Jamb Geography Past Questions and Answers

Question 151:

• JAMB 1979

Which of the following areas is important for the production of crude petroleum?

A. Canadian sheild
B. Ruhr region
C. Shaba province (former Katanga District)
D. Rand
E. North sea

Question 152:

• JAMB 1979

Which of the following types of climate would a person not encounter in traveling from Algiers to Cape town?

A. Tropical rain forest
B. Temperate
C. Desert
D. Mediterranean
E. Tropical Savannah

Question 153:

• JAMB 1979

Norway, British Columbia,the Canadian Shield, and Finland are noted for their production of

A. Petroleum
B. Soft-wood timber
C. The world's largest supply of fish
D. Hard-wood timber
E. Vegetable oils

Question 154:

• JAMB 1979

The great commercial grain-farming regions of the world include all but one of the following. Which is it?

A. The Prairie lands of North America
B. The Pampas of Argentina
C. The West African Savannah
D. The Murray-Darling Basin of Australia
E. The Ukraine Region of the U.S.S.R

Question 155:

• JAMB 1979

Which of these regions is not an area of high population density?

A. The Nile Delta
B. The Niger Delta
C. The Ganges Delta
D. The Rhine Delta Delta
E. The Hwang Ho Delta