Geography JAMB Practice CBT Questions & Answers 2021 SET 1

Use the information given in the chart and answer the question. If the total population of the city is 500,000 what is the population of ward 4?

A. 75,000
B. 125,000
C. 100,000
D. 150,000

Correct Answer: Option A

Use the information given in the chart and answer the question. An alternative graphic method that can be used to depict the same information is the

A. Divided rectangle
B. Chloroplath
C. Dot map
D. Proportional circle

Correct Answer: Option B

Study the map and answer the question. The Area covered by the map is approximately

A. 125km2

B. 100km2
C. 95km2
D. 115km2

Correct Answer: Option B

Study the map and answer the question. The bearing of Jata from Adaba is approximately

A. 29°
B. 170°
C. 21°
D. 25°

Correct Answer: Option C

Study the map and answer the question. Intervisibility is possible between the points marked X and Y because the intervening slope is

A. Convex
B. Rectilinear
C. Convexo-concave
D. Steep slope

Correct Answer: Option D

Study the map and answer the question. The land-form feature at the centre of the map can best be described as

A. A flood plain
B. An erosional
C. An outwash plain
D. A deltaic plain

Correct Answer: Option A

Study the map and answer the question. Given that the area show on the map is in Northern Nigeria, which of the following crop combinations would best be cultivated in the area that is liable to flooding

A. Banana, rice and cassava
B. Cassava, rice and yam
C. Sugar-cane, rice and cassava
D. Sugar-cane, rice and bananas

Correct Answer: Option D

8. How were the major mountain belts of the world produced?

A. by weathering
B. by wind erosion
C. by folding
D. by river deposition

Correct Answer: Option C

9. Along which latitude will be the day time be longest on Christmas day?

A. 0°
B. 45°S
C. 45°N
D. 30°N

Correct Answer: Option B

10. What commodity is associated with OPEC?

A. Coffee
B. Iron and Steel
C. Vegetable oil
D. Mineral oil

Correct Answer: Option D

11. Which of the following rocks is composed of the skeletons of microscopic sea plants and animals?

A. Chalk
B. Granite
C. Sandstone
D. Slate

Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation

Rock or stone is a natural substance, a solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids

12. Dodoma is to Tanzania as ______ to Nigeria

A. Abuja
B. Warri
C. Lagos
D. Port Harcourt

Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation

Dodoma is the largest city in Tanzania and its administrative capital, Abuja is the administrative capital of Nigeria.

13. Study the table given which shows the mean climatic conditions of station Q and answer the questions.

Month	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Temp(°C)	-11	-9	4	3	12	17	19	17	11	4	-2	-8
Precipitation(mm)	28	23	30	38	48	51	71	74	56	36	41	41

The annual temperature range at the station is

A. 20°C
B. 30°C
C. 40°C
D. 10°C

Correct Answer: Option B

14.Study the table given which shows the mean climatic conditions of station Q and answer the questions.

Month	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Temp(°C)	-11	-9	4	3	12	17	19	17	11	4	-2	-8
Precipitation(mm)	28	23	30	38	48	51	71	74	56	36	41	41

What type of climate has the station?

A. Cool temperate
B. Warm temperate
C. Mediterranean
D. Cold temperate

Correct Answer: Option A

15. Which of the following countries has the least potential for the production of steel?

A. India
B. Cuba
C. Japan
D. Germany

Correct Answer: Option B

16. In which of the following countries is cotton growing under irrigation the mainstay of the agricultural economy?

A. Zimbabwe
B. Sudan
C. Mali
D. Ghana

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

Sudan is known for cotton production. Irrigation is practiced more at sub-Saharan countries. The Nile and its tributaries are the source of water for 93% of irrigated agriculture in the Sudan peninsula.

Sudan is the only North East African country in the option, all other options are wrong

Use the map below to answer the question. The most important minerals found in the area marked X are

A. Lead and Zinc
B. Tin and columbite
C. Galena and Tantalite
D. Iron ore and thorium

Correct Answer: Option B

Use the map below to answer the question. The major environmental problems associated with the area marked Y is

A. Insect pest
B. Gully erosion
C. Oil pollution
D. Drought

Correct Answer: Option B

19. The most extensive vegetation type in the area marked Z is the

A. Mangrove swamp
B. Coastal thicket
C. Fresh water swam
D. Guinea savannah

Correct Answer: Option C

20. A broad-based population pyramid is composed mainly

A. active inhabitants
B. old dependants
C. young dependants
D. more females than males

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation

A broad based pyramid indicates that the people in the younger age category make up relatively large population. A narrow pointed top indicates that older people make up a small proportion of the population.

21. Fluid basic lava flow is likely to give rise to a volcanic_____________

A. cinder
B. saddle reef
C. shield
D. gap

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface

22. In which of the following rock types is petroleum mainly found?

A. Metamorphic
B. Plutonic
C. Igneous
D. Volcanic
E. Sedimentary

Correct Answer: Option E

23. One basic mineral that is common to Sokoto, Ewekoro, Calabar and Nkalagu is

A. Gypsum
B. Coal
C. Marble
D. Iron-Ore
E. Limestone

Correct Answer: Option E

24. Lake Kivu and Malawi are related in that they_________

A. Lie in the Northern Hemisphere
B. crater lakes
C. Attract a large number of tourists
D. Are rift valley lakes

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation

Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift

Use the diagram below to answer the question. The feature marked X in the diagram is a

A. Spit
B. Stack
C. Beach
D. Wedge
E. Cliff

Correct Answer: Option E

Use the diagram below to answer the question. The feature is one of the landforms associated with

A. River erosion
B. Wind deposition
C. Wave erosion
D. River deposition

Correct Answer: Option B

27. If the distance between two places on a map is 2cm, while the distance on land is 4km, the scale of the map is

A. 1:100,000
B. 1:200,000
C. 1:50,000
D. 1:150,000

Correct Answer: Option B

28. Soil conservation can be achieved through___________-

A. Monoculture
B. Mechanization
C. Strip-cropping
D. Floriculture

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation

Soil conservation is the preventing of soil loss from erosion or reduced fertility caused by over usage, acidification, salinization or other chemical soil contamination

29. The oldest system of agriculture in Nigeria which now survives only in very remote areas is

A. Bush fallowing
B. mixed farming
C. Shifting cultivation
D. Market gardening

Correct Answer: Option C

30. Which of these hazard would most like result directly from deforestation?

A. soil erosion
B. mass wasting
C. drought
D. water pollution

Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation

Deforestation, clearance, or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.

31. The dominant foreign exchange earner of Senegal is

A. tourism
B. groundnut
C. fish
D. iron-ore

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

Senegal main Exports are Oil (15% to talk export), phosphate (13%), gold (13%) and fish (10%)

32. British foreign investments are concentrated in

A. EU countries
B. Commonwealth countries
C. Developed countries
D. Commonwealth Nations

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

The commonwealth of nations, known as commonwealth is an inter governmental organisation of 53 member States that are mostly former territories of the British empire

33. The two most important factors which account for the pattern of population distribution in West Africa are

A. Economic prosperity and regional migration
B. Economic prosperity and favourable physical conditions
C. Favourable physical conditions and human inertia
D. Historical antecedence and regional migration

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation

Physical conditions determine the population distribution in Africa. The topography of an area, how favourable it is determine population distribution. People tend to move from a place to another if the condition is not favourable. Nomads for example move their cattles around for pastures to graze.

34. A desert country which has a high population density supported by irrigation is___________

A. Niger
B. Egypt
C. Sudan
D. Kuwait

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life

35. The greatest volcanic regions of Africa are found in

A. The maghrib
B. Kenya and Tanzania
C. The camerouns
D. Sudan and Ethiopia

Correct Answer: Option B

36. A type of land-form that is associated with large scale orogeny is a

A. Fold mountain
B. Residual mountain
C. Block mountain
D. Volcanic mountain

Correct Answer: Option A

37.If the time in New York (75°W) is 5.00pm, The time in Nigeria(15°E) will be

A. 9.00pm
B. 9.00pm
C. 11.00pm
D. 11.00am

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation

150 = 1hour, therefore, 750W = 5hours, and also, 150E = 1 hour

Therefore, 750W + 150E (5 hours + 1 hour) = 6 hours.

For the time in Nigeria when the time in New York is 5:00pm

5:00pm+6hours = 11:00pm

38. One of the leading industrial nations of the world ranking second in manufacturing output after the USA is__________

A. Germany
B. Britain
C. Japan
D. Russia

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation

Manufacturing industry in Japan is the most diversified with various advanced industries which are exceedingly successful. Japan's major export industries includes automobiles, consumer electronics, computers, semiconductors, and iron and steel. Additionally, key industries in Japan's economy are mining, nonferrous metals, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, bioindustry, shipbuilding, aerospace, textiles, and processed foods

39. An instrument used for setting out right angle in surveying a parcel of land is

A. Measuring rod
B. Abney level
C. A ranging pole
D. Theodolite
E. An optical squarer

Correct Answer: Option E

Explanation

Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them

40. The lack of access to food in some parts of the world emanates from

A. Educational inequality
B. Poor transport system
C. Economic inequality
D. Low development of natural resources

Correct Answer: Option B

41. How long does it take the mercury to make a complete revolution?

A. 62 days
B. 225 days
C. 365 days
D. 88 days

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation

Mercury is the smallest, hottest and closest planet to the sun. It takes 88 days for Mercury to orbit round the sun. All other options are wrong

42. The plains formed when the slopes of mountains are worn back in arid and semi-arid regions my mechanical weathering is called_______

A. Alluvial plains
B. Outwash plains
C. Pediplains
D. Savanna plains

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation

A plain is a flat, sweeping landmass that generally does not change much in elevation. Plains occur as lowlands along the bottoms of valleys or on the doorsteps of mountains, as coastal plains, and as plateaus or uplands

43. All the following are examples of intrusive volcanic features except____________

A. dykes
B. sills
C. laccolith
D. lava plateaux

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation

Intrusive vulcanicity involves the solidification of molten magma within the earth's crust

44. Latitude 66 and half marks the____________

A. antarctic circle
B. arctic circle
C. tropic of cancer
D. tropic of capricorn

Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation

Latitude is an angle which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° (North or South) at the poles. Lines of constant latitude, or parallels, run east–west as circles parallel to the equator.

45.'It is a port that specializes in receiving and redistributing goods to the neighboring countries'. Which of the following ports is described in the preceding statement?

A. Ferry port
B. outport
C. Entreport
D. River port

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation

An entreport is a port where merchandise may be imported,stored or traded, usually to be exported again

46. A well will always contain water if its dug_________

A. Below the Earth's basin
B. To reach sand bearing water
C. Above the water table
D. Below the water table

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

The sans bearing water or the acquifier is a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit water. The body (acquifier) is generally a rock with permeability and porosity. They can hold water and provide sufficient rate. If a well is drilled, one does not always get water unless the acquifier is reached

47. When the moon comes in between the earth and the sun________

A. eclipse of the moon occurs
B. a solar eclipse occurs
C. the length of the day varies
D. the length of the day increases

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object is temporarily obscured, either by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer. solar eclipse is a kind of eclipse that occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth, and when the moon fully or partially blocks the sun from sending light rays to the earth.

48. Lines joining places with same mean annual rainfall are called___________

A. isohyets
B. isohels
C. isohalines
D. isotherms

Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation

Isohyet is a line joining places having the same mean annual rainfall

49. What type of climate has the station___________

A. Cool Temperature
B. Warm temperature
C. Mediterranean
D. Cold temperature

Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation

Climate is the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

50.Which of the following is not a form of mass movement?

A. landslide
B. earthquake
C. rockslide
D. talus creep

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

Mass movement is the down slope movement of a mass of a surface material such as rocks and mud.

Geography JAMB Practice CBT Questions & Answers 2021 SET 1