Geography 2014 JAMB Past Questions

Geography 2014 JAMB Past Questions

 

1. The total groundnut export from 2000 to 2003 is ?

• A. 1700 metric tonnes
• B. 1400 metric tonnes
• C. 1800 metric tonnes
• D. 1500 metric tonnes

Correct Answer: Option A

2. The total export in 2002 is?

• A. 800 metric tonnes
• B. 1200 metric tonnes
• C. 1000 metric tonnes
• D. 11000

Correct Answer: Option C

3. In chain surveying, the basic principle is to measure?

• A. angles
• B. heights
• C. depths
• D. distances 

Correct Answer: Option D

4. Which of these planets completes its orbit in a much shorter space of time?

• A. Saturn
• B. Jupiter
• C. Mercury
• D. Earth

Correct Answer: Option C

5. Which of these completes its orbits in a much shorter space of time?

• A. Saturn
• B. Jupiter
• C. Mercury
• D. Earth

Correct Answer: Option C

6. Shale is a fire-textured sedimentary rocks formed principally from the particles of?

• A. sand
• B. clay
• C. quartz
• D. calcite

Correct Answer: Option B

7. Organic sedimentary rocks formed from the?

• A. solution of substces
• B. result of pressure from underlying rocks
• C. remain of living organisms
• D. vegetative matters

Correct Answer: Option C

8. The intrusive landform produced when magma is cooled within the earth surface is?

• A. cinder
• B. batholith
• C. composite
• D. geyser

Correct Answer: Option B

9. Which of the following is an agent of denudation?

• A. Insolation
• B. Wind
• C. Energy
• D. Gravity

Correct Answer: Option B

10. Which of the following rocks is charaterized by layer formation and strata?

• A. Metamorphic
• B. Vocanic
• C. Sedimentary
• D. Igneous

Correct Answer: Option C

11. Which of the following seas has the highest salinity?

• A. Caspian
• B. Mediterranean Sea
• C. Baltic Sea
• D. Red Sea

Correct Answer: Option D

12. Some lakes are seasonal due to their location in?

• A. hot deserts
• B. humid areas
• C. high altitudes
• D. cool temperate margin

Correct Answer: Option A

13. Which of the following is an element of weather?

• A. Thunder
• B. Breeze
• C. Latitude
• D. Precipitation

Correct Answer: Option D

14. A line drawn on a map to show places of equal temperature is known as?

• A. isobar
• B. isotherm
• C. isohyet
• D. isoline

Correct Answer: Option B

15. The term used to describe the vegetation type of the Amazon Basin is?

• A. pampas
• B. coniferous
• C. selvas
• D. vale

Correct Answer: Option C

16.The major factors which determines the rate of infiltration of water into the sub-soils is?

• A. temperature
• B. rainfall intensity
• C. nature of rocks
• D. nature of slope 

Correct Answer: Option C

17. The level of development of the soil profile is determined by?

• A. climate
• B. time
• C. parent material
• D. organic matter

Correct Answer: Option D

18. Volcanoes are considered natural resources because the provide?

• A. tourism
• B. mountainous landscape
• C. fertile soil
• D. carbon dioxide

Correct Answer: Option C

19. Which of the following is a component of a biotic community?

• A. Rocks
• B. Water
• C. Gases
• D. Animals

Correct Answer: Option D

20.The type of coal that burns with great heat and very little smoke is?

• A. anthracite
• B. lignite
• C. steam coal
• D. peat

Correct Answer: Option A

21. The most serious environment effect posed by hazardous wastes is

• A. contatmination of ground water
• B. destruction of habitat
• C. air pollution
• D. increase use for land to landfills

Correct Answer: Option B

22. Which of the following indices is a measure of development?

• A. Total population
• B. Population density
• C. Life density
• D. Types of building

Correct Answer: Option D

23. The growth rate of population is determined by?

• A. improved agriculture
• B. number of death per 1000
• C. birth and death rates
• D. technological know-how

Correct Answer: Option C

24.A populated problem faced by some developed countries today is?

• A. very slow replacement rate
• B. over populattion
• C. high death rates
• D. high dependency ratio

Correct Answer: Option D

25. Which of the following is afavourable condition for settlement site?

• A. Dense natural vegetation
• B. Marshy fadama area
• C. Adequate water supply
• D. Mountainous ratio

Correct Answer: Option C