2022 JAMB Geography Past Questions & Answers

Question 1

The wind which blows across the Atlantic Ocean towards the coast of Nigeria and is responsible for rainy season is known as?

Accepted Answer

D. Tropical maritime airmass

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A. Equatorial Easterlies

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B. Land and sea breeze

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C. Tropical continental airmass

Question 2

The high cost of lumbering operations in tropical forest is mainly due to?

Accepted Answer

C. Absence of pure stands of trees

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A. Shortage of labour

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B. Absence of many rivers

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D. low quality of available timber

Question 3

Which of the following is a problem of landlocked countries?

Accepted Answer

A. Security of goods

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B. Political stability

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C. Low freight cost

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D. Political dependence

Question 4

Which of the following is a vegetation characteristics of the Tropical rainforest?

Accepted Answer

A. Trees are not in pure stand

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B. Tough, small, leathery, hairy leaves to guard against excessive transpiration

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C. Trees are conical in shape

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D. there is high undergrowth

Question 5

The following are advantages of overpopulation except?

Accepted Answer

D. Insufficient food

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A. Quick information dissemination

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B. Socialization

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C. Large labour

Question 6

___________ is a layer of very fine wind-deposited sand and silt?

Accepted Answer

A. loess

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B. seif

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C. barchan

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D. Bajada

Question 7

The correct arrangement of the layers of the earth crust from the surface to the interior is?

Accepted Answer

D. sial, sima, mantle and core

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A. sial, mantle, sima, core

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B. sima, sial, core, mantle

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C. core, mantle, sima and sial

Question 8

The lowest part in the soil profile is known as?

Accepted Answer

D. bedrock

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A. top soil

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B. sub soil

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C. parent materials

Question 9

Which of the following is not a graphical representation of statistical data?

Accepted Answer

C. Shaded map

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A. Choropleth map

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B. Dot map

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D. Star graph

Question 10

_______ is the condition of the lower atmosphere of a place over a short period?

Accepted Answer

B. weather

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A. climate

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C. cloud

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D. Humidity

Question 11

If the scale of two maps are (a;1:100,000 and b;1:400,000) what is the ground distance if the distance between two towns on the maps is 10cm?

Accepted Answer

A. 10km, 40km

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B. 5km, 20km

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C. 2.5km, 10km

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D. 20km, 80km

Question 12

Which of the following is an importance of the atmosphere to living organisms?

Accepted Answer

B. It provides oxygen for animals and plants for respiration

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A. It provides water for industrial uses

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C. It provides shelter in form of timber for man

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D. It aids transportation through construction of roads and railways

Question 13

If the scale of a map is 2cm to 1km, what is the ground distance if the distance between two towns on the map is 20cm?

Accepted Answer

C. 10km

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A. 5km

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B. 2.5km

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D. 20km

Question 14

An important mineral deposit in south Africa which has attracted a large number of white settler is?

Accepted Answer

C. Gold in Witwatersrand

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A. Iron in Durban

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B. Copper in Cape Town

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D. Aluminium in Johannessburg

Question 15

Where the salinity of an ocean is high;

Accepted Answer

B. the ocean water is dense and creeps at the bottom of the ocean towards low salinity areas

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A. the ocean water is dense and flows at the ocean surface towards a low salinity area

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C. the ocean water is light and flows at the area surface towards a high salinity area

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D. the ocean water is light and flows at the ocean surface towards a low salinity area

Question 16

The birth rate of a country can be increased through the following except?

Accepted Answer

B. Encouragement of less work hours

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A. Encouragement of early marriages

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C. Encouragement of polygamy

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D. legislation against abortion

Question 17

Which of the following is a reason for the high volume of trade between Nigeria and developed countries?

Accepted Answer

C. The South Atlantic Basin

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A. similarity of products

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B. The Niger Basin

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D. The Sokoto Basin

Question 18

Use the information on country Y below to answer the question that follows: Land area = 200,000km$^2$ Population = 10,000,000. calculate the population density of country Y

Accepted Answer

A. 50 persons per km$^2$

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B. 2000 persons per km$^2$

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C. 200 persons per km$^2$

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D. 20 persons per km$^2$

Question 19

Which of the following processes leads to the loss of carbon from the air?

Accepted Answer

D. photosynthesis

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A. combustion

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B. respiration

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C. putrifaction

Question 20

Which of the following is best defined as the movement of people from one geographical area to another involving permanent or temporary residence or settlement?

Accepted Answer

C. Migration

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A. Transportation

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B. Civilization

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D. urbanization

Question 21

The type of water left in the soil after excess water has been drained off, following heavy rainfall is known as?

Accepted Answer

A. Field capacity

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B. capillary water

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C. gravitational water

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D. hygroscopic water

Question 22

Which of the following zones is the least industrialized in Nigeria?

Accepted Answer

A. Lokoja-Ajaokuta

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B. Lagos-Ikeja

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C. Porthacourt-Aba

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D. Kaduna-Zaria

Question 23

What is the process of lowering and leveling of the earth surface by gradual breaking and wearing away of such earth's surfaces?

Accepted Answer

B. Denudation

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A. Weathering

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C. Relief

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D. Mass wasting

Question 24

Which of the following is not a major river basin in Nigeria?

Accepted Answer

C. The South Atlantic Basin

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A. The Cross River Basin

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B. The Niger Basin

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D. The Sokoto Basin

Question 25

Which of the following farming activity best describes the rearing of only animals like cattle, sheep and goat mainly in the savanna belt of the north?

Accepted Answer

C. Pastoral farming

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A. Mixed farming

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B. Animal farming

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D. Intensive farming

Question 26

The outer structure of the earth is made up of the following except?

Accepted Answer

A. Mesosphere

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B. Atmosphere

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C. Biosphere

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D. Hydrosphere

Question 27

________is the failure of the end point of a closed traverse to fall exactly on the point of origin of the transverse?

Accepted Answer

C. Error of closure

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A. Error of compass

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B. Traverse error

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D. Field error

Question 28

_______ is defined as the total surrounding or medium of any organism in a given area?

Accepted Answer

C. Environment

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A. Biotic component

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B. Abiotic component

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D. Ecosystem

Question 29

Which of the following gives the correct full meaning of G.I.S?

Accepted Answer

D. Geographic Information System

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A. Geographic Internet Solution

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B. Geographic Internet System

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C. Geographic Information Spread

Question 30

On maps, lines drawn to join all places in the ocean having equal degree of salinity are called?

Accepted Answer

A. isohalines

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B. isobars

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C. isosalines

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D. isossal

Question 31

Tin-mining activities in Nigeria are the main causes of environmental degradation on the?

Accepted Answer

C. Jos Plateau

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A. Westen Highlands

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B. Eastern Highlands

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D. Obudu Plateau

Question 32

One of the following is not a problem involved in harnessing solar energy?

Accepted Answer

B. Adequacy of capital

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A. Poor technological know-how

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C. Unreliability

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D. Fear of competition with established energy sources

Question 33

Which of the following is a way of controlling soil erosion?

Accepted Answer

B. Contour ploughing

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A. Overgrazing

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C. Deforestation

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D. Bush burning

Question 34

__________ is a highland area which seperates the headstreams of rivers flowing in different directions but rising from the same mountainous source?

Accepted Answer

C. Watershed

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A. Flood plain

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B. Cuesta

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D. Plateau

Question 35

The following are areas of lowlands in Nigeria except?

Accepted Answer

B. The Eastern Scarpland

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A. The Chad Basin

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C. The Coaster plain

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D. The Niger-Benue trough

Question 36

The following are seaports used in the North Atlantic sea route except?

Accepted Answer

D. Lagos-Rotterdam

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A. Lagos-Antwerp

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B. Lagos-Montreal

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C. Lagos-Southampton

Question 37

Which of the following is an effect of the earth's revolution?

Accepted Answer

B. It determines a year

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A. Day and night

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C. Dawn and Twilight

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D. Apparent Sunrise and sunset

Question 38

In a combined maximum and minimum thermometer, the difference between the hottest and coldest daily temperature for that day gives the?

Accepted Answer

A. Diurnal range of temperature

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B. Mean daily temperature

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C. Minimum daily temperature

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D. Maximum daily temperature

Question 39

The soil gains nitrogen through one of the following except?

Accepted Answer

A. Denitrification

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B. Application of organic manure

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C. Electrical discharge

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D. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Question 40

One of the following surveying instruments is used to set out lines at right angles to the main chain line?

Accepted Answer

A. Optical square

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B. Station pegs

Answer

C. Offset staff

Answer

D. Steel Band

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