Year : 
2015
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 40 of 81 Questions

# Question Ans
31.

The satellite of the earth is

A. the sun

B. the moon

C. mars

D. Saturn

Detailed Solution

B. is correct, the moon is one of the heavenly bodies and it is the satellite of the earth.
32.

The following are the effect of overgrazing except

A. completion of useful folder crops

B. soil and wind erosion of pasture land

C. epidemic of cattle diseases

D. scarcity of good pasture land.

Detailed Solution

C is correct; because epidemic of cattle diseases is not part of effects of overgrazing
33.

Sharp, slender, and downward growing pinnacles in underground limestone is called

A. limestone george

B. uvala

C. polje

D. stalactites

Detailed Solution

D is correct; because they aresharp, slender, and downward growing pinnacles in that hang from the roots of the caves
34.

--------------- is referred to as landlocked country

A. Burkina Faso

B. Guinea

C. Nigeria

D. Ghana

Detailed Solution

A is correct; because Burkina Faso or upper Volta has no access to the sea. Burkina Faso is a landlocked country
35.

The most important cash crops in the irrigated Nile Basin is

A. cotton

B. millet

C. sugarcane

D. groundnut

Detailed Solution

is correct; cotton is the most important cash crops in the Irrigated Nile Basin.
36.

The density of sial is -----------------

A. 2

B. 2.7

C. 3

D. 5

Detailed Solution

In geology, the sial refers to the composition of the upper layer of the Earth's crust. Sial has a lower density (2700–2800 kg/m3)
37.

The angular distance of a point on the earth’s surface measured in degrees from the Centre of the earth is known as

A. orbit

B. latitude

C. axis

D. longitude

Detailed Solution

B is correct, it is an angular distance of a point on the earth’s surface measured in degrees from the center of the earth.
38.

Desert is found where?

A. Southern coast

B. northern Mali

C. northern Nigeria

D. Senegal

Detailed Solution

B is correct; because a desert can be found in the northern Mali, due to the location of Mali
39.

All of these are elements of weather and climate except

A. temperature

B. altitude

C. Rainfall

D. sunshine

Detailed Solution

B is correct. It simply the higher you go. The cooler it becomes. Altitude is one of the factors affecting climate.
40.

------------- is one of the reasons of high population density

A. fertile soil

B. unemployment

C. unfavorable climate

D. presence of some insects.

Detailed Solution

A is correct. Because high fertile soil i.e. alluvial soil is one of the reasons of high population density
31.

The satellite of the earth is

A. the sun

B. the moon

C. mars

D. Saturn

Detailed Solution

B. is correct, the moon is one of the heavenly bodies and it is the satellite of the earth.
32.

The following are the effect of overgrazing except

A. completion of useful folder crops

B. soil and wind erosion of pasture land

C. epidemic of cattle diseases

D. scarcity of good pasture land.

Detailed Solution

C is correct; because epidemic of cattle diseases is not part of effects of overgrazing
33.

Sharp, slender, and downward growing pinnacles in underground limestone is called

A. limestone george

B. uvala

C. polje

D. stalactites

Detailed Solution

D is correct; because they aresharp, slender, and downward growing pinnacles in that hang from the roots of the caves
34.

--------------- is referred to as landlocked country

A. Burkina Faso

B. Guinea

C. Nigeria

D. Ghana

Detailed Solution

A is correct; because Burkina Faso or upper Volta has no access to the sea. Burkina Faso is a landlocked country
35.

The most important cash crops in the irrigated Nile Basin is

A. cotton

B. millet

C. sugarcane

D. groundnut

Detailed Solution

is correct; cotton is the most important cash crops in the Irrigated Nile Basin.
36.

The density of sial is -----------------

A. 2

B. 2.7

C. 3

D. 5

Detailed Solution

In geology, the sial refers to the composition of the upper layer of the Earth's crust. Sial has a lower density (2700–2800 kg/m3)
37.

The angular distance of a point on the earth’s surface measured in degrees from the Centre of the earth is known as

A. orbit

B. latitude

C. axis

D. longitude

Detailed Solution

B is correct, it is an angular distance of a point on the earth’s surface measured in degrees from the center of the earth.
38.

Desert is found where?

A. Southern coast

B. northern Mali

C. northern Nigeria

D. Senegal

Detailed Solution

B is correct; because a desert can be found in the northern Mali, due to the location of Mali
39.

All of these are elements of weather and climate except

A. temperature

B. altitude

C. Rainfall

D. sunshine

Detailed Solution

B is correct. It simply the higher you go. The cooler it becomes. Altitude is one of the factors affecting climate.
40.

------------- is one of the reasons of high population density

A. fertile soil

B. unemployment

C. unfavorable climate

D. presence of some insects.

Detailed Solution

A is correct. Because high fertile soil i.e. alluvial soil is one of the reasons of high population density