Jamb Geography 1997 Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 1997

Basaltic plateaux are usually formed by a lava that is?

A. Basic and fluid
B. Acidic and fluid
C. Acidic and viscous
D. Basic and viscous

Question 7:

• JAMB 1997

Rocks, ash and sediments deposited by a volcano are collectively referred to as?

A. Lava
B. Detritus
C. Pyroclasts
D. Scree

Question 8:

• JAMB 1997

The set of features produced in glaciated lowland includes all of?

A. Corries, pyramidal peak and eskers
B. Eskers, crag and tail and roche montanee
C. Pyramidal peak, erratics and moraine
D. Corrie roche montanee and erratics

Question 9:

• JAMB 1997

Four ways in which a river transports its load are?

A. Corrosion, saltation, solution and suspension
B. Saltation, solution, suspension and traction
C. Attrition, saltion, solution and suspension
D. Corrosion, attrition, suspension and traction

Question 10:

• JAMB 1997

The warm ocean current which washes the southeastern coast of Africa is called the?

A. Benguela current
B. Guinea current
C. Canaries current
D. Agulhas current