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Question 31
jamb 2011
Which of the following economic activities are classified as primary?
AFarming, transportation, fishing and manufacturing
BLumbering, banking, transportation and farming
CFishing, lumbering, farming and mining
DMining, trading, farming and lumbering
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Question 32
jamb 2011
Which of the following arranges the settlement types in descending order in terms of complexity of functions?
AMetropolis, city, town, village and hamlet
BMetropolis, town, city, hamlet and village
CMetropolis, city, village and hamlet and village
DHamlet, village, town, city and metropolis
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Question 33
jamb 2011
Lagos Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and Calabar are cities which have attained considerable importance because they?
Aare cross roads to international airlines
Bhave seaports
Care densely populated
Dare administrative capitals
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Question 34
jamb 2011
Urban settlements mainly engage in?
Aprimary economic activities
Bsecondary economic activities
Ctertiary economic activities
Dquaternary economic activities
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Question 35
jamb 2011
Which of the following population characteristics is associated with developed countries?
ADeclining birth rate and high death rate
BHigh brith rate and declining death rate
CHigh brith rate and low death rate
DLow brith rate and low death rate
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Question 36
jamb 2011
Which of the following statements best describes the population of Southeast Asia?
AHigh density and high growth rate
BHigh density and low growth rate
CLow density and high growth rate
DLow density and low growth rate
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Question 37
jamb 2011
In which of the following regions is high population density attributable to agricultural development?
AThe Rhur
BThe Nile Basin
CThe Amazon Basin
DThe Midlands of England
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Question 38
jamb 2011
An example of a climatic hazard is?
Avolcanic eruption
Bearthquake
Churricane
Dcoastal erosion
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Question 39
jamb 2011
The introduction of materials that have negative impacts on the ecosystem is known as?
Apollution
Bcombustion
Ctranspiration
Devaporation
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Question 40
jamb 2011
Which of the following resources is non-renewable?
AWind energy
BSolar energy
CHydro energy
DNuclear energy
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Question 41
jamb 2011
A mature soil with distinct horizons occurring in a particular climate zone, but influenced strongly by topography is?
Azonal soil
Bintrazonal soil
Cazonal soilm
Dalluvial soil
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Question 42
jamb 2011
When both the macropores and the micropores are filled with water, the soil is?
Aleached
Bat field capacity
Cwater logged
Derodeil
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Question 43
jamb 2011
Which of the following types of vegetation is characterized by acidic soils?
ASahel Savanna
BConiferous forest
CTemperate grassland
DSteppe
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Question 44
jamb 2011
What is the climate of a station with an annual rainfall of 2650mm spread fairly all year round a mean annual temperature of 27°C?
ATropical wet-and-dry
BTropical monsoon
CTropical humid
DMediterranean woodland
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Question 45
jamb 2011
Wind vane is used to record the?
Aspeed of the wind
Btype of wind
Cforce of the wind
Ddirection of the wind
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Question 46
jamb 2011
Ocean currents affects the coast they wash when?
Aprevailing winds are offshore
Bprevailing winds are onshore
Cthere are no prevailing winds
Dthe ocean floods the shore
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Question 47
jamb 2011
A form of chemical weathering is?
Afragmentation
Bexfoliation
Ccarbonation
Dshattering
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Question 48
jamb 2011
the common features of the middle course of a river are?
AU-shaped valley and flood plains
BV-shaped valley and rapids
Cbroad interfluves and distributaries
Dinterlocking spurs and meanders
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Question 49
jamb 2011
A Karst feature in its advanced stage of development is?
Aterra rosa
BSink hole
CKarst valley
DKarst window
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Question 50
jamb 2011
Sandstone can be classified as?
Aargillaceous
Bcalcareous
Ccarbonaceous
Daranaceous
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