Jamb Geography Past Questions For Year 1980
Question 26
Which one of the following terms give us the best general description of the relief of West Africa?
- A. Swamps and low lands
- B. Hills and mountain
- C. Scarp slopes and deep slopes
- D. plain and plateaux
- E. Flood plains
Question 27
which of the following features is NOT characteristics of a glaciated area?
- A. Hanging valleys
- B. Aretes
- C. Interlocking spurs
- D. U-shaped valleys
- E. Fjords
Question 28
The following is a description of a type of climate:'very cold winters(-34°C or colder), hot summers (21°C); mean annual rainfall under 380mm,most of it occurring in summer'. To which of the following does the description relate?
- A. tropical continental
- B. tropical monsoon
- C. temperate western margin
- D. temperate continental
- E. temperate eastern margin
Question 29
Textile industries in Nigeria are characterized by the following features except one?
- A. full automation
- B. import substitution
- C. labour intensive
- D. market oriented
- E. raw material oriented
Question 30
What is the cause of the double rainfall maximal in southern Nigeria?
- A. land and sea breezes
- B. nearness to the atlantic ocean
- C. overhead sun at the tropic of Cancer
- D. North and South movement of the overhead sun
- E. overhead sun on the equator
