Geography 1981 Jamb Past Questions and Answers

Question 31 :

• JAMB 1981

Which of the following pairs of natural resources is most vital for the development of heavy industries?

A. Cotton and timber
B. Gold and diamonds
C. Iron ore and coal
D. Natural gas and copper
E. Bauxite and chrome ore

Question 32 :

• JAMB 1981

For which of the following pairs of economic activities is the Ukraine (in the U.S.S.R) famous

A. Commercial grain agriculture and livestock ranching
B. Commercial grain farming and industry
C. Commercial gardening
D. Fishing and lumbering
E. Primitive subsistence agriculture and nomadic herding

Question 33 :

• JAMB 1981

Which of the following economic activities involves the use of machinery, much land, but few people?

A. Commercial grain agriculture
B. Commercial dairy agricuture
C. Commercial gardening
D. Nomadic herding
E. Livestock ranching

Question 34 :

• JAMB 1981

Which of the following conditions leads to rapid population growth?

A. A declining death rate and an increasing birth rate
B. A low death rate and a low birth rate
C. A declining death rate and a static birth rate
D. An increasing death rate and a declining birth rate
E. A declining death rate and rapid emigration

Question 35 :

• JAMB 1981

Of the following regions, the one that has the highest potentiality for the production of softwood timber for manufacture of paper is the?

A. Selva of Brazil
B. Equatorial forest of the Congo
C. Evergreen board-leaf forests of Japan
D. Temperate deciduous forests of France
E. Coniferous forest of Scandinavia