Year : 
1998
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 40 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
31.

The high cost of lumbering operations in tropical forests is mainly due to?

A. shortage of labour

B. absence of many rivers

C. absence of pure stands of trees

D. low quality of available timber

C

32.

The group of towns most important for automobile manufacturing is?

A. Osaka, Kaduna and London

B. Detroit, Tokyo and Turin

C. New York, Los Angeles and Lagos

D. Nagoya, Cairo and Moscow

B

33.

Which of the following irrigation schemes is the most successful in Nigeria?

A. The Kiri Dam Project

B. The Zobe Dam Project

C. The Zobe Dam Project

D. The Kano River Project

B

34.

In Nigeria, geographical location poses the greatest hindrance to economic development in the?

A. Eastern Scarplands

B. Eastern Highlands

C. Western Highlands

D. Niger-Benue Trough

B

35.

Two types of landscapes associated with highland areas in Nigeria are?

A. inselberg and volcanic landscapes

B. inselberg and deltaic landscape

C. volcanic and alluvial landscapes

D. lateritic and deltaic lanscapes

A

36.

Two major causes of environmental population in the Niger Delta are?

A. oil blowout and gas flaring

B. road construction and pipe laying

C. deforestation and water polllution

D. creek erosion and waste dumping

A

37.

A major rift is crossed when traveling by road from?

A. Lobito to Luanda

B. Matadi to Kinshaa

C. Dar-es Salaam to Mombasa

D. Kampala to Mombasa

D

38.

Virtually all the rainfall occurs between June to September and during this period, the daily maximum temperatures are consistently over 37°C. This statement is true of?

A. Algiers

B. Bujubura

C. Bulawayo

D. Gao

D

39.

The leading producers of diamond in Africa are?

A. Ghana amd Zambia

B. Namibia and Botswana

C. Botswana and sierra Leone

D. South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo

D

40.

The feature marked F-F is a

A. normal fault

B. thrust fault

C. tear fault

D. reverse fault

A

31.

The high cost of lumbering operations in tropical forests is mainly due to?

A. shortage of labour

B. absence of many rivers

C. absence of pure stands of trees

D. low quality of available timber

C

32.

The group of towns most important for automobile manufacturing is?

A. Osaka, Kaduna and London

B. Detroit, Tokyo and Turin

C. New York, Los Angeles and Lagos

D. Nagoya, Cairo and Moscow

B

33.

Which of the following irrigation schemes is the most successful in Nigeria?

A. The Kiri Dam Project

B. The Zobe Dam Project

C. The Zobe Dam Project

D. The Kano River Project

B

34.

In Nigeria, geographical location poses the greatest hindrance to economic development in the?

A. Eastern Scarplands

B. Eastern Highlands

C. Western Highlands

D. Niger-Benue Trough

B

35.

Two types of landscapes associated with highland areas in Nigeria are?

A. inselberg and volcanic landscapes

B. inselberg and deltaic landscape

C. volcanic and alluvial landscapes

D. lateritic and deltaic lanscapes

A

36.

Two major causes of environmental population in the Niger Delta are?

A. oil blowout and gas flaring

B. road construction and pipe laying

C. deforestation and water polllution

D. creek erosion and waste dumping

A

37.

A major rift is crossed when traveling by road from?

A. Lobito to Luanda

B. Matadi to Kinshaa

C. Dar-es Salaam to Mombasa

D. Kampala to Mombasa

D

38.

Virtually all the rainfall occurs between June to September and during this period, the daily maximum temperatures are consistently over 37°C. This statement is true of?

A. Algiers

B. Bujubura

C. Bulawayo

D. Gao

D

39.

The leading producers of diamond in Africa are?

A. Ghana amd Zambia

B. Namibia and Botswana

C. Botswana and sierra Leone

D. South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo

D

40.

The feature marked F-F is a

A. normal fault

B. thrust fault

C. tear fault

D. reverse fault

A