Jamb Geography Past Questions For Year 2002
Question 11
In surveying, the prismatic compass can be used to?
- A. measure the inclination of features
- B. measure accurarely the height of points
- C. measure horizontal distances
- D. obtain bearing of features
Question 12
Sugar plantations in Africa are most highly developed in the lowlands of?
- A. the Mediterranean seaboard and the Guinea coast
- B. Natal and the Lower Nile
- C. Mozambique and Natal
- D. the Guinea coast and Mozambique
Question 13
The Nigerian towns which owed much of their growth in the 20th century to the development of the railway include?
- A. Eungu, Jos, Kaduna and Minna
- B. Lagos, Minna, Nnewi and Gusau
- C. Oshogbo, Minna, Owerri and Jos
- D. Lagos, Lokoja, Gusau and Umuahia
Question 14
A common feature of Forcados, Bonny and Eket in the Niger Delta is that they are?
- A. very important fishing ports
- B. export processing zones
- C. important for natural gas export
- D. terminal for oil companies
Question 15
The ferralitic soils in West Africa are mostly found in the?
- A. desert environment
- B. forest belt
- C. swampy coastline
- D. savannah belt
