Jamb Geography 1978 Past Questions and Answers

Question 11:

• JAMB 1978

Which of the following factors least explains the fast growing population in Africa?

A. Control of diseases
B. Decline in death rate
C. The education of women
D. Improvement in transportation
E. Provision of more hospitals

Question 12:

• JAMB 1978

If a map at a scale of 1:50,000 is reduced by half, what is the new scale of the map?

A. 1:250,000
B. 1:25,000
C. 1:200,000
D. 1:100,000
E. 1:125,000

Question 13:

• JAMB 1978

Which of the following most accurately describe the climate of coast lands which are adjacent to cool ocean currents?

A. Summer rain, winter drought
B. Winter rain, summer drought
C. Rain all the year round
D. Monsoon rainfall pattern
E. Aridity

Question 14:

• JAMB 1978

How were the major mountain belts of the world produced?

A. By wind erosion
B. By Folding
C. By glacial erosion
D. By weathering
E. By river deposition

Question 15:

• JAMB 1978

Which of the following factors must account for the rapid increase in world population during the twentieth century?

A. The slave trade was abolished
B. Death rates have decreased rapidly
C. Birth rates have increased rapidly
D. Increasing world production of food
E. Large-scale migration of people