JAMB UTME - Geography - 1980 | Green Bridge CBT

Question 1 Report

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

the countries in the community are contiguous

it has an internal market of about 160million people

the peoples are of the same racial group

the products are complementary

the countries in the community share similar physical characteristics Correct answer

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Question 2 Report

From the above diagram, Brazil's contribution to the export of bananas is

60%

50%

30% Correct answer

20%

10%

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Question 3 Report

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?

Wheat Correct answer

Cotton

Oats

Rice

Rye

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Question 4 Report

Volcanoes are considered a natural resource because of all but one of the following reason

mountainous landscape of volcanic origin have more scenic beauty

most volcanic soils yield fertile soils

intrusive volcanoes somtimes contains economic minerals

volocanic explosion helps control world population Correct answer

most volcanic rocks are good sources of structural materials like building stones

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Question 5 Report

The feature running across the middle of the mapped area from N.W TO S.E, on which most of the settlements are located, is a (an)

ridge

hill

escarpment

knoll

cuesta Correct answer

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Question 6 Report

Which of these is the least important advantage of the transcontinental railways in Europe and North-America?

Easy evacuation of mineral products

Political integration

Easy evacuation of agricutural products

Promotion of industrial activities

Employment of labour Correct answer

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Question 7 Report

What feature would you associate with a rejuvenated river?

a waterfall Correct answer

a delta

a meander

sand deposits

a wide u-shaped valley

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Question 8 Report

Which of these statements is true of Africa?

Africa is the fourth largest continent in the world

Africa is the least urbanized continent Correct answer

Tropical Africa is so warm that nowhere within it can find snow or ice

There are no more than ten land-locked countries in Africa

Africa produces nearly all the world's hard-wood timber.

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Question 9 Report

which of these sets best arranges these settlement types in ascending order in terms of their complexity of function?

hamlet,village,town,city,metropolis Correct answer

village,hamlet,city,town,metropolis

metropolis,town,city,village,hamlet

town,hamlet,village,city,metropolis

metropolis,city,town,village,hamlet

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Question 10 Report

Which one of the following states of Nigeria is a major cotton producer?

Kano

Borno

Bendel

Bauchi Correct answer

Benue

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Question 11 Report

Gross capital formation in Nigeria 1964-1973, what can be inferred from the histogram above?

there was a steady growth of capital formation in the period

capital formation in the last two years exactly equalled those of all previous years combined Correct answer

at the end of the period, Nigeria had become self-sufficient

Nigeria experienced serious economic problems during the period

Nigeria is one of the richest countries in Africa

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Question 12 Report

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

Kano

Borno

Bendel

Bauchi Correct answer

Benue

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Question 13 Report

the great agricultural regions of the world includes all but one of these

the corn belt of USA

the pampas of Argentina

the Black soils Region of Ukraine

the High Veldt of South Africa

the Sahel of West Africa Correct answer

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Question 14 Report

A hinterland is?

the central part of a country

an area which is far from the coast Correct answer

a landlocked country

an area surrounding a city

the area which is served by a port

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Question 15 Report

Explain the increasing importation of food to West Africa countries

Bad soils which cannot produce enough food

Progressive neglect of food production Correct answer

Unfavourable climates for enough food production

Too large populations which cannot be satisfied locally

People's love for imported foods

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Question 16 Report

Identify the shaded natural region in the diagram

Tropical monsoon

Equatorial

Hot desert Correct answer

Mediterranean

Tropical savannah

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Question 17 Report

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

Benue,Kwara,Niger and Kaduna

Kano,Kaduna,Niger and Kwara

Plateau,Kwara,Niger and Kaduna Correct answer

Gongola,Bauchi,Kwara and Niger

Niger,Benue,Kwara and Kano

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Question 18 Report

Which of the following is the appropriate shape of the section from A to B? choose the correct answer from the options above

D Correct answer

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Question 19 Report

which of these sea routes carries the heaviest traffic?

the North Atlantic routes between europe and North America Correct answer

the Suez Canal route between Europe and Asia

the Cape route between Europe and ASIA

the Panama Canal route between Europe and ASIA

the Atlantic route between North America and West Africa

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Question 20 Report

the Nigerian petroleum refineries are located at one of the following pairs of town?

Lagos and Port-Harcourt

Port-Harcourt and Calabar

Benin and Warri

Calabar and Kaduna

Port-Harcourt and Warri Correct answer

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Question 21 Report

Which of the following best interprets the scale "1cm represents 1km?

1:50 000

1:300 000

1:12 000

1/80 000

1:100 000 Correct answer

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Question 22 Report

which of the following features is NOT characteristics of a glaciated area?

Hanging valleys

Aretes

Interlocking spurs Correct answer

U-shaped valleys

Fjords

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Question 23 Report

The climatic data shown above are for a representative station in one of the following climatic types?

Tropical wet climate

Mediterranean climate or sub-tropical dry summer

Tropical wet and dry climate or savannah Correct answer

Temperate oceanic climate

Sub-tropical steppe(semi-desert) climate

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Question 24 Report

Annual rainfall is low and erratic.The vegetation is scanty,although temperature is generally high, yet the daily range of temperature is very high.
Which of the following is the climatic type described above?

Monsoon

Mediterranean

British type

Hot cool temperate continental

Hot desert Correct answer

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Question 25 Report

Industries can be classified as either light or heavy.
Which of the following groups of industries can be classified as light?

Textile, clothing, footwear and printing Correct answer

Iron and steel, cement and sugar

N0n-metalic products an chemicals

Petroleum, sugar and block-making

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Question 26 Report

Which one of the following terms give us the best general description of the relief of West Africa?

Swamps and low lands

Hills and mountain

Scarp slopes and deep slopes

plain and plateaux Correct answer

Flood plains

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Question 27 Report

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

full automation Correct answer

import substitution

labour intensive

market oriented

raw material oriented

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Question 28 Report

The true bearing, to the nearest degree of the highest peak in the mapped area from the center of the bridge across River Obe is?

199°

239°

249°

319° Correct answer

339°

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Question 29 Report

Which one of the areas shaded on the world map above is not an area of high population?

2 Correct answer

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Question 30 Report

The industrial economy of South-Africa is NOT based on one of the following factors:

abundant coal resources

abundant crude petroleum resources Correct answer

abundant agricultural resources

abundant cheap labour

Large-scale investment by such countries like West Germany,the U.S.A and United Kingdom.

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Question 31 Report

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

Lagos

Abuja Correct answer

Port Hacourt

Ajaokuta

Warri

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Question 32 Report

which of the following countries have few resources and yet has develop industries tremendously?

United kingdom Correct answer

Italy

France

Norway

Switzaland

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Question 33 Report

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

land and sea breezes

nearness to the atlantic ocean

overhead sun at the tropic of Cancer

North and South movement of the overhead sun

overhead sun on the equator Correct answer

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Question 34 Report

The following is a description of a type of climate:'very cold winters(-34°C or colder), hot summers (21°C); mean annual rainfall under 380mm,most of it occurring in summer'. To which of the following does the description relate?

tropical continental

tropical monsoon

temperate western margin

temperate continental

temperate eastern margin Correct answer

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Question 35 Report

which of the following is the most important reasons why the highest densities of cattle in West Africa are to be found in the Sudan and Sahel Savannah zones?

The two zones are far from the coast

The two zones have abundant water resources

The two zones have abundant fodder resouces

the two zones are largely free from tsetse flies Correct answer

The two zones have moderate temperature

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Question 36 Report

A ship's radioed message on the high sea at 5.45pm was heard at Abidjan(5°W) at 11.15a.m on the same day.Find the position of the ship

90E°

92° 30'E Correct answer

95°E

97° 30'E

100°E

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Question 37 Report

very large in area but very low in population;which of the following countries fits this description best?

Lesotho

Tunisia

Nigeria

Zaire Correct answer

Burundi

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Question 38 Report

Which among the following is a producer of coal?

Wankie (Zimbabwe) Correct answer

Ndola (Zambia)

Nsutta (Ghana)

Jos (Nigeria)

Marampa (Sierra Leone)

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Question 39 Report

Vegetables are usually grown near markets or their places of consumption because?

they are easily perishable Correct answer

they are not susceptible to attack from pests

they are meant to be eaten mainly by town dwellers

they can withstand heat for a long time

they are bulky and weight gaining in transit

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Question 40 Report

The intensity of the sun's heat is not much in polar regions because

the earth is flat at the poles

the atmosphere is thick at the poles

the atmosphere is thin at the poles

the angle of insolation is low Correct answer

the angle of insolation is high

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Question 41 Report

Ketegi settlement is typically a

scarpfoot settlement

foot-hill settlement

wet-point settlement

dry-point settlement

confluence settlement Correct answer

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Question 42 Report

Nigeria's proposed Iron and steel industry based on the direct reduction would be located at;

OSHOGBO

Port-Harcourt

Enugu

Warri Correct answer

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Question 43 Report

The ground distance along the river from the confluence of Rivers Obe and Opi to the bridge across River Obe is 5.5kilometres. What is the scale of the map in Representative Fraction?

1:10,000

1:50,000

1:100,000

1:500,000

1:1,000,000 Correct answer

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Question 44 Report

Which of the following rocks is composed of the skeletons of microscopic sea plants and animals?

Sandstone