2017 JAMB Geography Past Questions & Answers - page 5

Correct Option: A

Solution The answer is A The Ruhr valley in the late 180's is known for its iron production. it is the place in Germany where ammunitions were produced during the world war around 1820, hundreds of mills were produced in many workshops then, knives,tools and weapons were manufactured. iron ore was actually discovered in the Ruhr valley

Correct Option: C

Solution linear settlement is a settlement where people form their building in a long line mostly along transport routes

Correct Option: C

Solution Enugu axis is one of the main coal mining states in Nigeria. Coal was discovered there in 1909

Correct Option: D

Solution 30^oE + 30^oW = 60^o, 1hour = 15^o, therefore 60^o gives 4 hours which means both are 4 hours interval. In time calculation, the west love an hour at every step which the est gains an hour. The wife is carrying the baby and calling the husband at 30^oE, 1 am, so the husband at the west will loose an hour at every step.
1 am before 12 midnight, westward minus 3 hours gives 9 pm in Sunday. Therefore, the wife calls on Monday while the husband receives the call on Sunday at 9 pm.

Correct Option: A

Solution Delta state, other options also produce rubber but delta state produce than other state
sapele in delta state is where the first rubber plantation in Nigeria was establish during the era of the colonial masters.

Correct Option: D

Solution Road transport has the greatest advantage due to being flexible because unlike other transportation means road have the advantage of reaching every corner of an area and also movement can be stopped at any particular time and place

Correct Option: D

Solution Answer is D, The Nigeria savanna vegetation include Sudan,Sahel and guinea.

Sudan savanna comes immediately after the north of the guinea savanna as the cardinal point on the diagram describes the direction to the north, the Sudan comes after the guinea the chief product are cattle, groundnut, guinea corn and millet The Sahel savanna is made up of grasses and water shortage is experienced there and this does not encourage plant to grow luxuriantly.

The guinea savanna is suitable between Sudan savanna and rain forest

Correct Option: C

Solution The answer is c exploration,exploitation, refining and transportation chronological order deals with arrangement in order of time from the earliest to the latest in mining exploration which is about inquiring and studying the mineral to be mined comes first, followed by exploitation which deals with working/getting the mineral. refining comes after which is just about separating the minerals and removing unwanted material from it. transporting of the ruined minerals to another site then comes afterwards Option A is wrong because you don't work on minerals if you don't discover and study it first that explain exploitation coming before exploration Option B is wrong because transportation cannot come first in mining process due to the fact that mining hasn't been done so there is nothing mined to transport Option D is wrong because one needs to exploit the minerals to be mined before separating the minerals which refining stand for

Correct Option: D

Solution Shifting cultivation occurs when a piece of land is left fallow for a while, mostly within a farming season for cultivation to be done on another piece of land. That has no damaging effect on the forest.
When trees are cut down for agricultural purposes, timber production and during excessive bush burning and grazing, the forest is often lost or reduced as there will be reduction in the numbers of trees available.
This often lead to erosion and desert enroachment

Correct Option: B

Solution ship building and textile manufacturing. Japan is one of the largest industrial regions in asia