JAMB Past Questions and Answers - Page 1150

5,746.

The main advantage of the chain survey over the prismatic compass survey is that the former

A.

yields relatively more accurate results

B.

involves highly more portable equipment

C.

does not require a base map

D.

closes its boundaries with no correction

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

5,747.

Mixed farming implies

A.

growing crops and rearing animals on a given land area

B.

keeping poultry and rearing pigs on one and the same farm

C.

growing grains and root crops on the same piece of land

D.

mixed cultivation of wheat, barley, and oats

E.

intercropping of yam, cassava and maize

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

5,748.

On a population map of the world, all but one of the following appear generally as regions of low population density

A.

The hot deserts

B.

The Amazon forests

C.

Antarctica

D.

The island of Java

E.

The Canadian shield

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

5,749.

Smooth oval hills composed mainly of boulders or glacial sands and gravels are known as

A.

eskers

B.

drumlins

C.

moraines

D.

aretes

E.

pyramidal peaks

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

5,750.

Two factors which promote rapid chemical weathering in the tropics are

A.

high temperature and extreme aridity

B.

high temperature and low humidity

C.

low temperature and high humidity

D.

high temperature and high humidity

E.

high temperature and low rainfall

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.