Jamb Geography Past Questions and Answers

Question 261:

• JAMB 1981

Of the following regions, the one that has the highest potentiality for the production of softwood timber for manufacture of paper is the?

A. Selva of Brazil
B. Equatorial forest of the Congo
C. Evergreen board-leaf forests of Japan
D. Temperate deciduous forests of France
E. Coniferous forest of Scandinavia

Question 262:

• JAMB 1981

Each of the following pairs consist of a region of high population density and a region of very low population. Which is an appropriate pair?

A. Java, Mauritania
B. China, Namibia
C. Canadian Shield, Lower, Rhine Valley
D. The lower Nile Valley Ganges Delta
E. Southern Japan, Greenland

Question 263:

• JAMB 1981

Which of the following is NOT an objective of industrialization in Nigeria?

A. Absorbing rural labour
B. Encouraging migration from the rural areas
C. Providing a source of income
D. Earning foreign exchange
E. Raising the standard of living

Question 264:

• JAMB 1981

Nigeria's three steel rolling mills will be located around?

A. Enugu, Asaba and Ajaokuta
B. Katsina, Oshogbo and Jos
C. Llesha, llorin and Kaduna
D. Calabar, Agbor and Yola
E. Aladja, Ajaokuta amd Gombe

Question 265:

• JAMB 1981

Which of the following mining methods and minerals are NOT related?

A. Open cast mining-bauxite
B. Dredging-gold
C. Planning-coal
D. Pumping-petroleum
E. Placer mining-tin