JAMB Geography Past Questions 2010
10 questions from the JAMB 2010 Geography paper, with answers and explanations. Tap "Show answer" under each one when you are ready.
JAMB 2010Question 1 · Agriculture and Vegetation
Iroko, Mahogany and Obeche trees are associated with?
- A.Mediterranean woodland
- B.Temperate coniferous
- C.Tropical rainforest
- D.Tropical savanna
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Answer: C. Tropical rainforest
Iroko, Mahogany, and Obeche are hardwood trees typical of the tropical rainforest.
JAMB 2010Question 2 · Agriculture and Vegetation
An irrigation project in Nigeria devoted to sugarcane production cultivation is?
- A.Pategi
- B.Bakolori
- C.Numan
- D.Shonga
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Answer: C. Numan
The Numan irrigation project (Savannah Sugar Company) in Adamawa State is devoted to sugarcane cultivation.
JAMB 2010Question 3 · Industry and Natural Resources
An example of a non-renewable resources is?
- A.wind
- B.water
- C.solar radiation
- D.solid mineral
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Answer: D. solid mineral
Solid minerals are non-renewable resources, unlike wind, water, and solar radiation which naturally replenish.
JAMB 2010Question 4 · Industry and Natural Resources
One of the leading industrial nations of the world ranking second in manufacturing output after the USA is?
- A.Russia
- B.Germany
- C.Britain
- D.Japan
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Answer: D. Japan
Japan ranks as one of the leading industrial nations, historically second to the USA in manufacturing output.
JAMB 2010Question 5 · Oceanography and Physical Geography
The column of ocean water moving from a low to a high latitude is described as a?
- A.cold ocean current
- B.warm ocean current
- C.costal tidal wave
- D.cool ocean current
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Answer: B. warm ocean current
A warm ocean current moves from low (warmer) latitudes toward high (cooler) latitudes.
JAMB 2010Question 6 · Population and Settlement
The most important impact of migration on population is?
- A.redistribution of the population
- B.even distribution of the population
- C.environmental distribution of the pollution
- D.environmental pollution
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Answer: A. redistribution of the population
Migration's most significant demographic effect is the redistribution of population between regions.
JAMB 2010Question 7 · Population and Settlement
In advanced countries of the world, a greater percentage of the working population is engaged in?
- A.tertiary activities
- B.primary and secondary tertiary activities
- C.primary and tertiary activities
- D.secondary and tertiary activities
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Answer: A. tertiary activities
In advanced (developed) economies, a greater share of the workforce is engaged in tertiary (service) activities.
JAMB 2010Question 8 · Relief, Drainage, and Rocks/Minerals
An example of a calcareous rock is?
- A.shale
- B.granite
- C.lignite
- D.limestone
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Answer: D. limestone
Limestone is a calcareous (calcium carbonate-rich) sedimentary rock.
JAMB 2010Question 9 · Relief, Drainage, and Rocks/Minerals
The highlands that provide the sources of River Niger are?
- A.Plateau of Southern Mali and North Central Plateau of Nigeria
- B.Futa Djalon and Guinea Highlands
- C.Adamawa Highlands and Plateau of Southern Mali
- D.Mandara Mountains and Plateau
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Answer: B. Futa Djalon and Guinea Highlands
River Niger's headwaters rise from the Futa Djalon Highlands and the Guinea Highlands.
JAMB 2010Question 10 · Weather, Climate, and Ecology
In the equatorial region, most rainfall results from?
- A.conventional effect
- B.orographical effect
- C.harmattan winds
- D.cyclonic effect
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Answer: A. conventional effect
In the equatorial region, intense surface heating causes convectional rainfall, the dominant rainfall type there.
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