Geography 2011 JAMB Past Questions

Geography 2011 JAMB Past Questions

1. A map with a scale of 1:40 000 is reduced to one quarter of its size , what is the new scale?

• A. 1:10 000
• B. 1:50 000
• C. 1:160 000
• D. 1:200 000

Correct Answer: Option C

2.An instrument used for setting out right angle in surveying a parcel of land is?

• A. a ranging pole
• B. an optical square
• C. a measuring rod
• D. Abney level

Correct Answer: Option B

3.An example of a great circle is?

• A. the equator
• B. the earth
• C. latitude 66 1\2
• D. latitude 23 1/2

Correct Answer: Option A

4.A metamorphosed form of shale is?

• A. slate
• B. marble
• C. quartzite
• D. gneiss

Correct Answer: Option C

5. Sandstone can be classified as?

• A. argillaceous
• B. calcareous
• C. carbonaceous
• D. aranaceous

Correct Answer: Option B

6. A Karst feature in its advanced stage of development is?

• A. terra rosa
• B. Sink hole
• C. Karst valley
• D. Karst window 

Correct Answer: Option B

7. the common features of the middle course of a river are?

• A. U-shaped valley and flood plains
• B. V-shaped valley and rapids
• C. broad interfluves and distributaries
• D. interlocking spurs and meanders

Correct Answer: Option C

8. A form of chemical weathering is?

• A. fragmentation
• B. exfoliation
• C. carbonation
• D. shattering

Correct Answer: Option C

9. Ocean currents affects the coast they wash when?

• A. prevailing winds are offshore
• B. prevailing winds are onshore
• C. there are no prevailing winds
• D. the ocean floods the shore

Correct Answer: Option A

10. Wind vane is used to record the?

• A. speed of the wind
• B. type of wind
• C. force of the wind
• D. direction of the wind

Correct Answer: Option D

11.What is the climate of a station with an annual rainfall of 2650mm spread fairly all year round a mean annual temperature of 27°C?

• A. Tropical wet-and-dry
• B. Tropical monsoon
• C. Tropical humid
• D. Mediterranean woodland

Correct Answer: Option C

12. Which of the following types of vegetation is characterized by acidic soils?

• A. Sahel Savanna
• B. Coniferous forest
• C. Temperate grassland
• D. Steppe

Correct Answer: Option C

13.When both the macropores and the micropores are filled with water, the soil is?

• A. leached
• B. at field capacity
• C. water logged
• D. erodeil

Correct Answer: Option C

14. A mature soil with distinct horizons occurring in a particular climate zone, but influenced strongly by topography is?

• A. zonal soil
• B. intrazonal soil
• C. azonal soilm
• D. alluvial soil

Correct Answer: Option D

15. Which of the following resources is non-renewable?

• A. Wind energy
• B. Solar energy
• C. Hydro energy
• D. Nuclear energy

Correct Answer: Option D

16.The introduction of materials that have negative impacts on the ecosystem is known as?

• A. pollution
• B. combustion
• C. transpiration
• D. evaporation

Correct Answer: Option A

17. An example of a climatic hazard is?

• A. volcanic eruption
• B. earthquake
• C. hurricane
• D. coastal erosion

Correct Answer: Option C

18. In which of the following regions is high population density attributable to agricultural development?

• A. The Rhur
• B. The Nile Basin
• C. The Amazon Basin
• D. The Midlands of England

Correct Answer: Option B

19. Which of the following statements best describes the population of Southeast Asia?

• A. High density and high growth rate
• B. High density and low growth rate
• C. Low density and high growth rate
• D. Low density and low growth rate

Correct Answer: Option A

20. Which of the following population characteristics is associated with developed countries?

• A. Declining birth rate and high death rate
• B. High brith rate and declining death rate
• C. High brith rate and low death rate
• D. Low brith rate and low death rate

Correct Answer: Option D

21. Urban settlements mainly engage in?

• A. primary economic activities
• B. secondary economic activities
• C. tertiary economic activities
• D. quaternary economic activities

Correct Answer: Option C

22. Lagos Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and Calabar are cities which have attained considerable importance because they?

• A. are cross roads to international airlines
• B. have seaports
• C. are densely populated
• D. are administrative capitals

Correct Answer: Option C

23. Which of the following arranges the settlement types in descending order in terms of complexity of functions?

• A. Metropolis, city, town, village and hamlet
• B. Metropolis, town, city, hamlet and village
• C. Metropolis, city, village and hamlet and village
• D. Hamlet, village, town, city and metropolis

Correct Answer: Option A

24. Which of the following economic activities are classified as primary?

• A. Farming, transportation, fishing and manufacturing
• B. Lumbering, banking, transportation and farming
• C. Fishing, lumbering, farming and mining
• D. Mining, trading, farming and lumbering

Correct Answer: Option C

25. When manufacturing enterprises produces goods which form raw materials for other enterprises, it is referred to as?

• A. value added
• B. sub-contracting
• C. forward linkage
• D. backward linkage

Correct Answer: Option C