Jamb Geography Past Questions For Year 1978
Question 46
Pick out the incorrect statement
- A. The Ruhr is a great industrial region
- B. Scandinavia is noted for its hardwood timber
- C. The North Sea is a great fishing area
- D. Katanga is a copper mining region
- E. Woollen fabrics are manufactured in Yorkshire
Question 47
Mixed farming implies
- A. growing crops and rearing animals on a given land area
- B. keeping poultry and rearing pigs on one and the same farm
- C. growing grains and root crops on the same piece of land
- D. mixed cultivation of wheat, barley, and oats
- E. intercropping of yam, cassava and maize
Question 48
Name the feature shown in the diagram above
- A. Grag and tail
- B. Seif dune
- C. Nunatak
- D. Inselberg
- E. Crescent dune
Question 49
When is the earth relative to the sun in the position shown in the diagram above?
- A. December 22
- B. March 21
- C. June 21
- D. September 22
- E. October 23
Question 50
What is a typical farmer in the Sudan savannah of Nigeria most likely to be doing in June?
- A. Clearing his land for planting
- B. Planting his main cash crop
- C. Harvesting his main cash crop
- D. Resting because he has less to do
- E. Taking part in a fishing festival
