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JAMB Geography Past Questions 2015

10 questions from the JAMB 2015 Geography paper, with answers and explanations. Tap "Show answer" under each one when you are ready.

JAMB 2015Question 1 · Agriculture and Vegetation
All the following crops involve in the plantation agriculture except
  1. A.rubber
  2. B.wheat
  3. C.cocoa
  4. D.Howbell
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Answer: B. wheat

Wheat is a field crop grown on farms, not typically cultivated as a plantation crop like rubber and cocoa.

JAMB 2015Question 2 · Agriculture and Vegetation
In which of the following areas is fruit farming least important
  1. A.Morocco
  2. B.Egypt
  3. C.Algeria
  4. D.Uganda
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Answer: D. Uganda

Fruit farming is least important in Uganda compared to the Mediterranean fruit-growing countries Morocco, Egypt, and Algeria.

JAMB 2015Question 3 · Economic Geography and Trade
in the southern hemisphere, the autumnal equinox occurs on
  1. A.21st March
  2. B.23rd September
  3. C.22nd December
  4. D.21st June
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Answer: A. 21st March

In the Southern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox occurs on 21st March (opposite of the Northern Hemisphere's seasons).

JAMB 2015Question 4 · Industry and Natural Resources
The following are natural resources except
  1. A.rubber
  2. B.soil
  3. C.water
  4. D.cellphane
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Answer: D. cellphane

Cellophane is a manufactured (synthetic) material, not a natural resource like rubber, soil, or water.

JAMB 2015Question 5 · Map Reading and Practical Geography
All these are ways of representing relief on maps
  1. A.contour
  2. B.form lines
  3. C.dot map
  4. D.hachures
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Answer: C. dot map

A dot map represents distribution/density of a phenomenon (like population), not relief, unlike contours, form lines, and hachures.

JAMB 2015Question 6 · Population and Settlement
Density,mortality, birth rate are factors that affect
  1. A.population
  2. B.dominance
  3. C.cover
  4. D.habitat
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Answer: A. population

Density, mortality, and birth rate are factors that affect population.

JAMB 2015Question 7 · Relief, Drainage, and Rocks/Minerals
-----------is the largest river in Nigeria
  1. A.River Niger
  2. B.River Benue
  3. C.River Ogun
  4. D.River Osun
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Answer: A. River Niger

River Niger is the largest river in Nigeria.

JAMB 2015Question 8 · Relief, Drainage, and Rocks/Minerals
The longitudinal extent of Nigeria is
  1. A.0 0
  2. B.11 0
  3. C.20 0
  4. D.12 0
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Answer: B. 11 0

Nigeria's longitudinal extent spans roughly , from about 3E to 14E.

JAMB 2015Question 9 · Weather, Climate, and Ecology
The following are abiotic components of the ecosystem except
  1. A.bacteria
  2. B.topography
  3. C.water
  4. D.wind
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Answer: A. bacteria

Bacteria are living organisms and thus a biotic (not abiotic) component of the ecosystem, unlike topography, water, and wind.

JAMB 2015Question 10 · Weathering, Erosion, and Soils
Sharp, slender, and downward growing pinnacles in underground limestone is called
  1. A.limestone george
  2. B.uvala
  3. C.polje
  4. D.stalactites
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Answer: D. stalactites

Stalactites are sharp, slender, downward-growing pinnacles found in underground limestone caves.

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