JAMB UTME - Geography - 1985
Pregunta 1 Informe
The feature utilized by a road to cross a floodplain is called?
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Pregunta 2 Informe
The system of cultivation whereby a piece of land is cultivated for one or two years and is then left to fallow while the farmer moves to another piece of land around the same permanent settlement is known as?
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Pregunta 3 Informe
Which of the following African cities is situated near the confluence of rivers?
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Pregunta 4 Informe
In which of the following rock types is petroleum mainly found?
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Pregunta 5 Informe
The essential nature of the economic activity called grazing can be described as the?
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Pregunta 8 Informe
The plain to the east of the Cross River is virtually uninhabited probably because
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Pregunta 10 Informe
Which of the following export commodities is NOT handled by the port of Mombasa?
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Pregunta 11 Informe
The streams flowing from the eastern part of the area do not appear to reach the Cross River probably because they
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Pregunta 12 Informe
In west Africa,the forest-savannah mosaic is the vegetation pattern characteristic of the?
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Pregunta 13 Informe
Which of the following statements is FALSE about the economy of most West African countries?
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Pregunta 14 Informe
Which of the following groups of landforms is associated with sandstone formations in Nigeria?
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Pregunta 17 Informe
When it is 12.00 noon on longitude 30°W local time on longitude 75°E is?
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Pregunta 18 Informe
Which of these statement is true about petroleum production and/for marketing?
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Pregunta 19 Informe
Tourists are attracted to the East Africa countries of Kenya and Tanzania mainly by the?
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Pregunta 20 Informe
What climatic type is illustrated in the diagram above?
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Pregunta 21 Informe
| Coal Mined In % (World) | ||||||
| USA | UK | Germany | USSR | France | Japan | Rest |
| 35 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
From the table above, it can be deduced that
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Pregunta 22 Informe
What will be the length of a two-kilometer canal on an air photography on a scale 1: 50 000?
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Pregunta 23 Informe
Study the table below, which shows the mean climatic conditions at station Y an d answer the question below
| J | F | M | J | J | J | A | S | S | O | N | D | |
| *T (oC) | 22.1 | 24.1 | 27.5 | 30.9 | 31.5 | 30.0 | 27.3 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 27.7 | 25.2 | 22.7 |
| *R(mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 40.6 | 68.6 | 175.3 | 233.5 | 104.1 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 |
*R = Rainfall
Station Y is located in the northern Hemisphere because the
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Pregunta 25 Informe
Study the table below, which shows the mean climatic conditions at station Y, and answer question below
| J | F | M | J | J | J | A | S | S | O | N | D | |
| *T (oC) | 22.1 | 24.1 | 27.5 | 30.9 | 31.5 | 30.0 | 27.3 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 27.7 | 25.2 | 22.7 |
| *R(mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 40.6 | 68.6 | 175.3 | 233.5 | 104.1 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 |
*R = Rainfall
The mean annual rainfall of station Y is
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Pregunta 26 Informe
The distinctive character of tropical red soil is BEST described as?
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Pregunta 27 Informe
Four major ocean currents washing the shores of Africa are the?
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Pregunta 28 Informe
Which of the following is NOT a product of river deposition?
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Pregunta 29 Informe
The Great Soil Group, found in the temperate grasslands, having a deep, black, nutrient-rich A- horizon, a compact B-horizon, and a zone of calcium carbonate accumulation is called a?
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Pregunta 30 Informe
Which of the following is NOT a major contributory factor to the large-scale production of groundnuts in the Gambia?
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Pregunta 31 Informe
Which of the following river basins has the highest population concentration? The
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Pregunta 32 Informe
The areas of population concentration is S.E Asia are also areas of?
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Pregunta 34 Informe
A nucleated settlement differs from a dispersed settlement because?
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Pregunta 35 Informe
The major physical factor restricting the cultivation of perennial crops in the Sudan savanna of Nigeria is the?
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Pregunta 36 Informe
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the Podzol horizon?
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Pregunta 37 Informe
The following lakes have outlets to the sea EXCEPT Lake?
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Pregunta 38 Informe
Which of the following timber trees are found in the Tropical Rain Forest of Africa?
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Pregunta 39 Informe
Which of the following groups of West Africa countries does NOT have a railway system?
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Pregunta 40 Informe
A major unfavorable factor in locating a steel rolling mill in Katina is the lack of?
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Pregunta 42 Informe
One of the effects of rural-urban migration on the source region it?
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Pregunta 43 Informe
The relief feature along the western bank of the Cross River between Anofia and Unwana demonstrates
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Pregunta 45 Informe
The diagram above shows the population in the French-speaking countries of West Africa in 1970.
From the diagram determine the population of the Ivory coast, If the total population of all the country was 32,300,000
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Pregunta 46 Informe
The property known as soil texture is best defined as the?
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Pregunta 47 Informe
Nature reserves in Africa are managed and utilized for several activities with the EXCEPTION of?
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Pregunta 48 Informe
What is the correct combination of crops grown in the area shaded on the map of Nigeria above?
1. Yam 2. Sugar 3. Wheat 4. Maize 5. Millet 6. Onion
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Pregunta 49 Informe
Southern U.S.A, southern Russia, the Nile Valley, western Indian and northeastern China are all noted for the large-scale production of?
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Pregunta 50 Informe
Which of the following groups of features is normally associated with the old age of a river?
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