Year : 
1995
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 49 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

The prismatic compass indicates the positions of objects in relation to the?

A. North Star

B. Grid North

C. True North

D. Magnetic North

D

2.

Temperature is usually depicted by line graph because it is property that?

A. fluctuates over space

B. varies continuously over time

C. measures sensible heat

D. is measured interms of quantity

B

3.

The difference in elevation between the highest and the lowest points in an area is its?

A. maximum relief

B. relative relief

C. vertical interval

D. average relief

C

4.

A live broadcast of a football match which starts in Boston, U.S.A. at 11:30 a.m begins in a place located 15°E at 5:30 p.m because Boston lies approximately on longitude?

A. 105°E

B. 90°E

C. 90°W

D. 75°W

D

5.

The features commonly associated with river rejuvenation include knick points?

A. paried terrances and entrenched meanders

B. unparied terraces and braided channels

C. unparied terraces and abandoned meader courses

D. paired terraces and abandoned courses

A

6.

When condensation occurs in a rising air mass, latent heat is?

A. absorbed by carbon dioxide

B. lost to the atmosphere

C. stored in the water molecules

D. released as sensible heat

A

7.

Two cloud types of great vertical extent that produce much rainfall are?

A. cumulus and stratus

B. cumulus and cumulo-nimbus

C. cumulo-nimbus and nimbostratus

D. strato-cumulus and nimbo-stratus

B

8.

Which of the following statements distinguishes Koppen's Am from his Af climate?

A. Rainfall greater than 2000mm

B. Location of the tropics

C. very short dry season

D. Shorter frost season

A

9.

The fault scarp is marked?

A. P

B. Q

C. R

D. S

C

10.

The faults both sides of the horst are?

A. normal faults

B. reversed faults

C. tear faults

D. thrust faults

A

1.

The prismatic compass indicates the positions of objects in relation to the?

A. North Star

B. Grid North

C. True North

D. Magnetic North

D

2.

Temperature is usually depicted by line graph because it is property that?

A. fluctuates over space

B. varies continuously over time

C. measures sensible heat

D. is measured interms of quantity

B

3.

The difference in elevation between the highest and the lowest points in an area is its?

A. maximum relief

B. relative relief

C. vertical interval

D. average relief

C

4.

A live broadcast of a football match which starts in Boston, U.S.A. at 11:30 a.m begins in a place located 15°E at 5:30 p.m because Boston lies approximately on longitude?

A. 105°E

B. 90°E

C. 90°W

D. 75°W

D

5.

The features commonly associated with river rejuvenation include knick points?

A. paried terrances and entrenched meanders

B. unparied terraces and braided channels

C. unparied terraces and abandoned meader courses

D. paired terraces and abandoned courses

A

6.

When condensation occurs in a rising air mass, latent heat is?

A. absorbed by carbon dioxide

B. lost to the atmosphere

C. stored in the water molecules

D. released as sensible heat

A

7.

Two cloud types of great vertical extent that produce much rainfall are?

A. cumulus and stratus

B. cumulus and cumulo-nimbus

C. cumulo-nimbus and nimbostratus

D. strato-cumulus and nimbo-stratus

B

8.

Which of the following statements distinguishes Koppen's Am from his Af climate?

A. Rainfall greater than 2000mm

B. Location of the tropics

C. very short dry season

D. Shorter frost season

A

9.

The fault scarp is marked?

A. P

B. Q

C. R

D. S

C

10.

The faults both sides of the horst are?

A. normal faults

B. reversed faults

C. tear faults

D. thrust faults

A