Jamb Geography Past Questions For Year 1990
Question 6
Variations in the lengths of day and night over the earth's surface are due to the?
- A. earth's inclination to the sun and its revolution
- B. earth's inclination to the sun and its rotation
- C. length of the earth's orbit
- D. thickness of the earth's atmosphere
Question 7
The latitude which marks the lines of the sun's apparent movement north and south of the equator is?
- A. 66 1/2°
- B. 60 1/2°
- C. 45 1/2°
- D. 23 1/2°
Question 8
A traveller from South America, on crossing the International Date Line to Asia at 12 noon on Tuesday, would sail into?
- A. Monday noon
- B. Tuesday noon
- C. Wednesday noon
- D. Wednesday mid-night
Question 9
What is the bearing of Q from P, if Q lies NNW from P?
- A. 67.5°
- B. 157.5°
- C. 247.5°
- D. 337.5°
Question 10
Most of the heat received by the atmosphere comes directly from?
- A. the sun
- B. the earth's surface
- C. clouds
- D. air masses
