Year : 
1982
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 40 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
31.

Which of the following shipping routes carries the world's heaviest ocean traffic?

A. Mediterranean - Suez Canal - Indian Ocean

B. Western Europe - Caribbean

C. Eastern North America - Western Europe

D. West Coast United States - Panama Canal

E. Western Europe - southern Africa - Australia

E

32.

Which of these three west Africa countries have economic deposit of iron ore?

A. Nigeria, Mali and Upper Volta

B. Niger, Mali and Mauritania

C. Nigeria, Guinea and Sierral Leone

D. Mali, Sengal and Sierra Leone

E. Liberia Sierra Leone and Togo

C

33.

Which of these best accounts for the decline in railway transport in Nigeria in the last two decades?

A. Competition from air transport

B. The inefficiency of the railway administration

C. Competition from road transport

D. The slow speed of the trains

E. The decline in agricultural exports

C

34.

Which of the following is NOT true of most developing countries?

A. The depend essentially on agricultural produuction

B. They have the highest level of agricultural productivity

C. The rate of population growth is among the highest in the world

D. The proportion of the population involved in primary activities is higher than those of developed countries

E. The proportion of the population engaged in tertiary activities is less than those of developed countries

B

35.

In terms of both the area of the land cultivated and the volume of production, the most important cereal crop in Nigeria is?

A. maize

B. wheat

C. guinea corn

D. millet

E. rice

A

36.

The major areas of mixed farming in the world are also areas of?

A. dense population and numerous large urban centres

B. sparse population dispersed rural settlements

C. dense population with a high percentage of vegetarians

D. low arable crop production

E. severe soil erosion

A

37.

Which ONE of the following areas is an important wet season grazing areas for Fulani cattle?

A. Benue Valley

B. Niger Valley

C. Borgu Game Reserve

D. Jos Plateau

E. Yankari Game

A

38.

In Nigeria, Landforms of volcanic and intrusive structures can be seen near each other in one of the following areas. Which one?

A. The Afemai Hills

B. The Idanre Hills

C. The Cross - River Plains

D. The high plains of Hausaland

E. The Jos Plateau

C

39.

The commonest means of transporting logs from the forest to the mills and markets throughout the world is?

A. trucks

B. transcontinental railroads

C. floating along waterways

D. special narrow gauge railroads

E. boats

A

40.

Towns in developing countries today are growing very rapidly, mainly through?

A. an increasing birth rate

B. a decrease death rate

C. migration from rural areas

D. influx of refugees from guerrilla wars

E. migration to rural areas

C

31.

Which of the following shipping routes carries the world's heaviest ocean traffic?

A. Mediterranean - Suez Canal - Indian Ocean

B. Western Europe - Caribbean

C. Eastern North America - Western Europe

D. West Coast United States - Panama Canal

E. Western Europe - southern Africa - Australia

E

32.

Which of these three west Africa countries have economic deposit of iron ore?

A. Nigeria, Mali and Upper Volta

B. Niger, Mali and Mauritania

C. Nigeria, Guinea and Sierral Leone

D. Mali, Sengal and Sierra Leone

E. Liberia Sierra Leone and Togo

C

33.

Which of these best accounts for the decline in railway transport in Nigeria in the last two decades?

A. Competition from air transport

B. The inefficiency of the railway administration

C. Competition from road transport

D. The slow speed of the trains

E. The decline in agricultural exports

C

34.

Which of the following is NOT true of most developing countries?

A. The depend essentially on agricultural produuction

B. They have the highest level of agricultural productivity

C. The rate of population growth is among the highest in the world

D. The proportion of the population involved in primary activities is higher than those of developed countries

E. The proportion of the population engaged in tertiary activities is less than those of developed countries

B

35.

In terms of both the area of the land cultivated and the volume of production, the most important cereal crop in Nigeria is?

A. maize

B. wheat

C. guinea corn

D. millet

E. rice

A

36.

The major areas of mixed farming in the world are also areas of?

A. dense population and numerous large urban centres

B. sparse population dispersed rural settlements

C. dense population with a high percentage of vegetarians

D. low arable crop production

E. severe soil erosion

A

37.

Which ONE of the following areas is an important wet season grazing areas for Fulani cattle?

A. Benue Valley

B. Niger Valley

C. Borgu Game Reserve

D. Jos Plateau

E. Yankari Game

A

38.

In Nigeria, Landforms of volcanic and intrusive structures can be seen near each other in one of the following areas. Which one?

A. The Afemai Hills

B. The Idanre Hills

C. The Cross - River Plains

D. The high plains of Hausaland

E. The Jos Plateau

C

39.

The commonest means of transporting logs from the forest to the mills and markets throughout the world is?

A. trucks

B. transcontinental railroads

C. floating along waterways

D. special narrow gauge railroads

E. boats

A

40.

Towns in developing countries today are growing very rapidly, mainly through?

A. an increasing birth rate

B. a decrease death rate

C. migration from rural areas

D. influx of refugees from guerrilla wars

E. migration to rural areas

C