Year : 
1997
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

Lines joining places of equal sunshine hours on a map are called?

A. isobars

B. isotherms

C. isohels

D. isohytes

C

2.

The most ideal statistical mapping technique for showing population migration is the?

A. choropleth

B. flow diagram

C. isopleth

D. dot map

B

3.

A trader in town Y on Long. 30°W telephoned his uncle in town Z on Long. 60°E at 12.00 noon. The local time the uncle received the call was?

A. 6.00 a.m

B. 10.00 a.m

C. 2.00 p.m

D. 6.00 p.m

D

4.

The zone of uniform temperature in the atmosphere is known as the?

A. troposphere

B. stratosphere

C. tropopause

D. ozone layer

A

5.

Basaltic plateaux are usually formed by a lava that is?

A. basic and fluid

B. acidic and fluid

C. acidic and viscous

D. basic and viscous

D

6.

Rocks, ash and sediments deposited by a volcano are collectively referred to as?

A. lava

B. detritus

C. pyroclasts

D. scree

A

7.

The set of features produced in glaciated lowland includes all of?

A. corries, pyramidal peak and eskers

B. eskers, crag and tail and roche montanee

C. pyramidal peak, erratics and moraine

D. corrie roche montanee and erratics

B

8.

Four ways in which a river transports its load are?

A. corrosion, saltation, solution and suspension

B. saltation, solution, suspension and traction

C. attrition, saltion, solution and suspension

D. corrosion, attrition, suspension and traction

B

9.

The warm ocean current which washes the southeastern coast of Africa is called the?

A. Benguela current

B. Guinea current

C. Canaries current

D. Agulhas current

D

10.

Which of the following factors best explains the generally low isolation in the high latitudes?

A. Altitude

B. Continentally

C. Longitudinal position

D. Angel of inclination

A

1.

Lines joining places of equal sunshine hours on a map are called?

A. isobars

B. isotherms

C. isohels

D. isohytes

C

2.

The most ideal statistical mapping technique for showing population migration is the?

A. choropleth

B. flow diagram

C. isopleth

D. dot map

B

3.

A trader in town Y on Long. 30°W telephoned his uncle in town Z on Long. 60°E at 12.00 noon. The local time the uncle received the call was?

A. 6.00 a.m

B. 10.00 a.m

C. 2.00 p.m

D. 6.00 p.m

D

4.

The zone of uniform temperature in the atmosphere is known as the?

A. troposphere

B. stratosphere

C. tropopause

D. ozone layer

A

5.

Basaltic plateaux are usually formed by a lava that is?

A. basic and fluid

B. acidic and fluid

C. acidic and viscous

D. basic and viscous

D

6.

Rocks, ash and sediments deposited by a volcano are collectively referred to as?

A. lava

B. detritus

C. pyroclasts

D. scree

A

7.

The set of features produced in glaciated lowland includes all of?

A. corries, pyramidal peak and eskers

B. eskers, crag and tail and roche montanee

C. pyramidal peak, erratics and moraine

D. corrie roche montanee and erratics

B

8.

Four ways in which a river transports its load are?

A. corrosion, saltation, solution and suspension

B. saltation, solution, suspension and traction

C. attrition, saltion, solution and suspension

D. corrosion, attrition, suspension and traction

B

9.

The warm ocean current which washes the southeastern coast of Africa is called the?

A. Benguela current

B. Guinea current

C. Canaries current

D. Agulhas current

D

10.

Which of the following factors best explains the generally low isolation in the high latitudes?

A. Altitude

B. Continentally

C. Longitudinal position

D. Angel of inclination

A