Year : 
1983
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

On the scale of 1: 12,500 converted to a statement scale, one centimeter would represent?

A. 0.125km

B. 1.25.00km

C. 2.500km

D. 12.500km

E. 125.000km

A

2.

If a map has a scale of 1:50,000 and oil palm plantation is represented on the map by a rectangle 4cm by 3cm, what is the area of the plantation?

A. km

B. km

C. 12sq.km

D. 20sq.km

E. 25sq.km

A

3.

A map with a scale of 1:40,000 is reduced to one quarter of its size, what is the new scale of the map?

A. 1:20,000

B. 1:40,000

C. 1:60,000

D. 1:80,000

E. 1:100,000

B

4.

An international football match is scheduled to start at 4.45p.m local time in Alexandria, Egypt, which lies on Longitude 30°E. What will be the local time at Bouake, Ivory Coast, on Longitude 5°W?

A. 2.05 p.m

B. 2.22 p.m

C. 2.45 p.m

D. 6.45p.m

E. 7.05 p.m

B

5.

Which of the following is NOT a sedimentary rock?

A. slate

B. coal

C. clay

D. sand

E. shale

A

6.

A river DOES NOT erode its bed by?

A. attrition

B. corrasion

C. solution

D. pot - holing

E. hydraulic action

A

7.

A deflation hollow is produced by?

A. glacial erosion

B. wave erosion

C. wind erosion

D. solution

E. river erosion

C

8.

Which of the following landforms is NOT due tot he process of glacial erosion?

A. Valley-bench

B. Hanging valley

C. Corrie

D. Arete

E. Esker

E

9.

The sea with the highest degree of salinity in the world is the?

A. Caspian Sea

B. Dead Sea

C. Mediterranean Sea

D. Baltic Sea

E. Red Sea

D

10.

Adiabatic cooling' is the cooling of rising air as a result of?

A. increase altitude

B. expansion and internal loss of heat

C. movement on the windward side of mountains

D. instability

E. advection

A

1.

On the scale of 1: 12,500 converted to a statement scale, one centimeter would represent?

A. 0.125km

B. 1.25.00km

C. 2.500km

D. 12.500km

E. 125.000km

A

2.

If a map has a scale of 1:50,000 and oil palm plantation is represented on the map by a rectangle 4cm by 3cm, what is the area of the plantation?

A. km

B. km

C. 12sq.km

D. 20sq.km

E. 25sq.km

A

3.

A map with a scale of 1:40,000 is reduced to one quarter of its size, what is the new scale of the map?

A. 1:20,000

B. 1:40,000

C. 1:60,000

D. 1:80,000

E. 1:100,000

B

4.

An international football match is scheduled to start at 4.45p.m local time in Alexandria, Egypt, which lies on Longitude 30°E. What will be the local time at Bouake, Ivory Coast, on Longitude 5°W?

A. 2.05 p.m

B. 2.22 p.m

C. 2.45 p.m

D. 6.45p.m

E. 7.05 p.m

B

5.

Which of the following is NOT a sedimentary rock?

A. slate

B. coal

C. clay

D. sand

E. shale

A

6.

A river DOES NOT erode its bed by?

A. attrition

B. corrasion

C. solution

D. pot - holing

E. hydraulic action

A

7.

A deflation hollow is produced by?

A. glacial erosion

B. wave erosion

C. wind erosion

D. solution

E. river erosion

C

8.

Which of the following landforms is NOT due tot he process of glacial erosion?

A. Valley-bench

B. Hanging valley

C. Corrie

D. Arete

E. Esker

E

9.

The sea with the highest degree of salinity in the world is the?

A. Caspian Sea

B. Dead Sea

C. Mediterranean Sea

D. Baltic Sea

E. Red Sea

D

10.

Adiabatic cooling' is the cooling of rising air as a result of?

A. increase altitude

B. expansion and internal loss of heat

C. movement on the windward side of mountains

D. instability

E. advection

A