Jamb Geography 1983 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• JAMB 1983

The main objective of the 'Green Revolution' programme in Nigeria is to encourage?

A. Irrigation agriculture
B. Large-scale production of cereals
C. Improvement in crop yield and total output
D. Large-scale mechanization
E. Importation of fertilizers

Question 32:

• JAMB 1983

Which of the following irrigation projects in Nigeria is devoted to sugarcane cultivation?

A. Bakolori
B. Badeggi
C. Kano River
D. Numan
E. South Chad

Question 33:

• JAMB 1983

Which one of the following places in Nigeria is NOT the location of a cement factory?

A. Yandev
B. Sokoto
C. Sagamu
D. Makurdi
E. Calabar

Question 34:

• JAMB 1983

The most outstanding maize-growing area of Nigeria is the?

A. Savanna lands of South-western Nigeria
B. Ikom-Obubra of Cross River State
C. Bendel State
D. Cross River Plains
E. Niger-Benue trough

Question 35:

• JAMB 1983

The major bauxite-producing countries of West Africa are?

A. Guinea and Nigeria
B. Guinea and Ghana
C. Ivory Coast and Ghana
D. Sierra Leone and Guinea
E. Senegal and Ghana