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 JAMB GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS (PT.1)

Use the map below to answer B. Vegetation

question 1 to 5. C. Relief
D. Mineral deposits

3. The spot height on the map is

_____

A. 320m
B. 360m
C. 400m
D. 440m

4. The area can be described as a

_____

A. Low plain
1. The inhabitants of Abu are
B. Rugged relief
most likely to be _____
C. Flood plain
D. Plateau
A. Traders
B. Farmers
5. The feature shown north of Abu
C. Cattle rearers
is _____
D. Miners

A. Spur
2. The distribution of settlements
B. A col
in the area is mostly influenced by
C. A ridge
_____
D. An embankment

A. Drainage
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6. A map with a scale of 1:40 000 8. The total number of pigs,
is reduced to one quarter of its camels and donkeys is _____
size, what is its new scale?
A. 1,600,000
A. 1:10 000 B. 1,500,000
B. 1:50 000 C. 1,400,000
C. 1:160 000 D. 1,300,000
D. 1:200 000
9. An instrument used for setting
Use the diagram of below to out right angle in surveying a
answer questions 7 and 8 parcel of land is _____

A. A ranging pole
B. An optical square
C. A measuring rod
D. Abney level

10. An example of a great circle is

_____

7. If the total number of live-

A. The equator
stock is 6 million, what is the
B. The earth
number of cattle produced?
C. Latitude661/2
D. Latitude 231/2
A. 2,200,000
B. 2,300,000
11. A metamorphosed form of
C. 2,400,000
shale is _____
D. 2,500,000

A. Slate

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B. Marble D. Interlocking spurs and
C. Quartzite meanders
D. Gneiss
15. A form of chemical weathering
12. Sandstone can be classified as is _____
_____
A. Fragmentation
A. Argillaceous B. Exfoliation
B. Calcareous C. Carbonation
C. Carbonaceous D. Shattering
D. Arenaceous
16. Ocean currents affects the
13. A Karst feature in its coast they wash
advanced stage of development is
_____ A. Prevailing winds are offshore
B. Prevailing winds are onshore
A. Terra Rosa C. There are no prevailing winds
B. Sink hole D. The ocean floods the shore
C. Karst valley
D. Karst window 17. Wind vane is used to record
the _____
14. The common features of the
middle course of a river are A. Speed of the wind
_____ B. Type of wind
C. Force of wind
A. U-shape valley and flood plains D. Direction of the wind
B. V-shape valley and rapids
C. Broad interfluves and 18. What is the climate of a
distributaries station with an annual rainfall of

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2650 mm fairly all year round and 21. A mature soil with distinct
a mean annual temperature of horizons occurring in a particular
270 C? climatic zone, but influenced
strongly by the topography is
A. Tropical wet and dry _____
B. Tropical monsoon
C. Tropical humid A. Zonal soil
D. Mediterranean woodland B. Intra zonal
C. Azonal soil
19. Which of the following types D. Alluvial soil
of vegetation is characterized by
acidic soils? 22. Which of the following
resources is non-renewable?
A. Sahel Savanna
B. Coniferous forest A. Wind energy
C. Temperate grassland B. Solar energy
D. Steppe C. Hydro energy
D. Nuclear energy
20. When both the macro pores
and the micro pores are filled with 23. The introduction of materials
water, the soil strongly by that have negative impacts on the
topography is _____ ecosystem is known as _____

A. leach A. Pollution
B. at field capacity B. Combination
C. water logged C. Transpiration
D. erodeil D. Evaporation

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24. An example of a climatic D. Low density and low growth
hazard is _____ rate

A. Volcanic eruption 27. Which of the following

B. Earthquake population characteristics is
C. Hurricane associated with developed
D. Coastal erosion countries?

25. In which of the following A. Declining birth rate and high

regions is high population density death rate
attributable to agricultural B. High birth rate and declining
following development? death rate
C. High birth rate and low birth
A. The Ruhr rate
B. The Nile Basin D. Low birth rate and low death
C. The Amazon Basin rate
D. The Midlands of England
28. Urban settlements mainly
26. Which of the following engage in _____
statements best describes the
population of South East Asia? A. Primary economic activities
B. Secondary economic activities
A. High density and high growth C. Tertiary economic activities
rate D. Quaternary economic activities
B. High density and low growth
rate 29. Lagos, Sydney, Singapore,
C. Low density and high growth Hong Kong and Calabar are cities
rate which have considerable
importance because they _____

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A. Are cross roads of international C. Fishing, lumbering, farming
airlines and mining
B. Have seaports D. Mining, trading, farming and
C. Are densely populated lumbering
D. Are administrative capitals
32. When manufacturing
30. Which of the following enterprise produces goods which
arranges the settlement types in form raw materials for other
descending order in terms of enterprises, it is referred to as
complexity of function? ______

A. Metropolis, city, town, village A. Value added

and helmet B. Sub-contracting
B. Metropolis, town, city, helmet C. Forward linkage
and village D. Backward linkage
C. Metropolis, city, village, helmet
and town 33. Most less developed nations
D. Helmet, village, town, city, and are trade debtors because _____
metropolis
A. Of their continuous link with
31. Which of the following colonial master
economic activities are classified B. Of the gross in-balance in
as primary? international trade
C. They import manufactured
A. Farming, transportation, fishing goods from industrialized nations
and manufacturing D. Their currencies are weak
B. Lumbering, banking,
transportation and farming 34. Production is associated with
the _____

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A. Kano Plains and Ghezira plains Europe rather than Africa because
B. Ghezira Plains and the Pampas _____
of Argentina
C. Prairies of North American and A. Africa produces more fruits
the Pampas of Argentina than the Mediterranean region
D. Gages Plains and the Pampas B. Europe is closer to the
of Argentina Mediterranean than most parts of
Africa
35. Liberia, Malaysia and C. Transport facilities between
Indonesia are known for the Africa and Western Europe are
production of _____ better
D. There is higher demand for
A. Cocoa fruits in Western Europe than in
B. Rubber Africa
C. Coffee
D. Tea 38. The contribution of agriculture
to Nigeria’s GDP has remained
36. The major means of largely low owing to _____
transportation of goods from
Rhine industrial region to other A. Low price of Agricultural
European cities is by _____ produce
B. Lack of access to markets
A. Waterways C. Its predominantly subsistence
B. Road nature
C. Air D. Inadequate labour supply
D. Rail
39. A boat building industry is
37. The Mediterranean fruits are least likely to be situated in
exported mainly to Western _____

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A. Taraba state A. High production centres for
B. Kogi state groundnuts
C. Kano state B. Terminal points for railway
D. Kebbi state transportation
C. Towns with the worst problems
40. In Nigeria, bay and headlands of water scarcity
are features associated with the D. Quarrying settlements
_____
43. The scattered settlement
A. Highland pattern of the Tiv of the middle
B. North Central highland Belt is owing to the _____
C. Sokoto plains
D. Eastern Scarpland A. Security situation in the region
B. Agricultural practices of the
41. The population clusters in region
Kano, Kaduna and Zaria cities in C. Directives of its political
Northern in the 1960’s are best leaders
explained by _____ D. Religious beliefs of the people

A. Cultural factors Use the diagram below to

B. Favourable climatic conditions answer questions 44 and 45
C. The existence of major cash
crops
D. The presence of industrial
employment

42. Nguru and Kaura Namoda

settlements in Northern Nigeria
are most notable for _____
44. The area marked S is _____
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A. Western trough 48. The relief system in East
B. Western upland Africa is characterized by _____
C. Obudu plateau
D. Oban hills A. Ridge
B. Basin
45. The area shaded R is _____ C. Rift valley
D. Escarpment
A. Shebshi Mountains
B. Biu Plateau 49. Lake Kariba is in _____
C. Adamawa Plateau
D. Atlantic Mountains A. Tanzania
B. Uganda
46. In East Africa, more variety of C. Kenya
crops are grown than in West D. Zambia
Africa because of _____
50. Improved agricultural
A. Different soil types production in the Cote d’Ivoire is
B. Moderate rainfall mainly due to _____
C. Different ranges of altitude
D. Different agricultural system A. Abundant and reliable rainfall
B. Good and effective
47. Which of the following African transportation routes
countries is landlocked? C. Availability of migration labour
D. Good organization and
A. Zambia effective management.
B. Gabon
C. Sudan
D. Mozambique

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 JAMB GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS (PT.2)

PAPER TYPE: YELLOW 2. The scale of the map expressed

as representative fraction is ____
1. Which Question Paper Type of
Geography as indicated above is A.
1
25000
given to you? 1
B.
50000
1
C.
A. Type Green 75000
1
B. Type Purple D.
100000

C. Type Red
D. Type Yellow 3. The feature marked Q is a
_____
Use the map below to answer
questions 2 to 5. A. sandpit
B. headland
C. valley
D. spur

4. The predominant occupation of

the inhabitants of the area is
likely to be _____

A. farming
B. mining
C. lumbering
D. fishing

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5. The distribution of settlements 7. The percentage of diamond
in the area is mostly influenced by produced by ‘Others’ is
_____ approximately _____

A. roads A. 5.38%
B. minerals B. 9.80%
C. gradient C. 10.00%
D. vegetation D. 10.26%

6. The length between two points 8. In the pie chart, Zaire accounts
on a topographical map is 5cm. for about _____
What is the actual distance
between them if the scale of the A. 105°
map is 1:50000? B. 107°
C. 108°
A. 2.5km D. 111°
B. 3.0km
C. 3.5km 9. Chain survey is most
D. 5.0km convenient for measurements on
_____
Use the diagram below to
answer questions 7 and 8 A. rocky environment
B. plains
C. embankments
D. irregular slopes

10. The earth’s crust consists

essentially of _____

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A. magnesium and silica A. metamorphic rocks
B. silica and aluminium B. intrusive igneous rocks
C. calcium and aluminium C. sedimentary rocks
D. magnesium and calcium D. extrusive igneous rocks

11. The rock type formed through Use the diagram below to
the deposition and compression of answer questions 14 and 15
elastic particle is _____

A. anthracite
B. sandstone
C. limestone
D. mudstone
14. The coral deposits marked M
12. Which of the following rock are called _____
types is formed through the
ejection of magma onto the A. barrier lakes
surface of the earth? B. barrier reefs
C. barrier shelves
A. Lignite D. barrier islands
B. Granite
C. Slate 15. The feature marked N is the
D. Basalt _____

13. Rocks that are composed of A. down-faulted block

particles derived from previously B. lagoon
existing rocks are referred to as C. continental shelf
_____ D. deep sea

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16. An ox-bow lake is usually 19. A major characteristic of the
located in a _____ tropical continental climate is the
_____
A. volcanic crater
B. karst valley A. occurrence of high diurnal
C. river flood plain temperatures throughout the year
D. desert oasis B. absence of cloud cover
throughout the year
17. The phenomenon of change in C. prevalence of high and
direction of wave fronts as they constant temperatures throughout
approach the sea shore is known the year
as _____ D. occurrence of alternating wet
and dry seasons throughout the
A. wave refraction year
B. tidal wave movement
C. wave drifting 20. Plants that are highly tolerant
D. retrogradation of drought and can survive in dry
habitats are referred to as _____
18. The storm which occurs over
the China Sea between latitudes A. hydrophytes
80 and 150 N and S of the B. mesophytes
equator is a _____ C. tropophytes
D. xerophytes
A. tropical thunderstorm
B. tornado 21. An important characteristic of
C. typhoon the B-horizon in tropical
D. temperature thunderstorm ferruginous soils is the _____

A. eluviation of oxides

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B. concentration of organic matter D. boreal forests
C. accumulation of oxides
D. predominance of parent’s 25. Global warming directly
material results in _____

22. The texture of the soil A. melting ice cap and rising sea
depends on the constituent of level
_____ B. corrosion of roofing sheets
C. increase in atmospheric
A. sand, silt and humus pressure
B. sand, clay and stones D. population explosion and rapid
C. sand, silt and clay urbanization
D. sand, clay and quartz
26. Accelerated soil erosion
23. The most significant economic results from a combination of
use of ocean water is for _____ _____

A. drinking A. bad farming practices and

B. bathing mulching
C. transportation B. intensive cultivation and cover
D. recreation crops
C. bad farming practices and
24. The major terrestrial fertilizers
ecosystems are often referred to D. intensive cultivation and
as _____ overgrazing

A. biomes 27. Which of the following factors

B. biomass discourages population
C. grasslands concentration in an area?

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A. Grasslands B. Commercial settlement
B. Frozen soils C. Holiday resort
C. Mineral deposits D. Confluence town
D. Alluvial plains
31. The merging of two or more
28. The ratio of registered births extensive urban areas results in a
to the population of women of _____
child-bearing age is known as the
_____ A. city
B. megalopolis
A. fertility rate C. conurbation
B. mortality rate D. metropolis
C. growth rate
D. morbidity rate 32. Fertile plains are usually
characterized by a pattern of
29. The number of deaths, births, settlement referred to as _____
immigrants and emigrants over a
specified time interval determines A. nucleated and concentric
the population _____ B. nucleated and elongated
C. dispersed
A. density D. nodal
B. change
C. growth 33. An industry is optimally
D. structure located where _____

30. Which of the following is A. profit is minimized

mainly associated with tourism? B. cost is maximized
C. revenue is minimized
A. Rural settlement D. profit is maximized

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34. The lack of access to food in 37. Cane chairs, wooden marks
some parts of the world emanates and ornamental brass trays found
from _____ in Nigeria are products of _____

A. low development of natural A. manufacturing industries

resources B. processing industries
B. educational inequality C. local crafts
C. poor transportation system D. foreign lands
D. economic inequality
38. Petroleum is extracted in
35. The standard railway gauge is Nigeria by _____
most common in _____
A. drilling
A. North America and Europe B. refining
B. Europe and Africa C. mining
C. Africa and North America D. dredging
D. South America and Africa
39. In Nigeria, the major products
36. More than half of the world’s that are taken to the markets
trade is _____ from the south to the north are
_____
A. among developing countries
B. among developed countries A. beef, onions, groundnuts and
C. between developed and grains
developing countries B. plantains, garri, kolanuts and
D. between Asiatic and African palm oil
countries C. oranges, vegetables and beef
D. potatoes, rice and onions

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40. The average elevation of the B. agriculturally productive and
eastern scarplands of Nigeria close to the coast
ranges from _____ C. on a high plain and is highly
industrialized
A. 300m - 400m D. highly industrialized and highly
B. 400m - 500m urbanized
C. 500m – 600m
D. 600m -700m 43. Inter-regional Tad in Nigeria
has mostly been promoted by the
41. The best method to fact that _____
overcoming natural difficulties in
Nigerian agriculture include _____ A. different regions have different
ethnic groups
A. terracing, irrigation and B. there is improved inter-
research regional transportation
B. irrigation, crop rotation and C. different regions produce
over-cultivation different commodities
C. devegetation, research and D. there is improved internal
mixed cropping security
D. crop rotation, fire clearing and
mixed cropping. 44. The largest rift valley system
in the world is in _____
42. The Lagos area has emerged
as the most prominent destination A. West Africa
for internal migration because it is B. North Africa
_____ C. East Africa
D. South Africa
A. close to the coast and is
densely populated

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45. The Sahel region of Africa is A. Cameroun
prone to _____ B. Ethiopia
C. Kenya
A. drought D. Rwanda
B. flooding
C. earthquakes 49. The two major plantation
D. volcanoes crops in West and East Africa
respectively are _____
46. The Algeria’s oil fields are
located in _____ A. cocoa and coffee
B. cotton and coffee
A. Hassi Messaoud C. cocoa and groundnut
B. Touggourt D. rubber and cotton
C. Marsa el Brega
D. Gulf of Sirte 50. The most densely populated
river Delta in Africa is the _____
47. The major factors that
account for the pattern of A. Niger
population distribution in West B. Chari-Lagone
Africa are _____ C. Nile
D. Zambezi
A. transportation and
communication
B. physical and economic
C. historical and social
D. social and political

48. The highest mountain in

Africa is found in _____

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PAPER TYPE: D B. lumbering

C. mineral mining
1. Which Question Paper Type of D. farming
Geography is given to you?
3. River Yoo flows towards the
A. Type D _____
B. Type I
C. Type B A. east
D. Type U. B. west
C. southwest
Use of map of Jodo N.E to D. southeast
answer questions 2 to 5
4. The bearing of Jodo from Joyo
is _____

A. 270°
B. 280°
C. 315°
D. 340°

5. If the map is enlarged twice,

the new scale would be _____

A. 1: 50,000
2. The likely occupation of the B. 1: 100,000
people in the area is _____ C. 1: 125,000
D. 1: 250,000
A. market gardening

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Use the diagram below to A. the compass is read at each
answer questions 6 and 7 point in turn and as a check, back
bearings are taken
B. the compass is read and
forward bearings are taken
C. the compass is read at each
point and plotted as a check
D. the compass is read at each
point and turned back at each
point

6. The annual range of 9. The equatorial circumference of

temperature of Delhi is _____ the earth is _____

A. 15° A. 20,084 km

B. 19° B. 30,084 km

C. 20° C. 40,084 km

D. 35° D. 60,084 km

7. The climate can be described 10. Which of the following rocks if

as _____ suitable for the construction of

roads and building purposes?

A. equatorial climate
B. tropical monsoon climate A. Limestone.

C. tropical marine climate B. Basalt.

D. equatorial monsoon climate C. Granite.

D. Graphite.

8. The principle of a closed

traverse is that _____

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11. Mountains formed as a result B. soft rock
of compressional forces are C. hard rock
known as _____ D. erratic rock.

A. Block Mountains 14. The Mediterranean Sea has

B. Fold Mountains higher salinity than the oceans
C. Residual Mountains because _____
D. Volcanic Mountains.
A. the surrounding soils are salty
Use the diagram below to B. there is low rainfall in the
answer questions 12 and 13 region
C. the area has high temperature
D. of dead animal fossils.

15. Sun-dial is used for recording

the _____

A. amount of sunshine in a place

12. The features marked X is B. duration of sunshine in a place
_____ C. position of the sun in a place
D. intensity of sunshine within a
A. a waterfall period of time.
B. a plunge pool
C. an eroded debris 16. The actual amount of water
D. a bedrock. vapour present in the air which is
expressed in grams per cubic
13. The feature marked Q is ____ metre is _____

A. parent material A. humidity

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B. actual humidity A. laterization
C. relative humidity B. podzolization
D. absolute humidity C. calcification
D. salinization
17. Pine, fir, larch and spruce are
commonly found in _____ 20. An example of an atmospheric
resource is _____
A. deciduous forest
B. equatorial forest A. water
C. coniferous forest B. coal
D. mangrove forest C. tin
D. petroleum
18. The major components of soil
are _____ 21. Igneous rocks are
differentiated from sedimentary
A. organic matter, texture, rocks by their _____
structure and air
B. texture, organic matter, water A. appearance and origin
and air B. shape and size
C. water, air, mineral and organic C. density and appearance
matter D. area and density
D. water, texture, nutrients and
mineral 22. The massive removal of tree
and forest cover without
19. Soil forming process in the replacement is referred to as
hot, humid tropics where rainfall _____
and temperatures are high
throughout the year is known as A. afforestation
_____ B. deforestation

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C. bush clearing A. inter-tribal wars
D. bush burning B. famine
C. epidemics
23. The total population of a D. natural hazards
country can be obtained from its
_____ 26. Which of the following terms
relates population size to land?
A. sample survey
B. birth rate A. Census.
C. birth and death rates B. Density.
D. National Census C. Intensity.
D. Demography
24. The most significant way the
components of an ecosystem can 27. The problems of
be identified is that, there must unemployment, housing, traffic
be a degree of _____ congestion and environment
degradation are associated with
A. reciprocal inter-relationship _____
existing among them
B. independent inter-relationship A. slums
existing among them B. urbanization
C. complexity C. industrialization
D. adaptation D. political disturbances

25. The major factor that affected 28. Rural settlements are
the growth of the population of important to urban centres
Africa during the precolonial times because they provide _____
is _____
A. road

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B. transport 32. The greatest benefit of mixed
C. labour farming is that _____
D. capital
A. it is very cheap to practice
29. Settlements that develop B. the animals produce the
along communication routes are manure for crop production
likely to be _____ C. it combines the advantage of
crop and animal husbandry
A. oval D. the animals feed from crop
B. linear farming
C. nucleated
D. dispersed 33. Which of the following is the
busiest and most important world
30. The greatest advantage of shipping route?
road transportation over other
modes is that the former is _____ A. The South Atlantic route.
B. The Cape route.
A. cheaper C. The North Atlantic route.
B. more flexible D. The Panama Canal route.
C. less risky
D. faster 34. Which of the following groups
of countries is a major producer
31. The best breeds of dairy cattle of rubber?
can be found in _____
A. Malaysia, Liberia and
A. South America Indonesia.
B. Asia B. Indonesia, Malaysia and
C. Australia Zimbabwe.
D. Europe C. Malaysia, Niger and Liberia.

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D. South Africa, Liberia and 38. Which of the following has the
China. highest concentration of
industries in Nigeria?
35. The greatest industrial areas
of the world are _____ A. Kano.
B. Lagos.
A. Africa and the Caribbean C. Kaduna.
B. The Ruhr industrial region and D. Port-Harcourt.
South Africa
C. Western Europe and the United 39. The location of cement
States of America industry in Ewekoro, Nigeria is
D. Japan and Australia largely influenced by _____

36. The Obudu Plateau is noted A. nearness to source of water

for its _____ B. adequate transportation
facilities
A. tsetse fly infestation C. nearness to raw materials
B. hot climate D. government policy
C. cattle ranch
D. waterfalls Use the diagram below to
answer questions 40 and 41.
37. Livestock rearing in Nigeria is
still predominantly the occupation
of _____

A. small holder farmers

B. sedentary rearers
C. large-scale farmers
D. nomadic herders

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40. The soil type found in the
area marked S is _____

A. sandy soil
B. laterite soil
C. alluvial soil
D. loamy soil

43. The area marked K represents

41. The area marked T is rich in
what type of vegetation?
_____

A. Savannah.
A. coal
B. Tropical rainforest.
B. tin
C. Desert.
C. iron ore
D. Warm temperate forest.
D. limestone

44. The area marked Y is known

42. Which of the following winds
as _____
is responsible for the dry season
in Nigeria?
A. shifting cultivation
B. intensive subsistence
A. Tropical maritime airmass.
C. hunting and fishing
B. Tropical continental airmass.
D. nomadic herding
C. Equatorial easterlies.
D. Harmattan.
45. Which of the following groups
is known for nomadic grazing?
Use the map below to answer
questions 43 and 44
A. The Masai of Kenya.
B. The Akans of Ghana.
C. Hausas of Nigeria.
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D. The Arabs of Algeria. A. Zambia
B. Swaziland
46. Which of the following C. Lesotho
countries has gold as its major D. Botswana
foreign exchange earner?
49. The area marked Q is best
A. Nigeria. known for mining of _____
B. Tanzania.
C. Niger. A. lead
D. South Africa. B. uranium
C. zinc
47. Which of the following is the D. platinum
largest country in West Africa?
50. Which of the following rivers
A. Mali. is an inland drainage?
B. Niger.
C. Mauritania. A. River Hadejia.
D. Nigeria. B. River Nile.
C. River Senegal.
Use the map below to answer D. River Volta.
questions 48 and 49

48. The area marked P is _____

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 JAMB GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS (PT.4)

PAPER TYPE: F 3. The area marked F—E is _____

1. Which question type of A. an inselberg

geography is given to you? B. a cliff
C. a valley
A. Type F D. a spur
B. Type E
C. Type L 4. The highest point on the map is
D. Type S _____

Use the Map of ATE to answer A. 340m

question 2 to 5 B. 350m
C. 400m
D. 575m

5. The likely occupation of the

inhabitants of Ate is _____

A. farming
B. fishing
C. lumbering
2. If the scale of the map is
D. mining
enlarged four times, the new
scale will be _____
Use the diagram below to
answer question 6 and 7
A. 1: 12,500
B. 1: 25,000
C. 1: 100,000
D. 1: 200,000
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 D. distances

9. Which of these planets

completes its orbit in a much
shorter space of time?

A. Saturn
B. Jupiter
6. The total groundnut export C. Mercury
from 2000 to 2003 is _____ D. Earth

A. 1500 metric tonnes 10. Shale is a fire-textured

B. 1700 metric tonnes sedimentary rocks formed
C. 1400 metric tonnes principally from the particles of
D. 1800 metric tonnes _____

7. The total export in 2002 is ___ A. sand

B. clay
A. 800 metric tonnes C. quartz
B. 1200 metric tonnes D. calcite
C. 1000 metric tonnes
D. 11000 metric tonnes 11. Organic sedimentary rocks
formed from the _____
8. In chain surveying, the basic
principle is to measure _____ A. solution of sub-sects
B. result of pressure from
A. angles underlying rocks
B. heights C. remain of living organisms
C. depths D. vegetative matters

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12. The intrusive landform A. Caspian
produced when magma is cooled B. Mediterranean Sea
within the earth surface is _____ C. Baltic Sea
D. Red Sea
A. cinder
B. batholith 16. Some lakes are seasonal due
C. composite to their location in _____
D. geyser
A. hot deserts
13. Which of the following is an B. humid areas
agent of denudation? C. high altitudes
D. cool temperate margin
A. Insolation
B. Wind 17. Which of the following is an
C. Energy element of weather?
D. Gravity
A. Thunder
14. Which of the following rocks is B. Breeze
characterized by layer formation C. Latitude
and strata? D. Precipitation

A. Metamorphic 18. A line drawn on a map to

B. Volcanic show places of equal temperature
C. Sedimentary is known as _____
D. Igneous
A. isobar
15. Which of the following seas B. isotherm
has the highest salinity? C. isohyet
D. isoline

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19. The term used to describe the 22. Volcanoes are considered
vegetation type of the Amazon natural resources because they
Basin is _____ provide _____

A. pampas A. tourism
B. coniferous B. mountainous landscape
C. selvas C. fertile soil
D. vale D. carbon dioxide

20. The major factors which 23. Which of the following is a

determines the rate of infiltration component of a biotic community?
of water into the sub-soils is ____
A. Rocks
A. temperature B. Water
B. rainfall intensity C. Gases
C. nature of rocks D. Animals
D. nature of slope
24. The type of coal that burns
21. The level of development of with great heat and very little
the soil profile is determined by smoke is _____
_____
A. anthracite
A. climate B. lignite
B. time C. steam coal
C. parent material D. peat
D. organic matter
25. The most serious environment
effect posed by hazardous wastes
is _____

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A. contamination of ground water D. high dependency ratio
B. destruction of habitat
C. air pollution 29. Which of the following is a
D. increase use for land to favourable condition for
landfills settlement site?

26. Which of the following indices A. Dense natural vegetation

is a measure of development? B. Marshy fadama area
C. Adequate water supply
A. Total population D. Mountainous ratio
B. Population density
C. Life density 30. Which of the following
D. Types of building countries is perennial irrigation
extensively practiced?
27. The growth rate of population
is determined by _____ A. India
B. Bangladesh
A. improved agriculture C. The Sudan
B. number of deaths per 1000 D. Holland
C. birth and death rates
D. technological know-how 31. Dispersed rural settlements
are most likely to be found in
28. A populated problem faced by areas with _____
some developed countries today
is _____ A. limited agriculture land and
poor surface drainage
A. very slow replacement rate B. Abundant agriculture land and
B. over population good surface drainage
C. high death rates

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C. a large agriculture population B. interdependence
and restricted access C. overdependency
D. a small agricultural population D. colonization
and poor surface drainage
35. High annual rainfall of at least
32. Dairy farming is an example 1520 mm, well distributed
of intensive farming commonly throughout the year with the
practiced in _____ heaviest during growing season is
most suitable for the production
A. Brazil of _____
B. Denmark
C. Spain A. wheat
D. Niger B. maize
C. barley
33. As a country develops a D. rice
smaller percentage of the
workforce tend to be employed in 36. The main factor influencing
_____ the location of manufacturing
industries in West Africa is _____
A. mining
B. agriculture A. good transportation network
C. manufacturing B. rapid population growth
D. services C. adequate physical development
D. nearness to raw materials
34. Developing countries mostly
engage in primary economic 37. An agricultural practice that
activities because of _____ allows a wide range of crops to be
grown without fallowing is _____
A. underdevelopment

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A. shifting cultivation B. Oban Hills
B. crop rotation C. Western Uplands
C. mixed cropping D. Obudu Plateau
D. intensive cultivation
40. The area marked N is over
38. Arable farming and animal _____
husbandry widely practiced in
Britain and many parts of Europe A. 900m
is referred to as _____ B. 800m
C. 700m
A. mixed farming D. 600m
B. crop farming
C. orchard farming 41. The type of vegetation found
D. pastoral farming on the Mambila Plateau is _____

Use the map below to answer A. guinea savanna

question 39 and 40. B. Sudan savanna
C. high forest
D. montane

42. Which of the following best

explains the reason for the
decrease in the practice of bush
fallowing in Nigeria?

A. Mechanized farming
39. The area marked P is _____ B. The availability of agricultural
inputs
A. Udi Plateau C. Rapid growth of population

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D. Lack of interest in crop B. oil refining
production C. food manufacturing
D. ship building
43. Secondary economic activities
are those that involve the _____ 46. Which of the following factors
influenced the growth of the Ruhr
A. packaging of finished goods Valley?
B. distribution of raw materials
C. distribution of finished goods A. Soil fertility
D. processing of raw materials B. Good climate
C. Agriculture
44. The reason for seasonal D. Industrialization
migration of nomadic herdsmen is
_____ 47. The largest producer of timber
in Africa is _____
A. for the search of water and
good grazing A. Kenya
B. because of the inability of B. Senegal
government to provide shelter C. Cote'D ivoire
C. to search for a safe D. South Africa
environment
D. due to high rainfall in some 48. The relatively low level of rail
regions transport development in tropical
Africa has _____
45. The main industry associated
with the Ruhr Valley region is A. encouraged the development of
_____ airports
B. reduced government
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49. The high population density in these questions?
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C. multiple transportation
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50. Which of the following

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best related to African countries?

A. Low birth rate and low death

rate
B. High birth rate and low death
rate
C. Low death rate and high death
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 JAMB GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS (PT.5)

1. A World Title Boxing contest 3. 'Very large in area but very low
took place in New York (75°W in population" Which of the
time zone) on a Tuesday between following countries fits this
21.30 and 22.30 hours and was description best?
televised live. When did viewers
in Lagos (15⁰E time zone) watch A. Nigeria
the contest live on television? B. Lesotho
C. Burundi
A. Monday between 03.30 and D. Tunisia
04.30 hours E. Zaire
B. Wednesday between 03.30 and
04.30 hours 4. The cloud which is closely
C. Tuesday between 15.30 and associated with thunderstorms is
16.30 hours _____
D. Tuesday between 21.30 and
22.30 hours A. cumulonimbus
E. Tuesday between 02.30 and B. stratocumulus
03.30 hours. C. cirronimbus
D. altostratus.
2. Which of the following areas is
subject to frequent earthquakes? 5. Which of the following
landforms results from wind
A. South Africa deposition?
B. The Sahara Desert.
C. The Canadian Shield A. Playa
D. Northern Australia B. Bajada
E. North West Africa C. Barchan
D. Fan

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E. Pillar Month Temp.(˚C) Rainfall (mm)
J 27 32.5
F 28 52.5
M 28 132.5
6. One major feature of
A 28 225.0
manufacturing in West Africa is M 27 270.0
J 26 370.5
that the industries _____ J 25 385.0
A 26 295.0
S 26 427.5
A. have wide markets for their O 26 427.5
N 27 110.0
products D 28 10.0

B. are capital intensive

8. The region of the rainfall
C. are evenly spread over major
pattern is _____
towns
D. produce mainly for domestic
A. seasonal rainfall with single
market
maximum
E. much goods
B. rainfall throughout the year
with double maxima
7. A desert country which has a
C. seasonal rainfall with single
high population density supported
maximum
by irrigation is _____
D. rainfall throughout the year
with single maximum
A. Sudan
B. Egypt
9. The climatic data above is
C. Namibia
likely to be that of _____
D. Kuwait
E. Kenya
A. Warri
B. Lokoja
Use the data below to answer
C. lbadan
questions 8 and 9
D. Kaduna

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10. Which of the following 13. A Karst feature in its
minerals is produced in Niger advanced stage of development is
Republic? _____

A. Copper A. Terra Rosa

B. Iron ore B. Sink hole
C. Crude oil C. Karst valley
D. Uranium D. Karst window

11. The speed of wind is usually 14. If a map at a scale of 1:50

measured using _____ 000 is reduced by half what is the
scale of the new map?
A. a wind vane
B. a wind rose A. 1: 250,000
C. an anemometer B. 1:25,000
D. a thermometer C. 1: 200,000
D. 1: 100,000
12. When the temperature at sea E. 1: 125,000
level is 10°C, what is the
temperature of the air at a height 15. One of the following countries
of 200 metres above sea level? produces more rice than the
others. Which is it?
A. 11.2⁰C
B. 13.2°C A. China
C. 5.8⁰C B. Ivory Coast
D. 8.8°C C. Japan
D. Thailand
E. Sierra Leone

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16. A ship’s radioed message on E. river erosion
the high sea at 5.45 p.m. was
heard at Abidjan (5°W) at 11.15 19. Akosombo dam is on the ____
a.m. on the same day. Find the
position of the ship. A. Senegal River
B. River Rockel
A. 90°E C. River Niger
B. 92° 30'E D. River Gongola
C. 95°E. E. River Volta
D. 97° 30'E
E. 100°E. 20. A line joining points of equal
atmospheric pressure on a map is
17. Chemical weathering called an _____
processes include all except ONE
of the following? A. isopach
B. isopleth
A. Oxidation C. isobar
B. Transportation D. isohyet
C. Carbonation E. isotherm
D. Hydration
E. Solution 21. Which of the following is NOT
a product of river deposition?
18. A deflation hollow is produced
by _____ A. Flood plain
B. Delta
A. glacial erosion C. Levee
B. wave erosion D. Gorge
C. wind erosion E. Sand bar
D. solution

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22. Which of the following 24. The highest point above mean
countries has a large number of sea level in the region is just
people of African descent? above _____

A. Spain A. 110m
B. Canada B. 120m
C. Brazil C. 130m
D. Chile D. 100m
E. Australia E. 150m

23. The contents of a Stevenson's 25. Which of these triangulation

screen include thermometer and stations is not visible from the
_____ edge of the quarry?

A. anemometer A. 96
B. wind vane B. 105
C. hygrometer C. 100
D. rain gauge D. 82
E. 94
Use the Map for Questions 24
to 28 26. The landform between River
Oni and the Kedi- Ibaga road is a
_____

A. Broken ridge
B. Fault scrap
C. Rolling plain
D. Cuesta
E. Saddle

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27. The settlements in the area 30. Petroleum is usually abundant
mapped are located mainly on the in _____
_____
A. Intrusive igneous rocks
A. Valley floors B. Anticlinal structures associated
B. Foot slopes the igneous rock
C. Flood plains C. Anticlinal structures of
D. Ridge tops sedimentary rocks
E. Steep slopes D. Synclinal structures of
sedimentary rocks
28. The settlement pattern is best E. Metamorphic Rocks
described as _____
31. One of the places noted for
A. Nucleated irrigation agriculture in Africa is
B. Nodal the _____
C. Dispersed
D. Linear A. The Zaire Basin
E. Compounded B. Southern part of Sudan
C. Ghezira plains
29. Which of the following factors D. Great rift valley
is Least important in the location E. Mountain Kilimanjaro
of industries?
Use the Map below to answer
A. Power questions 32, 33 and 34
B. Raw materials
C. Market
D. Climate
E. Population

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 34. The shaded area marked V on
the map are _____

A. Oil producing areas

B. Regions of large-scale irrigation
C. Salt lakes
D. Major groundwater aquifers
E. Oasis

35. Which of the following

32. Which of the ocean currents
landforms originates from Aeolian
on the map is the Benguela
erosion?
current?

A. Deflation hollow
A. 3
B. Playa
B. 4
C. Wadi
C. 5
D. Sand dune
D. 2
E. Zeugen
E. 1

36. The most important catalyst

33. The Ahaggar Plateau is the
in the growth of major cities of
shaded area marked _____
the world today relate to
developments in _____
A. Q
B. S
A. Film and entertainment
C. P
industries
D. R
B. Information and service
E. T
industries
C. Oil and automotive industries

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D. Foreign trade and international B. Bridge town
politics C. Nodal town
E. Presence of Religious D. Coastal town
Organisations E. Marine town.

37. The two darns found in the 40. The most densely populated
upper and lower Nile respectively river delta in Africa is the _____
are _____
A. Zambezi
A. Sennar and Aswan B. Nile
B. Aswan and Jebel Aulia C. Niger
C. Sennar and Jebbel Aulia D. Niger Delta
D. Gezira and Sennar E. Charilagome
E. Shiroro and Akosombo

38. The most dreaded pest in the

cotton Belt of the USA is the
_____

A. Weaver bird
B. White ant
C. Boil Weevil
D. Beetle
E. Termite

39. A town that is situated where

two rivers meet is a _____

A. Confluence town

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