Year : 
1980
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

11 - 20 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
11.

Rain falls mainly during the warm summer months.Summer temperature rarely exceeds 18.3°C.Annual rainfall is often below 125cm.Which of these crops is most unlikely to do well in the area described above?

A. Wheat

B. Cotton

C. Oats

D. Rice

E. Rye

A

12.

Which of these industries is usually located at the source of its major raw materials?

A. cement manufacturing

B. brewing

C. textile manufacturing

D. stone dressing

E. shoe manufacturing

A

13.

Which one of the following states of Nigeria is a major kola-nut producer?

A. Kano

B. Borno

C. Bendel

D. Bauchi

E. Benue

D

14.

Nigeria's new federal capital territory shares boundaries with four states.What are these states?

A. Benue,Kwara,Niger and Kaduna

B. Kano,Kaduna,Niger and Kwara

C. Plateau,Kwara,Niger and Kaduna

D. Gongola,Bauchi,Kwara and Niger

E. Niger,Benue,Kwara and Kano

C

15.

Which are three main export crops of Uganda?
1.Bananas 2.Coffee 3.Cotton 4.Groundnuts 5.Sugar 6.Cassava 7.Tobacco

A. 1&5&7

B. 2&3&7

C. 2&4&5

D. 1&6&7

E. 3&4&6

B

16.

Which of the following is the least important reason for promoting manufacturing industries by West African Nations?

A. to reduce dependence on agriculture

B. to earn more foreign exchange

C. to raise the level of employment

D. to increase productivity at the national level

E. to produce locally everything needed

E

17.

Which of the geographical reasons below least supports the existence of ECOWAS?

A. the countries in the community are contiguous

B. it has an internal market of about 160million people

C. the peoples are of the same racial group

D. the products are complementary

E. the countries in the community share similar physical characteristics

E

18.

Dodoma is to Tanzania as .........is to Nigeria

A. Lagos

B. Abuja

C. Port Hacourt

D. Ajaokuta

E. Warri

B

19.

What is the cause of the double rainfall maximal in southern Nigeria?

A. land and sea breezes

B. nearness to the atlantic ocean

C. overhead sun at the tropic of Cancer

D. North and South movement of the overhead sun

E. overhead sun on the equator

E

20.

Textile industries in Nigeria are characterized by the following features except one?

A. full automation

B. import substitution

C. labour intensive

D. market oriented

E. raw material oriented

A

11.

Rain falls mainly during the warm summer months.Summer temperature rarely exceeds 18.3°C.Annual rainfall is often below 125cm.Which of these crops is most unlikely to do well in the area described above?

A. Wheat

B. Cotton

C. Oats

D. Rice

E. Rye

A

12.

Which of these industries is usually located at the source of its major raw materials?

A. cement manufacturing

B. brewing

C. textile manufacturing

D. stone dressing

E. shoe manufacturing

A

13.

Which one of the following states of Nigeria is a major kola-nut producer?

A. Kano

B. Borno

C. Bendel

D. Bauchi

E. Benue

D

14.

Nigeria's new federal capital territory shares boundaries with four states.What are these states?

A. Benue,Kwara,Niger and Kaduna

B. Kano,Kaduna,Niger and Kwara

C. Plateau,Kwara,Niger and Kaduna

D. Gongola,Bauchi,Kwara and Niger

E. Niger,Benue,Kwara and Kano

C

15.

Which are three main export crops of Uganda?
1.Bananas 2.Coffee 3.Cotton 4.Groundnuts 5.Sugar 6.Cassava 7.Tobacco

A. 1&5&7

B. 2&3&7

C. 2&4&5

D. 1&6&7

E. 3&4&6

B

16.

Which of the following is the least important reason for promoting manufacturing industries by West African Nations?

A. to reduce dependence on agriculture

B. to earn more foreign exchange

C. to raise the level of employment

D. to increase productivity at the national level

E. to produce locally everything needed

E

17.

Which of the geographical reasons below least supports the existence of ECOWAS?

A. the countries in the community are contiguous

B. it has an internal market of about 160million people

C. the peoples are of the same racial group

D. the products are complementary

E. the countries in the community share similar physical characteristics

E

18.

Dodoma is to Tanzania as .........is to Nigeria

A. Lagos

B. Abuja

C. Port Hacourt

D. Ajaokuta

E. Warri

B

19.

What is the cause of the double rainfall maximal in southern Nigeria?

A. land and sea breezes

B. nearness to the atlantic ocean

C. overhead sun at the tropic of Cancer

D. North and South movement of the overhead sun

E. overhead sun on the equator

E

20.

Textile industries in Nigeria are characterized by the following features except one?

A. full automation

B. import substitution

C. labour intensive

D. market oriented

E. raw material oriented

A