Jamb Geography Past Questions and Answers

Question 676:

• JAMB 1990

What is the bearing of Q from P, if Q lies NNW from P?

A. 67.5°
B. 157.5°
C. 247.5°
D. 337.5°

Question 677:

• JAMB 1990

A traveller from South America, on crossing the International Date Line to Asia at 12 noon on Tuesday, would sail into?

A. Monday noon
B. Tuesday noon
C. Wednesday noon
D. Wednesday mid-night

Question 678:

• JAMB 1990

The latitude which marks the lines of the sun's apparent movement north and south of the equator is?

A. 66 1/2°
B. 60 1/2°
C. 45 1/2°
D. 23 1/2°

Question 679:

• JAMB 1990

Variations in the lengths of day and night over the earth's surface are due to the?

A. Earth's inclination to the sun and its revolution
B. Earth's inclination to the sun and its rotation
C. Length of the earth's orbit
D. Thickness of the earth's atmosphere

Question 680:

• JAMB 1990

The progressive widening of joints and cracks in limestone by solutions, initially leads to the formation of?

A. Grikes and clints
B. Stalactities and stalagmites
C. Caves and caverns
D. Cliff and dry valleys