JAMB UTME - Geography - 1979
Question 1 Rapport
One of the following indicates why the best fishing grounds of the world are located in mid-temperate latitudes
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Question 2 Rapport
Which of the following areas is important for the production of crude petroleum?
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Question 4 Rapport
Rainfall caused by the movement of air over a mountain is termed
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Question 5 Rapport
Which of the following types of climate would a person not encounter in traveling from Algiers to Cape town?
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Question 6 Rapport
One of the electric power stations in Nigeria which uses natural gas as a source of energy is
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Question 7 Rapport
What is the approximate height of Manko above the sea level?
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Question 8 Rapport
With which one of the following areas are active volcanoes associated?
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Question 9 Rapport
Along which latitude will the day-time be longest on Christmas day?
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Question 10 Rapport
Which of the following towns in Nigeria is noted for the production of glass beads as a traditional craft?
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Question 13 Rapport
Identify the pair of forces/processes which may be responsible for the formation of rift valleys
1. Centrifugal 2. Erosional 3. Compressional 4. Magnetic 5. Faulting.
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Question 14 Rapport
One of the following countries produces more rice than the others.which is it?
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Question 17 Rapport
The process of weathering include all but one of the following
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Question 18 Rapport
Bamboo and Mahogany, lianas and obeche, raphia and tree ferns. In which vegetation type are all these found?
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Question 19 Rapport
The elevated feature that runs westwards from the cape near Mito to the western edge of the map is
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Question 20 Rapport
The major disadvantage of the River Nile as a trade route is that
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Question 21 Rapport
Months J F M A M J J A S O N D
TempoC 21.1 21.1 20.0 17.2 15.0 13.3 12.8 13.3 14.4 16.1 17.2 20.0
Precipitation 18 15 23 48 97 114 94 86 58 41 28 20
In what climate type is the station with the above data?
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Question 22 Rapport
The major disadvantage of air transportation compared with land transportation is that
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Question 23 Rapport
Which of the following features is associated with glacial erosion?
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Question 24 Rapport
Which of the following statements is not true of primary activities?
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Question 25 Rapport
Nigeria produces locally the major raw materials for the manufacture of all but one of these home made goods
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Question 27 Rapport
The Gezira plain is an important agricultural region in Africa noted for the production of
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Question 29 Rapport
Which of the following conditions is not conducive to the cultivation of tea?
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Question 31 Rapport
Dairy farming is often practiced near large urban centers because
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Question 32 Rapport
Norway, British Columbia,the Canadian Shield, and Finland are noted for their production of
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Question 35 Rapport
Which of the following scales should show the greatest amount of detail on a map?
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Question 36 Rapport
The sea bed, bordering the continents, which is covered by shallow water is known as
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Question 37 Rapport
The wind system that brings the harmattan to Africa is referred to as
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Question 38 Rapport
The wearing away of the sides and bottom of a river''s channel by the load carried by a river is called
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Question 39 Rapport
Which of these regions is not an area of high population density?
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Question 40 Rapport
Two points on a river are 10.4km apart and one stands 400metres above the other. What is the gradient along the river between the points?
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Question 41 Rapport
The great commercial grain-farming regions of the world include all but one of the following. Which is it?
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Question 42 Rapport
The appropriate geographical term for that narrow feature east of Ela Lagoon along which a footpath runs is
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Question 43 Rapport
Which of the following features is produced by wave deposition?
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Question 44 Rapport
The true bearing of the trigonometrical station 54.0m from the peak of Bedi Hill is
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Question 46 Rapport
What is the length to the nearest kilometer of the main stream that flows into the Lake Lagoon?
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Question 47 Rapport
Industries like cement manufacturing and iron and steel are usually located close to the site of raw materials because
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Question 48 Rapport
Which of these contributes the least to Nigeria's national economy?
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Question 49 Rapport
Which of the following is not characteristic of major world cities?
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Question 50 Rapport
If the temperature at sea level is 10°C, the temperature of the air at a height of 2000 meters will be bout
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