Jamb Geography Past Questions For Year 1985
Question 16
The Great Soil Group, found in the temperate grasslands, having a deep, black, nutrient-rich A- horizon, a compact B-horizon, and a zone of calcium carbonate accumulation is called a?
- A. chestnut soil
- B. prairie soil
- C. cheronzem
- D. podzol
- E. pedocal
Question 17
The distinctive character of tropical red soil is BEST described as?
- A. deep, highly leached,with high kaolin clay and iron content
- B. deep, deep, humus-rich, with high kaolin clay and abundant iron concretions
- C. deep, deep, humus-rich, dark-coloured, with distinct cacareous horizons
- D. deep, acidic with high kaolin clay content and weatherable minerals
Question 18
Which of the following timber trees are found in the Tropical Rain Forest of Africa?
- A. Obeche and Pine
- B. Iroko and Eucalyptus
- C. Obeche and Mahogany
- D. Teak and Obeche
- E. Mahogany and Teak
Question 19
The areas of population concentration is S.E Asia are also areas of?
- A. intensive subsistence farming
- B. advanced industrial development
- C. high urban/rural population ratios
- D. low man/land ratios
- E. high levels of individual materials wealth
Question 20
One of the effects of rural-urban migration on the source region it?
- A. rural depopulation
- B. urban depopulation
- C. rural congestion
- D. urban congestion
- E. rural unemployment
