Jamb Geography 1978 Past Questions and Answers

Question 26:

• JAMB 1978

Which of the following currents has a warming influence upon the coast along which it flows?

A. Mozambique current
B. Labrador current
C. Benguela current
D. Canaries current
E. Humboldt current

Question 27:

• JAMB 1978

Which of the following lakes owes its origin mainly to faulting?

A. Lake Chad
B. Lake Superior
C. Lake Malawi
D. Lake Victoria
E. Lake Kariba

Question 28:

• JAMB 1978

The wearing away of the sides and bottom of a river's channel is called

A. Hydraulic action
B. Corrosion
C. Attrition
D. Corrasion
E. Solution

Question 29:

• JAMB 1978

Temperature is to isotherms as air pressure is to

A. Isopleths
B. Contours
C. Isobars
D. Isolines
E. Isohyets

Question 30:

• JAMB 1978

Which of the following gradients is the steepest?

A. 1 in 134
B. 1 in 351
C. 1 in 531
D. 1 in 315
E. 1 in 153