Year : 
2018
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 74 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

Fluid basic lava flow is likely to give rise to a volcanic_____________

A. cinder

B. saddle reef

C. shield

D. gap

Detailed Solution

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
22.

In which of the following rock types is petroleum mainly found?

A. Metamorphic

B. Plutonic

C. Igneous

D. Volcanic

E. Sedimentary

E

23.

One basic mineral that is common to Sokoto, Ewekoro, Calabar and Nkalagu is

A. Gypsum

B. Coal

C. Marble

D. Iron-Ore

E. Limestone

E

24.

Lake Kivu and Malawi are related in that they_________

A. Lie in the Northern Hemisphere

B. crater lakes

C. Attract a large number of tourists

D. Are rift valley lakes

Detailed Solution

Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift
25.

Use the diagram below to answer the question. The feature marked X in the diagram is a

A. Spit

B. Stack

C. Beach

D. Wedge

E. Cliff

E

26.

Use the diagram below to answer the question. The feature is one of the landforms associated with

A. River erosion

B. Wind deposition

C. Wave erosion

D. River deposition

B

27.

If the distance between two places on a map is 2cm, while the distance on land is 4km, the scale of the map is

A. 1:100,000

B. 1:200,000

C. 1:50,000

D. 1:150,000

B

28.

Soil conservation can be achieved through___________-

A. Monoculture

B. Mechanization

C. Strip-cropping

D. Floriculture

Detailed Solution

Soil conservation is the preventing of soil loss from erosion or reduced fertility caused by over usage, acidification, salinization or other chemical soil contamination
29.

The oldest system of agriculture in Nigeria which now survives only in very remote areas is

A. Bush fallowing

B. mixed farming

C. Shifting cultivation

D. Market gardening

C

30.

Which of these hazard would most like result directly from deforestation?

A. soil erosion

B. mass wasting

C. drought

D. water pollution

Detailed Solution

Deforestation, clearance, or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.
21.

Fluid basic lava flow is likely to give rise to a volcanic_____________

A. cinder

B. saddle reef

C. shield

D. gap

Detailed Solution

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
22.

In which of the following rock types is petroleum mainly found?

A. Metamorphic

B. Plutonic

C. Igneous

D. Volcanic

E. Sedimentary

E

23.

One basic mineral that is common to Sokoto, Ewekoro, Calabar and Nkalagu is

A. Gypsum

B. Coal

C. Marble

D. Iron-Ore

E. Limestone

E

24.

Lake Kivu and Malawi are related in that they_________

A. Lie in the Northern Hemisphere

B. crater lakes

C. Attract a large number of tourists

D. Are rift valley lakes

Detailed Solution

Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift
25.

Use the diagram below to answer the question. The feature marked X in the diagram is a

A. Spit

B. Stack

C. Beach

D. Wedge

E. Cliff

E

26.

Use the diagram below to answer the question. The feature is one of the landforms associated with

A. River erosion

B. Wind deposition

C. Wave erosion

D. River deposition

B

27.

If the distance between two places on a map is 2cm, while the distance on land is 4km, the scale of the map is

A. 1:100,000

B. 1:200,000

C. 1:50,000

D. 1:150,000

B

28.

Soil conservation can be achieved through___________-

A. Monoculture

B. Mechanization

C. Strip-cropping

D. Floriculture

Detailed Solution

Soil conservation is the preventing of soil loss from erosion or reduced fertility caused by over usage, acidification, salinization or other chemical soil contamination
29.

The oldest system of agriculture in Nigeria which now survives only in very remote areas is

A. Bush fallowing

B. mixed farming

C. Shifting cultivation

D. Market gardening

C

30.

Which of these hazard would most like result directly from deforestation?

A. soil erosion

B. mass wasting

C. drought

D. water pollution

Detailed Solution

Deforestation, clearance, or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.