Jamb Geography Past Questions and Answers

Question 486:

• JAMB 1986

The emergence of the derived savannah vegetation of Nigeria is due mainly to?

A. Cultivation and urbanization
B. Soil erosion and deforestation
C. Lumbering and grazing
D. Farming and bush burning

Question 487:

• JAMB 1986

In which of the following vegetation types would walnut, hickory , oak, birch and magnolia trees be found?

A. Tropical rain forest
B. Coniferous forest
C. Tropical savannah
D. Temperate deciduous forest

Question 488:

• JAMB 1986

Although both grasslands and forestland's can provide food for animals, there is more livestock in northern than in southern Nigeria because?

A. Animal food from the southern forest is not palatable
B. No animal can stand the tsetse fly of the southern forests
C. There is a relative scarcity of grazing land in the south
D. Livestock breeding is not encouraged in the south

Question 489:

• JAMB 1986

Soils in the savannah are inherently fertile than those of the Tropical Rain Forest mainly because they are less?

A. Weathered
B. Leached
C. Hardened
D. Eroded

Question 490:

• JAMB 1986

Along a soil cantena, hydromorphic soils are most likely to occur on the?

A. Interfluve
B. Upper slope
C. Middle slope
D. Valley bottom