Jamb Geography Past Questions For Year 1982
Question 41
Which of the following is NOT true of most developing countries?
- A. The depend essentially on agricultural produuction
- B. They have the highest level of agricultural productivity
- C. The rate of population growth is among the highest in the world
- D. The proportion of the population involved in primary activities is higher than those of developed countries
- E. The proportion of the population engaged in tertiary activities is less than those of developed countries
Question 42
Which of these best accounts for the decline in railway transport in Nigeria in the last two decades?
- A. Competition from air transport
- B. The inefficiency of the railway administration
- C. Competition from road transport
- D. The slow speed of the trains
- E. The decline in agricultural exports
Question 43
Which of these three west Africa countries have economic deposit of iron ore?
- A. Nigeria, Mali and Upper Volta
- B. Niger, Mali and Mauritania
- C. Nigeria, Guinea and Sierral Leone
- D. Mali, Sengal and Sierra Leone
- E. Liberia Sierra Leone and Togo
Question 44
The following major dam projects are located in Nigeria. Identify them?
- A. Kainji,Tiga,Bakolori and Akosombo
- B. Kainji, Bakolori, Shiroro and Tiga
- C. Shiroro, Asewan, Kariba and Kainji
- D. Kainji, Tiga, Kariba and Akosombo
- E. Aswan,Tiga, Akosombo and Kariba
Question 45
Towns in developing countries today are growing very rapidly, mainly through?
- A. an increasing birth rate
- B. a decrease death rate
- C. migration from rural areas
- D. influx of refugees from guerrilla wars
- E. migration to rural areas
