Jamb Geography Past Questions For Year 1982
Question 16
Which of the following statements bests describes the weathering process known as exfoliation?
- A. The chemical alteration of rock minerals on taking in water
- B. The peeling away of rocks in thin layers acid
- C. The dissolution of basic minerals by carbonic acid
- D. The addition of oxygen to mineral elements to form oxides
- E. The disintegration of foliated rocks
Question 17
The major mountain belts of the world were produced through?
- A. wind erosion
- B. glacial activity
- C. volcanic activity
- D. folding
- E. river deposition
Question 18
Which of the following statements is true of the Sahara Desert, the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of North America?
- A. The areas inhabited by primitive hunters and traders
- B. These areas have the world's largest known deposits of crude oil
- C. population is found in isolated oases and along the river valley's
- D. The enviroment is very harsh for both man and animal
- E. The inhabitants belong to the oldest races in the world
Question 19
Which of these best explains the rapid rise in world population during the twentieth century?
- A. Large-scale migration of people
- B. Decline in death rates
- C. Increase in world food production
- D. Improvement in transportation which enables food to be moved from surplus to deficit areas
- E. Rapid rate of urbanization
Question 20
Which of these statements is NOT true of the great circle?
- A. The equator is a great circle
- B. The great circle is the largest circle one can draw on a sphere
- C. The great circle is the path of the shortest distance over the earth's surface between two points
- D. Each meridian is a great circle
- E. All great circles bisect the earth
