JAMB UTME - Geography - 1979

One of the following indicates why the best fishing grounds of the world are located in mid-temperate latitudes

Norway, British Columbia,the Canadian Shield, and Finland are noted for their production of

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?

Which of the following types of climate would a person not encounter in traveling from Algiers to Cape town?

Which of the following is not a form of precipitation?

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.

Which of the following is not characteristic of major world cities?

What is the length to the nearest kilometer of the main stream that flows into the Lake Lagoon?

The great commercial grain-farming regions of the world include all but one of the following. Which is it?

Which of the following features is produced by wave deposition?

The most important coffee producer in West Africa is

The main petroleum-producing countries of Africa are

One of the negative effects of building new dams is

Which of the following scales should show the greatest amount of detail on a map?

The direct cause of waves is

One of the electric power stations in Nigeria which uses natural gas as a source of energy is

Which of the following towns in Nigeria is noted for the production of glass beads as a traditional craft?

The major disadvantage of air transportation compared with land transportation is that

The major disadvantage of the River Nile as a trade route is that

The process of weathering include all but one of the following

The Gezira plain is an important agricultural region in Africa noted for the production of

Which of the following areas is important for the production of crude petroleum?

Which of the following features is associated with glacial erosion?

Along which latitude will the day-time be longest on Christmas day?

Rainfall caused by the movement of air over a mountain is termed

Nigeria produces locally the major raw materials for the manufacture of all but one of these home made goods

What is the commodity associated with OPEC?

Which of the following conditions is not conducive to the cultivation of tea?

Industries like cement manufacturing and iron and steel are usually located close to the site of raw materials because

Identify the non-fuel mineral among the following

The ocean route with the greatest traffic is the

The elevated feature that runs westwards from the cape near Mito to the western edge of the map is

With which one of the following areas are active volcanoes associated?

The Qattara Depression in Egypt is the product of

Rotation of the earth is

Which of these regions is not an area of high population density?

One of the following countries produces more rice than the others.which is it?

What is the approximate height of Manko above the sea level?

The true bearing of the trigonometrical station 54.0m from the peak of Bedi Hill is

Months J F M A M J J A S O N D

Temp^oC 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?

The sea bed, bordering the continents, which is covered by shallow water is known as

Bamboo and Mahogany, lianas and obeche, raphia and tree ferns. In which vegetation type are all these found?

If the temperature at sea level is 10°C, the temperature of the air at a height of 2000 meters will be bout

Dairy farming is often practiced near large urban centers because

Which of these contributes the least to Nigeria's national economy?

The wearing away of the sides and bottom of a river''s channel by the load carried by a river is called

The wind system that brings the harmattan to Africa is referred to as

What is the name of the river marked X on the map?

Which of the following statements is not true of primary activities?

The appropriate geographical term for that narrow feature east of Ela Lagoon along which a footpath runs is