Year : 
1989
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

11 - 20 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
11.

The Inter-tropical Discontinuity is the meeting zone of two air masses. These are the?

A. Tropical Maritime and tropical Continental

B. Tropical Maritime and the Polar Continental

C. Tropical Continental and the Polar Martime

D. Tropical Maritime and Polar Maritime

A

12.

On maps, places with equal sunshine duration are joined by?

A. isohyets

B. isotherms

C. isonephs

D. isohels

D

13.

In the temperate rain forest, most of the trees?

A. are of softwood

B. are small in size

C. are of hardwood

D. have needle-like leaves

A

14.

Which of the following trees evergreen and has small, thick, leathery and needle-shaped leaves?

A. Spruce

B. Teak

C. Oak

D. Eucalyptus

A

15.

Which of the following vegetation types is mainly confined to the Northern hemisphere?

A. Tropical Grassland

B. Equatorial Forest

C. Tundra

D. Desert

C

16.

A poorly-drained soil is characterized by greyish colour and?

A. high acidity

B. abundant ferric oxides

C. goosds aeration

D. excessive drainage

A

17.

In which of the following climate belt is ferruginous soils found?

A. Tropical arid

B. Tropical continental

C. Temperate arid

D. Temperate continental

B

18.

Settlement listed in increasing size are?

A. hamlet, conurbation, village , city

B. hamlet, village, city, conurbation

C. village , conurbation, city, hamlet

D. village, hamelt, city, conurbation

A

19.

Which of these is the BEST indicator of high population density in rural area?

A. High absolute population

B. Low natural resources base

C. High population density

D. Extensive soil erosion

A

20.

Eluviation is the process by which?

A. soluble substances are removed from the upper layers of the soil

B. soluble substances are deposited in the upper layers of the soil

C. fine particles are removed from one layer of the soil to another

D. Fine particles are deposited in the upper layers of the soil

A

11.

The Inter-tropical Discontinuity is the meeting zone of two air masses. These are the?

A. Tropical Maritime and tropical Continental

B. Tropical Maritime and the Polar Continental

C. Tropical Continental and the Polar Martime

D. Tropical Maritime and Polar Maritime

A

12.

On maps, places with equal sunshine duration are joined by?

A. isohyets

B. isotherms

C. isonephs

D. isohels

D

13.

In the temperate rain forest, most of the trees?

A. are of softwood

B. are small in size

C. are of hardwood

D. have needle-like leaves

A

14.

Which of the following trees evergreen and has small, thick, leathery and needle-shaped leaves?

A. Spruce

B. Teak

C. Oak

D. Eucalyptus

A

15.

Which of the following vegetation types is mainly confined to the Northern hemisphere?

A. Tropical Grassland

B. Equatorial Forest

C. Tundra

D. Desert

C

16.

A poorly-drained soil is characterized by greyish colour and?

A. high acidity

B. abundant ferric oxides

C. goosds aeration

D. excessive drainage

A

17.

In which of the following climate belt is ferruginous soils found?

A. Tropical arid

B. Tropical continental

C. Temperate arid

D. Temperate continental

B

18.

Settlement listed in increasing size are?

A. hamlet, conurbation, village , city

B. hamlet, village, city, conurbation

C. village , conurbation, city, hamlet

D. village, hamelt, city, conurbation

A

19.

Which of these is the BEST indicator of high population density in rural area?

A. High absolute population

B. Low natural resources base

C. High population density

D. Extensive soil erosion

A

20.

Eluviation is the process by which?

A. soluble substances are removed from the upper layers of the soil

B. soluble substances are deposited in the upper layers of the soil

C. fine particles are removed from one layer of the soil to another

D. Fine particles are deposited in the upper layers of the soil

A