JAMB Geography 1982 Past Questions

In which one of the following sections of a hill slope would you expect the soil to be deepest and most moist? The

A volcanic eruption is most likely to be violet when?

Poorly drained soils are good for the growth of?

Which of the following factors CANNOT be used to explain the nature and pattern of distribution of savannah vegetation in Africa?

Which of these is NOT a weathering process?

A map measures 10cm by 6cm.If the map is enlarge such that its area is 240 sq. cm, the map is enlarged?

Which of the following statements is true of the Sahara Desert, the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of North America?

The major mountain belts of the world were produced through?

Which of the following statements bests describes the weathering process known as exfoliation?

Which of the instruments is used in measuring wind speed?

Which of the following features is NOT commonly associated with a river at the floodplain stage?

The 'Mediterranean type' of climate refers to?

A river deposits its load of sediment if the?

In which vegetation zone is Abuja, the new Federal Capital, location?

Which of these statements is NOT true of the great circle?

Which of these best explains the rapid rise in world population during the twentieth century?

Which of the following areas is subject to frequent earthquarkes?

Within the last few years Alaska, Mexico and the North Sea have become important in the production of?

The direct flight from town X on longitude 42°30'E to town Y on longitude 5°E takes 4(1/2) hours. If an aeroplane leaves town X at 10.00 a.m local time, what will be the local time in town Y when it arrives there?

Examples of folded structures in Africa include the Atlas Mountains, the Cape Rangers and the?

How is the mean annual rainfall of a given place calculated using records for 35 years?

The three leading manufacturing countries of the world are?

Ivory Coast has become famous in recent years for its modern agricultural development projects especially in respect of?

In which of the following vegetation types do you expect to find reindeer?

Which ONE of the following regions has the world's largest potential water power resources, but has the least developed water power?

Which of the following is the main export from Uganda?

Tropical cyclones arise in the belts of the?

The dominant pattern pattern of seasonal labour migration in West Africa is form?

Which of the following factors best accounts for the sparse population of the interior parts of Kenya and Tanzania?

The two major air masses affecting the climate of West Africa are the?

Which of the following shipping routes carries the world's heaviest ocean traffic?

Which of these three west Africa countries have economic deposit of iron ore?

Which of these best accounts for the decline in railway transport in Nigeria in the last two decades?

Which of the following is NOT true of most developing countries?

In terms of both the area of the land cultivated and the volume of production, the most important cereal crop in Nigeria is?

The major areas of mixed farming in the world are also areas of?

Which ONE of the following areas is an important wet season grazing areas for Fulani cattle?

In Nigeria, Landforms of volcanic and intrusive structures can be seen near each other in one of the following areas. Which one?

The commonest means of transporting logs from the forest to the mills and markets throughout the world is?

Towns in developing countries today are growing very rapidly, mainly through?

The following major dam projects are located in Nigeria. Identify them?

Which of these is NOT characteristic of the tropical rain forest?

The world's richest fishing grounds are to be found?

In the area covered by the contour map above, six men standing various places. Which of the men at J, K, L, M and N will NOT be able to see the man at X? (Assume that there is no vegetable cover; contours are in metres). The man is at

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

What is the approximate height of the location marked X?

The length of the main road to the nearest kilometre is

Name the feature crossed by the footpath between points Y and Z

What is the size, in square kilometres of the area covered by the map?

What is the average gradient of the slope marked G-H?