Year : 
1986
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 40 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
31.

Agbaja Platea in Kwara State and Nsude of Udi Plateau are important to Nigeria's industrial development efforts because they are sources of?

A. coking coal

B. iron ore

C. glass sand

D. limestone

A

32.

Nigeria's second sea port in terms of tonnage of goods handled is?

A. Warri

B. Calabar

C. Port-Harcourt

D. Bonny

C

33.

The fadama lands of the Niger/Benue trough are mostly known for the commercial production of?

A. yam and vegetables

B. paotatoes and benni-seed

C. rice and sugarcane

D. maize and guinea corn

C

34.

Which of the following countries is well known for aluminum smelting?

A. Nigeria

B. Ghana

C. Senegal

D. Liberia

B

35.

ECOWAS is a viable economic region because of?

A. the large size of the territory

B. the support it receives from the EEC

C. its mineral and agricultural potentialities

D. the ability of the region to defend itself against external aggression

C

36.

Which of the following countries of Africa has little or no potential for hydro-electricity generation ?

A. Sudan

B. Mozambique

C. Mauritania

D. Liberia

C

37.

The western side of Southern Africa is dry because?

A. it enjoys tropical climate

B. of the absence of mountains

C. the main wind blows offshore

D. it has a Mediterranean type of climate

C

38.

What is the most important mineral deposit found in the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic?

A. Petroleum

B. Phosphate

C. Iron ore

D. Bauxite

A

39.

Which of the following countries produces all of copper, petroleum, iron ore and diamond?

A. Egypt

B. Zimbabwe

C. Angola

D. Tanzania

C

40.

Using the diagram above, calculate the percentage of the world's millet output produced in Africa.

A. 20

B. 22

C. 24

D. 26

A

31.

Agbaja Platea in Kwara State and Nsude of Udi Plateau are important to Nigeria's industrial development efforts because they are sources of?

A. coking coal

B. iron ore

C. glass sand

D. limestone

A

32.

Nigeria's second sea port in terms of tonnage of goods handled is?

A. Warri

B. Calabar

C. Port-Harcourt

D. Bonny

C

33.

The fadama lands of the Niger/Benue trough are mostly known for the commercial production of?

A. yam and vegetables

B. paotatoes and benni-seed

C. rice and sugarcane

D. maize and guinea corn

C

34.

Which of the following countries is well known for aluminum smelting?

A. Nigeria

B. Ghana

C. Senegal

D. Liberia

B

35.

ECOWAS is a viable economic region because of?

A. the large size of the territory

B. the support it receives from the EEC

C. its mineral and agricultural potentialities

D. the ability of the region to defend itself against external aggression

C

36.

Which of the following countries of Africa has little or no potential for hydro-electricity generation ?

A. Sudan

B. Mozambique

C. Mauritania

D. Liberia

C

37.

The western side of Southern Africa is dry because?

A. it enjoys tropical climate

B. of the absence of mountains

C. the main wind blows offshore

D. it has a Mediterranean type of climate

C

38.

What is the most important mineral deposit found in the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic?

A. Petroleum

B. Phosphate

C. Iron ore

D. Bauxite

A

39.

Which of the following countries produces all of copper, petroleum, iron ore and diamond?

A. Egypt

B. Zimbabwe

C. Angola

D. Tanzania

C

40.

Using the diagram above, calculate the percentage of the world's millet output produced in Africa.

A. 20

B. 22

C. 24

D. 26

A