Geography 1985 Jamb Past Questions and Answers

Question 31 :

• JAMB 1985

The system of cultivation whereby a piece of land is cultivated for one or two years and is then left to fallow while the farmer moves to another piece of land around the same permanent settlement is known as?

A. Shifting cultivation
B. Land rotation
C. Crop rotation
D. Arable cultivation
E. Sedentary cultivation

Question 32 :

• JAMB 1985

Which of the following African cities is situated near the confluence of rivers?

A. Calabar
B. Freetown
C. Khartoum
D. Niamely
E. Cairo

Question 33 :

• JAMB 1985

Which of the following groups of West Africa countries does NOT have a railway system?

A. Gambia, Guinea - Bissau and Niger
B. Nigeria , Ghana and Togo
C. Mali, Liberia and Senegal
D. Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Burkina faso
E. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Benin

Question 34 :

• JAMB 1985

The following lakes have outlets to the sea EXCEPT Lake?

A. Victoria
B. Maracaibo
C. Chad
D. Athabasca
E. Michigan

Question 35 :

• JAMB 1985

Which of these statement is true about petroleum production and/for marketing?

A. U.S.A. is a producer with large reserves
B. Kuwait is the leading producer with the lowest reserves
C. U.S.A is the leading exporter with large reserves
D. Nigeria is a leading importer with large reserves
E. U.k is a leading producer with the large re