JAMB Geography 2020 Past Questions

The following are advantages of overpopulation except

Which of the following is best defined as the movement of people from one geographical area to another involving permanent or temporary residence or settlement

Use the information on country Y below to answer the question that follows:

Land area = 200,000km \(^{2}\)
Population = 10,000,000.

calculate the population density of country Y

The birth rate of a country can be increased through the following except

The following are areas of lowlands in Nigeria except in Nigeria

The wind which blows across the Atlantic Ocean towards the coast of Nigeria and is responsible for rainy season is known as

Which of the following is not a major river basin in Nigeria?

Tin-mining activities in Nigeria are the main causes of environmental degradation on the?

The high cost of lumbering operations in tropical forest is mainly due to?

Which of the following farming activity best describes the rearing of only animals like cattle, sheep and goat mainly in the savanna belt of the north?

The outer structure of the earth is made up of the following except?

Which of the following is an importance of the atmosphere to living organisms?

The correct arrangement of the layers of the earth crust from the surface to the interior is

If the scale of a map is 2cm to 1km, what is the ground distance if the distance between two towns on the map is 20cm

If the scale of two maps are (a;1:100,000 and b;1:400,000) what is the ground distance if the distance between two towns on the maps is 10cm

Which of the following is a reason for the high volume of trade between Nigeria and developed countries?

The following are seaports used in the North Atlantic sea route except

_______ is the condition of the lower atmosphere of a place over a short period

In a combined maximum and minimum thermometer, the difference between the hottest and coldest daily temperature for that day gives the

_______ is defined as the total surrounding or medium of any organism in a given area

Which of the following processes leads to the loss of carbon from the air

On maps, lines drawn to join all places in the ocean having equal degree of salinity are called

Where the salinity of an ocean is high;

The type of water left in the soil after excess water has been drained off, following heavy rainfall is known as

The part labelled X in the soil profile is known as
 

Which of the following is not a graphical representation of statistical data?

Which of the following is a vegetation characteristics of the Tropical rainforest?

Which of the following is a problem of landlocked countries

One of the following is not a problem involved in harnessing solar energy?

One of the following surveying instruments is used to set out lines at right angles to the main chain line

________is the failure of the end point of a closed traverse to fall exactly on the point of origin of the transverse

What is the process of lowering and levelling of the earth surface by gradual breaking and wearing away of such earth's surfaces.

What is the process of lowering and levelling of the earth surface by gradual breaking and wearing away of such earth's surfaces.

Which of the following is an effect of the earth's revolution?

The soil gains nitrogen through one of the following except

Which of the following is a way of controlling soil erosion

__________ is a highland area which seperates the headstreams of rivers flowing in different directions but rising from the same mountainous source

___________ is a layer of very fine wind-deposited sand and silt?

An important mineral deposit in south Africa which has attracted a large number of white settler is

Which of the following gives the correct full meaning of G.I.S?

Which of the following statistical mapping techniques is most suitable for showing the spatial distribution of cattle in the different northern states of Nigeria?

Plants in the savannah are adapted mainly to alternating periods of high and low?

The prosperity of Kenya depends on the cultivation of

Which of the following is not an example of mineral resources?

Arrange the following scales in ascending order: 1:50,000, 1:200,000, 1:200, 1:300,000

Which of the following is not a precaution to be taken when making a compass traverse?

One of the following is not a sequence of denudation

What is the longitude of a town Y whose local time is 12:00 noon when Greenwich mean time is 6:00pm

Which of the following food chains is impossible?

Which of the following activities does not control soil erosion