Year : 
2008
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 48 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

Which of the following river basins is most densely populated?

A. The Ganges

B. The Amazon

C. The Niger

D. The Zambezi

A

22.

The movement of people from a village to an irrigation project area may be described as?

A. urban-urban migration

B. rural-urban migration

C. urban-rural migration

D. rural-rural migration

D

23.

Access to water and kinship ties can lead to?

A. nucleated settlements

B. ribbon settlements

C. loose-knit settlements

D. dispersed settlements

A

24.

Sydney, Hong Kong and San Francisco have attained considerable importance because of their function as?

A. important railway junction

B. capital cities

C. seaports

D. cross roads

B

25.

A country that has its railways operating on three different gauges is?

A. the U.S.A

B. Japan

C. Russia

D. Australia

A

26.

The three leading manufacturing nations of the world are?

A. Japan, the U.S.A and Germany

B. Japan, Germany and Birtain

C. China, the U.S.A and Germany

D. Japan, the U.S.A and Italy

A

27.

The Industrial location can be influenced by?

A. transportation, raw materials and migration

B. capital, raw materials and population growth

C. raw materilas, energy and market

D. market, emigration and labour

C

28.

Commercial agriculture in the tropics concentrates on the production of?

A. rice

B. wheat

C. tea

D. millet

A

29.

Which of the following Nigerian towns is likely to experience frequent cases of coastal erosion?

A. Burutu

B. Akankpa

C. Lokoja

D. llesha

A

30.

A state in Nigeria notable for hydroelectric power generation is?

A. Plateau

B. Niger

C. Adamawa

D. Kaduna

B

21.

Which of the following river basins is most densely populated?

A. The Ganges

B. The Amazon

C. The Niger

D. The Zambezi

A

22.

The movement of people from a village to an irrigation project area may be described as?

A. urban-urban migration

B. rural-urban migration

C. urban-rural migration

D. rural-rural migration

D

23.

Access to water and kinship ties can lead to?

A. nucleated settlements

B. ribbon settlements

C. loose-knit settlements

D. dispersed settlements

A

24.

Sydney, Hong Kong and San Francisco have attained considerable importance because of their function as?

A. important railway junction

B. capital cities

C. seaports

D. cross roads

B

25.

A country that has its railways operating on three different gauges is?

A. the U.S.A

B. Japan

C. Russia

D. Australia

A

26.

The three leading manufacturing nations of the world are?

A. Japan, the U.S.A and Germany

B. Japan, Germany and Birtain

C. China, the U.S.A and Germany

D. Japan, the U.S.A and Italy

A

27.

The Industrial location can be influenced by?

A. transportation, raw materials and migration

B. capital, raw materials and population growth

C. raw materilas, energy and market

D. market, emigration and labour

C

28.

Commercial agriculture in the tropics concentrates on the production of?

A. rice

B. wheat

C. tea

D. millet

A

29.

Which of the following Nigerian towns is likely to experience frequent cases of coastal erosion?

A. Burutu

B. Akankpa

C. Lokoja

D. llesha

A

30.

A state in Nigeria notable for hydroelectric power generation is?

A. Plateau

B. Niger

C. Adamawa

D. Kaduna

B