Jamb Geography Past Questions and Answers

Question 306:

• JAMB 1982

Which of the following factors best accounts for the sparse population of the interior parts of Kenya and Tanzania?

A. Very high wildlife population
B. The rift valleys are rugged and uninhabitable
C. The people are nomads
D. The soil and climatic conditions are unfavorable
E. Many hectares of land are under reserve

Question 307:

• JAMB 1982

The two major air masses affecting the climate of West Africa are the?

A. Harmattan wind and the south-west monsoon
B. South-west monsoon and the troppical martime
C. Tropical continental and the tropical maritime
D. Tropical continental and south-west monsoon
E. Warm equatorial and the tropical maritime

Question 308:

• JAMB 1982

Which of the following shipping routes carries the world's heaviest ocean traffic?

A. Mediterranean - Suez Canal - Indian Ocean
B. Western Europe - Caribbean
C. Eastern North America - Western Europe
D. West Coast United States - Panama Canal
E. Western Europe - southern Africa - Australia

Question 309:

• JAMB 1982

Which of these three west Africa countries have economic deposit of iron ore?

A. Nigeria, Mali and Upper Volta
B. Niger, Mali and Mauritania
C. Nigeria, Guinea and Sierral Leone
D. Mali, Sengal and Sierra Leone
E. Liberia Sierra Leone and Togo

Question 310:

• JAMB 1982

Which of these best accounts for the decline in railway transport in Nigeria in the last two decades?

A. Competition from air transport
B. The inefficiency of the railway administration
C. Competition from road transport
D. The slow speed of the trains
E. The decline in agricultural exports