Geography 2012 JAMB Past Questions
Geography 2012 JAMB Past Questions
1. The length
between two points on a topographical map is 5m. What is the actual
distance between them if the scale of the map is 1:50000?
- A. 2.5 km
- B. 3.0 km
- C. 3.5
- D. 5.0
Correct Answer: Option A
2. Chain survey is most convenient for measurements on ?
- A. rocky environment
- B. plains
- C. embarkment
- D. irregular slopes
Correct Answer: Option B
3. The earth's crust consists essentially of?
- A. magnesium and silica
- B. silica and aluminium
- C. calcium and aluminium
- D. magensium and calcium
Correct Answer: Option B
4. The rock type formed through the deposits compression of elastic particles is ?
- A. anthracite
- B. sandstone
- C. limestone
- D. mudstone
Correct Answer: Option D
5. Which of the following rock types is formed through the ejection of magma onto the surface of the earth?
- A. Lignite
- B. Granite
- C. Slate
- D. Basalt
Correct Answer: Option D
6. Rocks that are composed of particles derived previously existing rocks are referred to as?
- A. Metamorphic rocks
- B. intrusive igneous rocks
- C. sedimentary rocks
- D. extrusive igneous rocks
Correct Answer: Option A
7. An ox-bow lake is usually located in a?
- A. volcanic crater
- B. karst valley
- C. river valley
- D. desert oasis
Correct Answer: Option C
8.The phenomenon of change in direction of wave fronts as the approach the sea shore is known as a?
- A. wave refraction
- B. tidal wave movement
- C. wave drifting
- D. retrogradation
Correct Answer: Option B
9.The storm which occurs over the China Sea between latitudes 8θ and 15θ N and S of the equator is a?
- A. tropical thunderstorm
- B. torando
- C. typhoon
- D. temperature thunderstorm
Correct Answer: Option C
10. A major characteristics of the tropical continental climate is the?
- A. occurrance of high diurnal temperatures throughout the year
- B. Absence of cloud cover throughout the year
- C. prevalence of high and constant temperature throughout the year
- D. occurrance of alternating wet and dry seasons throughout the year
Correct Answer: Option C
11. Plants that are highly tolerant of drought and can survive in dry habitats are referred to as?
- A. hydrophytes
- B. mesophytes
- C. tropophytes
- D. xerophytes
Correct Answer: Option D
12. An important characteristics of the B-horizon in tropical ferruginous soils is the?
- A. eluviation of oxides
- B. concentration of organic matter
- C. accumulation of oxides
- D. predominance of parent material
Correct Answer: Option C
13. The texture of the soil depends on the constitution of?
- A. sand. silt and humus
- B. sand, clay and stones
- C. sand, silt and clay
- D. sand, clay and quartz
Correct Answer: Option C
14. The most significant economic use of ocean water is for ?
- A. drinking
- B. bathing
- C. transportation
- D. recreation
Correct Answer: Option C
15. The major terrestrials ecosystems are often referred to as?
- A. biomes
- B. biomass
- C. grasslands
- D. boreal forests
Correct Answer: Option A
16. Global warming directly results in?
- A. melting ice cap and rising sea level
- B. corrion of roofing sheets
- C. increasing in atmospheric pressure
- D. population explosion and rapid urbanization
Correct Answer: Option A
17. Accelerated soil erosion result from a combination of?
- A. bad farming practice and mulching
- B. intensive cultivation and cover crops
- C. bad farming practices and fertilizers
- D. intensive cultivation and overgrazing
Correct Answer: Option D
18. Which of the following factors discourages population concentration in area?
- A. Grasslands
- B. Frozen soils
- C. Mineral deposit
- D. Alluvial plains
Correct Answer: Option B
19. The ratio of registered births to the population of women of child-bearing age is known as the?
- A. fertility rate
- B. mortality rate
- C. growth rate
- D. morbidity rate
Correct Answer: Option A
20. The number of deaths, births, immigrants and emigrants over a specified time interval determines the population
- A. density
- B. change
- C. growth
- D. structure
Correct Answer: Option B
21. Which of the following is mainly associated with tourism?
- A. Rural settlement
- B. Commercial settlement
- C. Holiday resort
- D. Confluence town
Correct Answer: Option C
22. The merging of two or more extensive urban areas results in a?
- A. city
- B. megalopolis
- C. conurbation
- D. metropolis
Correct Answer: Option C
23. Fertile plains are usually characterized by a pattern of settlement referred to as?
- A. nucleated and concentric
- B. nucleated and elongation
- C. dispersed
- D. nodal
Correct Answer: Option B
24. An industry is optimally located where?
- A. profit is minimized
- B. cost is maximized
- C. revenue is maximized
- D. profit is maximized
Correct Answer: Option B
25. The lack of access to food in some parts of the world emanates from?
- A. low development of natural resources
- B. educational inequality
- C. poor transport
- D. economic inequality
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