division of labour and food surplus

C. Transport, defence and climate

D. Food surplus, defence and division of labour

C

24.

Which of the following are port terminals of the Atlantic-Far East sea routes?

A. Bombay, Colombo, London and Vancouver

B. Rotterdam, London, Singapore and Hamburg

C. Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila and Tokyo

D. London, Bombay, Rotterdam and Colombo

C

25.

Fruits produced in the Mediterranean region of Africa are exported mainly to Western Europe rather than to Africa countries because?

A. such fruits are needed more in regions around the Mediterranean Sea

B. Africans do not need as much fruits as Europeans

C. there is higher demand for fruits in Western Europe than in Africa

D. of better transportation facilities between Africa and Western Europe than within Africa

C

26.

Which of these sets of economic activities is completely primary?

A. Farming, transportation, fishing and manufacturing

B. Fishing, Lumbering, farming and mining

C. Lumbering, banking, transportation and farming

D. Mining, trading, farming and lumbering

B

27.

Which of the following countries has the least potential for the production of steel?

A. Japan

B. Germany

C. Cuba

D. India

C

28.

The development of coal as a source of energy is relatively on the decline because of?

A. declining demand

B. its bulkiness

C. its non-availability

D. the development of new sources of energy

D

29.

Which of the following factors accounts for large-scale fishing off the east coast of Canada?

A. High technological development

B. Abundance of plankton

C. Presence of cold ocean water

D. Presence of warm currents

B

30.

Two main determinants of the spatial distribution of agricultural crops in Nigeria are?

A. climate and soil

B. temperature and soil

C. rainfall and air pressure

D. air pressure and soil fertility

A

21.

One of the effects of rural-urban migration on the source region is?

A. rural congestion

B. urban depopulation

C. rural depopulation

D. urban congestion

C

22.

Which of the following farming systems is likely to give rise to nucleated rural settlements?

A. Grazing

B. Large-scale farming

C. Subsistence farming

D. Irrigation farming

B

23.

Which of the following combinations of factors BEST accounts for the evolution of cities?

A. Food surplus, transport and relief

B. Climate, division of labour and food surplus

C. Transport, defence and climate

D. Food surplus, defence and division of labour

C

24.

Which of the following are port terminals of the Atlantic-Far East sea routes?

A. Bombay, Colombo, London and Vancouver

B. Rotterdam, London, Singapore and Hamburg

C. Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila and Tokyo

D. London, Bombay, Rotterdam and Colombo

C

25.

Fruits produced in the Mediterranean region of Africa are exported mainly to Western Europe rather than to Africa countries because?

A. such fruits are needed more in regions around the Mediterranean Sea

B. Africans do not need as much fruits as Europeans

C. there is higher demand for fruits in Western Europe than in Africa

D. of better transportation facilities between Africa and Western Europe than within Africa

C

26.

Which of these sets of economic activities is completely primary?

A. Farming, transportation, fishing and manufacturing

B. Fishing, Lumbering, farming and mining

C. Lumbering, banking, transportation and farming

D. Mining, trading, farming and lumbering

B

27.

Which of the following countries has the least potential for the production of steel?

A. Japan

B. Germany

C. Cuba

D. India

C

28.

The development of coal as a source of energy is relatively on the decline because of?

A. declining demand

B. its bulkiness

C. its non-availability

D. the development of new sources of energy

D

29.

Which of the following factors accounts for large-scale fishing off the east coast of Canada?

A. High technological development

B. Abundance of plankton

C. Presence of cold ocean water

D. Presence of warm currents

B

30.

Two main determinants of the spatial distribution of agricultural crops in Nigeria are?

A. climate and soil

B. temperature and soil

C. rainfall and air pressure

D. air pressure and soil fertility

A