Geography 2015 JAMB Past Questions

Geography 2015 JAMB Past Questions

 

1. The following are natural resources except

• A. rubber
• B. soil
• C. water
• D. cellphane

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation

D is correct. Because cellphane is not a natural resources

 

 

2. all these are examples of fold mountains except

• A. Himalayas
• B. Rockies
• C. Andes
• D. Voges Mountain

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation

D is correct; because Voges Mountains is an example of Blocks Mountains.

 

3. All the following are fertile plains except

• A. loess plains
• B. alluvial plains
• C. erosional plains
• D. flood plain

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation

C is correct, because, erosional plains are a type of plains that occur as a result of washing away of top soil to sub soil.

 

4. The current world population is estimated at about

• A. 2.0 billion
• B. 7.0 billion
• C. 6 .0 billion
• D. 4.0 billion

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

B is correct, because world population is estimated at 7.3 billion.

 

5. soil factor in an ecosystem are referred to as -----

• A. topographic
• B. climatic
• C. biotic
• D. edaphic 

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation

D is correct; because soil factor in an ecosystem are referred to as edaphic.

6. All of these are the processes of chemical weathering except

• A. solution
• B. oxidation
• C. alternating of wet and dry land
• D. carbonation

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation

C is correct. Because alternating wet and dry land/rock is associated with physical weathering

 

7. the axis of the earth is inclined at plane of the ecliptic at angle of

• A. 66°
• B. 23°
• C. 90°
• D. 180°

Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation

A is correct; because the axis of the earth is inclined at plane of the ecliptic at angle of 66°

 

8. west Africa is located between latitudes-----------and --------------of the equator

• A. 4⁰ N and 20⁰ N
• B. 3⁰ N and 15⁰ N
• C. 2⁰ N and 10⁰ N
• D. 10⁰ N and 15⁰ N

Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation

A is correct. Because West Africa is located on 4⁰ N and 20⁰ N of the equato

 

9. All the following crops involve in the plantation agriculture except

• A. rubber
• B. wheat
• C. cocoa
• D. Howbell

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

B is correct, because wheat is not parts of plantation farming.

 

10. in a food chain, the position occupied by an organism is called

• A. the tropic level
• B. energy level
• C. the feeding level
• D. the habitat level

Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation

A is correct; because tropic level is the position occupied by an organism in a food chain

11.Tropical rain forest can be conserved by the following practices except

• A. agroforestry
• B. deforestation
• C. shifting
• D. crop rotation

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

B is correct. Cutting or felling of economics trees is not the way by which tropical rain forest can be conserved

 

12 population growth rate may be define as the

• A. mortality rate per unit area over a period
• B. number of times an organism occurs with a given period
• C. number of particular species per units area
• D. net rate of mortality rate per unit area over a period

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation

D is correct. Because population growth rate has to do with net rate of habitat over a period of time

 

 

13. tall trees with buttress root are associated with -----------

• A. rain forest
• B. guinea savanna
• C. Sudan savanna
• D. Sahel savanna

Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation

A is correct; tall trees with buttress root are associated with rain forest.

 

14. Which of the following resources is renewable

• A. livestock
• B. mineral
• C. forest
• D. soil

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

A renewable resource is a resource which is replaced naturally and can be used again. Examples are: oxygen, fresh water, solar energy, timber, and biomass. Renewable resources may also include goods commodities such as wood, paper and leather.

 

15. The solar system comprises the sun and it’s ----------

• A. seven planets
• B. eight planets
• C. nine planets
• D. six planet

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation

C is correct. Because the solar system comprises the sun and it’s nine planets

16. On September 23rd, all towns or cities in the northern hemisphere can never experience

• A. equal length of day and night
• B. complete daylight
• C. longer nights and shorter nights
• D. longer days and shorter nights

Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation

A is correct, because every 23rd September, all towns in the northern hemisphere experience equal length of day and night i.e. 12hours for the day and 12hour for the night .

 

 

17. Density,mortality, birth rate are factors that affect

• A. population
• B. dominance
• C. cover
• D. habitat

Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation

A is correct; population is the total number of people or inhabitant living in a geographical area

 

 

18.The predominant systems of agriculture among rural farmers in Nigeria is

• A. terrace farming
• B. irrigation farming
• C. plantation agriculture
• D. bush fallowing

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation

D is correct, because, it is also shifting cultivation. It is a system of farming or the cultivation of one pieces of land for some years and leaving it for some years with the aim of restoring fertility to the soil naturally but during this fallow period, the farmer cultivates another pieces of land

 

 

19. What type of mountain is associated with syncline?

• A. Block mountain
• B. fold mountain
• C. volcanic mountain
• D. residual mountain

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

B is correct; these are the mountains that are formed as a result of compressional force

 

20. the instrument used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake is called

• A. Epicenter
• B. Ismograph
• C. thermometer
• D. seismograph

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation

D is not correct; seismograph is the instrument records the vibrations produced by an earthquakes