JAMB UTME - Geography - 1985
Question 1 Rapport
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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Question 2 Rapport
Which of the following groups of landforms is associated with sandstone formations in Nigeria?
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Question 4 Rapport
The areas of population concentration is S.E Asia are also areas of?
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Question 6 Rapport
A major unfavorable factor in locating a steel rolling mill in Katina is the lack of?
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Question 7 Rapport
Which of the following African cities is situated near the confluence of rivers?
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Question 9 Rapport
Which of these statement is true about petroleum production and/for marketing?
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Question 11 Rapport
Tourists are attracted to the East Africa countries of Kenya and Tanzania mainly by the?
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Question 13 Rapport
A nucleated settlement differs from a dispersed settlement because?
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Question 14 Rapport
| 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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Question 16 Rapport
Which of the following groups of features is normally associated with the old age of a river?
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Question 17 Rapport
The major physical factor restricting the cultivation of perennial crops in the Sudan savanna of Nigeria is the?
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Question 18 Rapport
In which of the following rock types is petroleum mainly found?
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Question 20 Rapport
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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Question 21 Rapport
Which of the following is NOT a product of river deposition?
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Question 22 Rapport
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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Question 23 Rapport
Which of the following statements is FALSE about the economy of most West African countries?
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Question 24 Rapport
Nature reserves in Africa are managed and utilized for several activities with the EXCEPTION of?
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Question 25 Rapport
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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Question 26 Rapport
The feature utilized by a road to cross a floodplain is called?
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Question 27 Rapport
The plain to the east of the Cross River is virtually uninhabited probably because
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Question 28 Rapport
The distinctive character of tropical red soil is BEST described as?
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Question 29 Rapport
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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Question 30 Rapport
Which of the following groups of West Africa countries does NOT have a railway system?
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Question 32 Rapport
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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Question 33 Rapport
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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Question 35 Rapport
What will be the length of a two-kilometer canal on an air photography on a scale 1: 50 000?
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Question 37 Rapport
Which of the following is NOT a major contributory factor to the large-scale production of groundnuts in the Gambia?
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Question 38 Rapport
When it is 12.00 noon on longitude 30°W local time on longitude 75°E is?
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Question 39 Rapport
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the Podzol horizon?
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Question 41 Rapport
Which of the following timber trees are found in the Tropical Rain Forest of Africa?
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Question 42 Rapport
Which of the following river basins has the highest population concentration? The
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Question 43 Rapport
In west Africa,the forest-savannah mosaic is the vegetation pattern characteristic of the?
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Question 44 Rapport
Which of the following export commodities is NOT handled by the port of Mombasa?
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Question 45 Rapport
Four major ocean currents washing the shores of Africa are the?
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Question 47 Rapport
The relief feature along the western bank of the Cross River between Anofia and Unwana demonstrates
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Question 48 Rapport
One of the effects of rural-urban migration on the source region it?
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Question 49 Rapport
The essential nature of the economic activity called grazing can be described as the?
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Question 50 Rapport
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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