Year : 
1999
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 40 of 48 Questions

# Question Ans
31.

In Nigeria, hydroelectric and thermal energies are generated respectively in

A. Ijora and Oji river

B. Afam and Ijora

C. Kainji and Oji river

D. Kura falls and Kainji

C

32.

On the Jos plateau, tin and columbite are obtained mainly from

A. older granites

B. volcanic cones

C. wind deposits

D. alluvial deposits

D

33.

Which of the following groups of people is not found in West Africa?

A. Wolof

B. Mandingo

C. Mossi

D. Shona

D

34.

The most important gold mining town in Africa is

A. Ilesa

B. Obuasi

C. Johannesburg

D. Bouake

C

35.

An African port that handles more of other countries products than its own is

A. Sofala (Beira)

B. Cape Town

C. Luanda

D. Mombasa

B

36.

Power for aluminium smelting is one of the principal objectives of the hydro-electric project in

A. Kariba

B. Shiroro

C. Akosombo

D. Kainji

A

37.

An example of a horst in Africa is

A. Kilimanjaro

B. Ruwenzori

C. Cameroon

D. Erta Ale

B

38.

The group of countries that produce most of the cocoa in West Africa is

A. Ghana, Sierra Leone and Gambia

B. Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and Republic of Benin

C. Ghana, Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire

D. Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire and Togo

C

39.

The two dams found in the Upper and Lower Nile respectively are

A. Sennar and Jebbel Aulia

B. Gezira and Sennar

C. Aswan and Jebel Aulia

D. Sennar and Aswan

C

40.

Which of these statements is true concerning the three rates illustrated above?

A. The rate were highest in 1950 and declined steadily throughthe years

B. The world rate is closer to that of the more developed region than that of the less developed

C. The average world rate of growth in 2010 is less than the other two rates

D. the rate of the more developed regions virtually declined through-out the period

B

31.

In Nigeria, hydroelectric and thermal energies are generated respectively in

A. Ijora and Oji river

B. Afam and Ijora

C. Kainji and Oji river

D. Kura falls and Kainji

C

32.

On the Jos plateau, tin and columbite are obtained mainly from

A. older granites

B. volcanic cones

C. wind deposits

D. alluvial deposits

D

33.

Which of the following groups of people is not found in West Africa?

A. Wolof

B. Mandingo

C. Mossi

D. Shona

D

34.

The most important gold mining town in Africa is

A. Ilesa

B. Obuasi

C. Johannesburg

D. Bouake

C

35.

An African port that handles more of other countries products than its own is

A. Sofala (Beira)

B. Cape Town

C. Luanda

D. Mombasa

B

36.

Power for aluminium smelting is one of the principal objectives of the hydro-electric project in

A. Kariba

B. Shiroro

C. Akosombo

D. Kainji

A

37.

An example of a horst in Africa is

A. Kilimanjaro

B. Ruwenzori

C. Cameroon

D. Erta Ale

B

38.

The group of countries that produce most of the cocoa in West Africa is

A. Ghana, Sierra Leone and Gambia

B. Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and Republic of Benin

C. Ghana, Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire

D. Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire and Togo

C

39.

The two dams found in the Upper and Lower Nile respectively are

A. Sennar and Jebbel Aulia

B. Gezira and Sennar

C. Aswan and Jebel Aulia

D. Sennar and Aswan

C

40.

Which of these statements is true concerning the three rates illustrated above?

A. The rate were highest in 1950 and declined steadily throughthe years

B. The world rate is closer to that of the more developed region than that of the less developed

C. The average world rate of growth in 2010 is less than the other two rates

D. the rate of the more developed regions virtually declined through-out the period

B