Year : 
2000
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

11 - 20 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
11.

A sedimentary rock formed only in seas and oceans in warm tropical and subtropical environments is

A. shale

B. limestone

C. sandstone

D. mudstone

A

12.

Exfoliation and rock disintegration are weathering processes only found in the

A. tundra region

B. savannah region

C. desert region

D. mediterranean region

C

13.

An area of the world that is likely to have 24-hour sunshine on July 15 of any year is the

A. Horse latitudes

B. Southern polar area

C. Equatorial area

D. Northern polar area

D

14.

Where winds are onshore, warm ocean currents will bring a type of condition to the coastland that is

A. cool and dry

B. warm and wet

C. cold and wet

D. hot and dry

B

15.

The speed of the wind is usually measured by

A. an anemometer

B. a speedometer

C. an arrow

D. a wind vane

A

16.

Acid lava is rich in

A. magnesium

B. aluminium

C. silica

D. silver

C

17.

The live commentary of a football match which started at 4:00pm at a place on longitude 15°E will be received by a listener in a town on longitude 160°W at

A. 6:20am same day

B. 4:20am same day

C. 1:40am next day

D. 3:40am next day

B

18.

During winter, the Eskimos live in

A. tents

B. tunnels

C. caves

D. igloos

D

19.

Johannesburg, Jos and Galhivare are similar in that they all

A. act as nodal towns

B. have population of over a million

C. grew because of the presence of minerals

D. act as commercial centres

C

20.

The shaduf method of irrigation was first practiced in

A. Egypt

B. Ghana

C. Sudan

D. Niger

A

11.

A sedimentary rock formed only in seas and oceans in warm tropical and subtropical environments is

A. shale

B. limestone

C. sandstone

D. mudstone

A

12.

Exfoliation and rock disintegration are weathering processes only found in the

A. tundra region

B. savannah region

C. desert region

D. mediterranean region

C

13.

An area of the world that is likely to have 24-hour sunshine on July 15 of any year is the

A. Horse latitudes

B. Southern polar area

C. Equatorial area

D. Northern polar area

D

14.

Where winds are onshore, warm ocean currents will bring a type of condition to the coastland that is

A. cool and dry

B. warm and wet

C. cold and wet

D. hot and dry

B

15.

The speed of the wind is usually measured by

A. an anemometer

B. a speedometer

C. an arrow

D. a wind vane

A

16.

Acid lava is rich in

A. magnesium

B. aluminium

C. silica

D. silver

C

17.

The live commentary of a football match which started at 4:00pm at a place on longitude 15°E will be received by a listener in a town on longitude 160°W at

A. 6:20am same day

B. 4:20am same day

C. 1:40am next day

D. 3:40am next day

B

18.

During winter, the Eskimos live in

A. tents

B. tunnels

C. caves

D. igloos

D

19.

Johannesburg, Jos and Galhivare are similar in that they all

A. act as nodal towns

B. have population of over a million

C. grew because of the presence of minerals

D. act as commercial centres

C

20.

The shaduf method of irrigation was first practiced in

A. Egypt

B. Ghana

C. Sudan

D. Niger

A