Jamb Geography 2001 Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 2001

The time difference between a place on longitude 35°W and another on longitude 25°E is?

A. 2 hours
B. 3 hours
C. 5 hours
D. 4 hours

Question 17:

• JAMB 2001

High temperatures and heavy rainfall throughout the year describe the climate of?

A. India, Uganda and Ethiopia
B. Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Ghana
C. Democratic Republic of Congo, Brazil and Indonesia
D. Britain, North and South Korea and Nambia

Question 18:

• JAMB 2001

The Dead Sea is the most saline lake in the world because?

A. It is surrounded by saline rocks
B. Sea water seeps into it
C. No river flows out of it
D. It is located in the desert

Question 19:

• JAMB 2001

An igneous rock with distinct grains of mica, feldspar and quartz is?

A. Schist
B. Basalt
C. Rhyolite
D. Granite

Question 20:

• JAMB 2001

High tides are produced when the?

A. Moon is perpendicular to the earth's axis
B. Earth completes a revolution round the sun
C. Earth, the moon and the sun are on a straight line
D. Sea level rises because of the earth's rotation