Jamb Geography 1980 Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• JAMB 1980

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 22:

• JAMB 1980

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 23:

• JAMB 1980

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 24:

• JAMB 1980

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 25:

• JAMB 1980

which of the following is the most important reasons why the highest densities of cattle in West Africa are to be found in the Sudan and Sahel Savannah zones?

A. The two zones are far from the coast
B. The two zones have abundant water resources
C. The two zones have abundant fodder resouces
D. The two zones are largely free from tsetse flies
E. The two zones have moderate temperature