Jamb 2003 Geography Past Questions And Answers
Which of the following groups of factors is most likely to influence industrial location?
- A. Raw materials, energy and market
- B. Capital, raw material and population growth
- C. Market, emigration and labour
- D. Transport, raw material and migration
The single most successful large-scale irrigation project in tropical Africa is the?
- A. VOLT RIVER Project
- B. Chad Basin Project
- C. Gezira Scheme
- D. Nile Delta Scheme
The towns that owe their origin and growth to the presence of localized mineral resources are?
- A. Jos and Abeokuta
- B. Kano and Enugu
- C. Jos and Enugu
- D. Port Harcourt and Onitsha
The Lagos area has emerged as the most prominent destination for internal migration because it is?
- A. on a high plain and highly industrialized
- B. close to the coast and densely populated
- C. highly industrialized and highly urbanized
- D. agriculturally productive and close to the coast
Quartz, feldspar and mica are three principal minerals that can easily be seen in?
- A. basalt
- B. coal
- C. granite
- D. limestone
Soil conservation can be achieved through?
- A. floriculture
- B. monoculture
- C. mechanization
- D. stripe-cropping
If the distance between two places on a map is 2cm while the distance on land is 4km, the scale of the map is?
- A. 1: 50 000
- B. 1: 100 000
- C. 1: 150 000
- D. 1; 200 000
Wheat has gained importance in Nigeria's agriculture as a result of the?
- A. increased use of fertilizers
- B. gradual change in climate
- C. increased purchasing power of the citizens
- D. introduction of large-scale irrigation
One major characteristic of rural settlements is that they?
- A. are heterogeneous
- B. are homogeneous
- C. are large in size
- D. have many functions
The approximate gradient between the point marked X and the trigonometrical station is

- A. 1:7
- B. 1:9
- C. 1:11
- D. 1:13

