Geography-2005

1.
Which one of the following faults has been
shown in the figure given above?
a. Reverse fault
b. Normal fault
c. Strike—slip fault
d. Step fault
2. Folds in which one limb inclines
moderately with regular slope while the
other inc steeply at right angle and the
slope is almost vertical are known as
a. lsoclinal
b. Monoclinal
c. Recumbent
d. Asymmetrical
3. Sedimentary rocks are formed when
sediments become compressed and
cemented together in a process known as
a. Crystallization
b. Sedimentation
c. Solidification
d. Lithification
4. Which one of the following periods is
largely associated with extinction of
Dinosaurs and the increase in flowering
plants and reptiles?
a. Jurassic
b. Triassic
c. Cretaceous
d. Permian
5. Which one of the following statements is
correct Plateaus are the product of?
a. mature stage of cycle of erosion
b. youth stage of cycle of erosion
c. old stage of cycle of erosion
d. rejuvenation of the old mountain
6. Match list I (Major Biome) with List II
(Physical Characteristic) and select the
correct answer using the - code given
below the lists:
List I
A. The northern most of the temperate
formations (i.e. a continuous belt
across North America and Northern
Eurasia)
B. Arctic Tundra Vegetation
C. Marine Environment Classification on
D. The terrestrial biomes of the tropics
List-II
1. Floristically poor
2. Boreal Forest
3. Pelagic division
4. Savanna woodland
5. Soviet Steppe and North American
Prairie
A B C D
a. 2 4 3 1
b. 2 1 3 4
c. 4 3 5 2
d. 4 1 3 2
7. Match List I (Soil Forming Process) with
List II (Related Characteristic) and select
the correct answer using the code given
below the lists:
List I
A. Composition of true soil
B. Origin of inorganic particle
C. Large quantities of soil colloids
D. Formation of thinner soil
List-II
1. Sticky soil formation
2. Steeper slope
3. Mineral and organic particles
4. Flat upland area
5. Weathering of rocks
A B C D
a. 3 5 1 2
b. 4 1 2 5
c. 3 5 4 1
d. 4 2 5 1
8. Match List I (Ocean current) with List II
(Name of Ocean) and select the correct
answer using the code given below the
Lists:
List I
A. Agulhas current
B. El Nino current
C. Kuroshio current
D. Benguela current
List-II
1. North Atlantic
2. South Atlantic
3. North Pacific
4. South Pacific
5. Indian Ocean
A B C D
a. 5 3 1 5
b. 5 4 3 2
c. 2 4 3 5
d. 5 3 1 2
9. Which one of the Following sequences
correctly represents the percentage of
given salts in sea water in decreasing
order?
a. Magnesium chloride — Sodium
chloride — Magnesium sulphate —
Calcium sulphate
b. Magnesium sulphate — Magnesium
chloride — Calcium sulphate —
Sodium chloride
c. Sodium chloride — Magnesium
chloride — Magnesium sulphate —
Calcium sulphate
d. Sodium chloride — Magnesium
sulphate — Magnesium chloride —
Calcium sulphate
10. What are the causes for adiabatic
temperature changes in the atmosphere
a. Convection and advection
b. Latent heat of condensation
c. Expansion on compression of the air
d. Partial absorption of solar radiation by
the atmosphere
11. Consider the following statements
The Circum Pacific belt is highly prone to
the occurence of earthquakes because it is
a zone of
1. Young folded mountains
2. active volcanoes.
3. divergent plate boundaries.
4. convergent plate boundaries.
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1, 2 and 4
c. 2, 3 and 4
d. 1, 3 and 4
12. Match List I (Environmental Degradation)
with list II (Constituent Causing
Degradation) and select the given below
the lists:
List I
A. Acid rain
B. Automobile smoke
C. Ozone Depletion
D. Global warming
List II
1. Nitrogen
2. Carbon dioxide
3. Nitrogen oxide
4. Oxide of sulphur
5. Chlorofluorocarbon
A B C D
a. 4 2 5 3
b. 5 3 1 2
c. 4 3 5 2
d. 5 2 1 3
13. Match List I (Ocean Deposit of Organic
Remain) with List II (Origin of Organic
Remain) and select the correct answers
using the code given below the lists:
List I
A. Neritic remains
B. Pelagic remains
C. Pteropod ooze
D. Diatom ooze
List II
1. Shells of Plank tonic molluscs
2. Microscopic plant shells
3. Dead skeletons of marine animals and
plants
4. A type of algae
5. Shells of various foraminifera
A B C D
a. 1 4 5 2
b. 3 2 1 4
c. 1 2 5 4
d. 3 4 1 2
14. Which one of the following sequences
correctly indicates the increasing order of
the distance from the coast?
a. Abyssal plain – continental shelf –
continental slope – continental rise
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b. Continental shelf – Continental slope –
abyssal plain – continental rise
c. Continental shelf – continental slope –
continental rise – abyssal plain
d. Continental slope – continental shelf –
abyssal plain – continental rise
15. Which one of the following represents
wall like formation of Solidified magma
and are mostly perpendicular to the beds of
the sedimentary rocks?
a. Dyke
b. Sills
c. Lapilli
d. Breccia

16. Consider the following statements:

1. New Zealand has very mild winters

owing to its oceanic situation and only

the extreme north has very cold

winters

2. In New Zealand, the situation of the

mountain chain produces much sharper

climate contrasts between cast and

west than in a north-south direction.

Which of the statements given above is/are

correct?

a. 1 only

b. 2 only

c. Both 1 and 2

d. Neither 1 nor 2

17. Consider the following statements

1. The network of Indian railways is

spread over 80,000 Route Kilometers

(RKm).

2. More than 50% of RKm, network of

the Indian Railways is electrified.

Which of the statements given above is/are

correct?

a. 1 only

b. 2 only

c. Both 1 and 2

d. Neither 1 nor 2

18. Which one of the following statements is

not correct?

a. Europeans emigrated m the densely

populated tropical and subtropical

coastlands.

b. The great exodus from Ireland in mid

1900 was mainly due to failure of

potato crops

c. Chinese immigrates have contributed

greatly to economic development of

Malaysia

d. The cities of the north-eastern United

States are now experiencing migration

losses

19. Which one of the following pairs is not

correctly matched?

Theory Relating to Urban Structure:

Proponent

a. Concentric Theory:- Sinclair

b. Sector Theory:- Homer Hoyt

c. Central Place Theory:- Christaller

d. Multiple Nuclei Theory:- Harris and

Ullman

20. Which one of the following pairs is not

correctly matched?

Concept: Scholar

a. Rank-size rule:- G.K. Zipf

b. Law bf retail gravitation:- W.J. Reilly

c. Concept of conurbation:- Patrick

Geddes

d. Concept of megalopolis:- E.W.

Burgess

21. Traveling from the equator towards pole,

what would he the correct sequence of

vegetation type you would encounter?

a. Tropical rain forest -tundra - savanna

b. Tropical rain forest -desert scrub -

tundra

c. Desert scrub - tropical rain foresttundra

d. Mediterranean scrub -desert scrubtundra

22. Which one of the following pairs is not

correctly matched?

Type of Agriculture — Country

a. Viticulture:- France

b. Sericulture:- Poland

c. Horticulture:- Netherlands

d. Pisciculture:- Japan

Directions: The following 8 (Eight) items consists

of two statements, one labelled as the ‘Assertion

(A)’ and the other as Reason (R)’. You are to

examine these two statements carefully and select

b answers to these items using the codes given

below:

23. Assertion (A): The amount of salinity in

the tropical zone is recorded higher in the

eastern than the western coasts of

continents.

Reason (R): The trade wind causes

upwelling of water in the western coasts

and the water is piled up in the eastern

coasts of con tine nets.

a. Both A and R are individually true and

R is the correct explanation of A.

b. Both A and R are individually true hut

R is not the correct explanation of A

c. A is true hut R is false

d. A is false hut R is true

24. Assertion (A): Intensification and

diversification of agriculture in the Central

Valley has made California the leading

American state in agricultural output.

Reason (R): California has experienced

massive & progressive extension of

irrigation.

a. Both A and R are individually true and

R is the correct explanation of A.

b. Both A and R are individually true hut

R is not the correct explanation of A

c. A is true hut R is false

d. A is false hut R is true

25. Assertion (A): A river system can continue

to cut down its valleys at approximately

the same rate as uplift and so maintains its

general pattern and direction.

Reason (R): In case of an antecedent

drainage system, the river is said to have

originated before a period of uplift and

folding of land as a result of cart

movement.

a. Both A and R are individually true and

R is the correct explanation of A.

b. Both A and R are individually true hut

R is not the correct explanation of A

c. A is true hut R is false

d. A is false hut R is true

26. Assertion (A): A strip of land near the

south-western shore of San Francisco Bay

is referred to as ‘Silicon Valley’.

Reason (R): In the early part of California

history the south-western shore of San

Francisco Bay was a major area of silica

mining.

a. Both A and R are individually true and

R is the correct explanation of A.

b. Both A and R are individually true hut

R is not the correct explanation of A

c. A is true hut R is false

d. A is false hut R is true

27. Assertion (A): On small scale conformal

projections, large areas may be imperfectly

represented with respect to shape.

Reason (R): There is no angular

deformation at any point on a conformal

projection.

a. Both A and R are individually true and

R is the correct explanation of A.

b. Both A and R are individually true hut

R is not the correct explanation of A

c. A is true hut R is false

d. A is false hut R is true

28. Assertion (A): Both Remote Sensing and

GIS are involved in the analysis of

phenomena of spatial significance.

Reason (R): Remote Sensing serves as an

important data source for GIS and vice

versa.

a. Both A and R are individually true and

R is the correct explanation of A.

b. Both A and R are individually true hut

R is not the correct explanation of A

c. A is true hut R is false

d. A is false hut R is true

29. Assertion (A): The outer core of the

earth’s interior is in molten state while the

inner core is in solid state.

Reason (R): The P-seismic waves

disappear in outer core while S-waves

penetrate up to the inner core.

a. Both A and R are individually true and

R is the correct explanation of A.

b. Both A and R are individually true hut

R is not the correct explanation of A

c. A is true hut R is false

d. A is false hut R is true

30. Assertion (A): In a resequent fault line

scarp, the down throw side will form

Lower ground.

Reason (R): The down throw side

possesses the softer rock at the level of

present erosion surface.

a. Both A and R are individually true and

R is the correct explanation of A.

b. Both A and R are individually true hut

R is not the correct explanation of A

c. A is true hut R is false

d. A is false hut R is true
31. Consider the following statements
regarding peninsular India:
1. It is largely con, posed of Archaean
crystalline rocks.
2. Most of the mountains here are of
relict type.
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3. The interior parts have post-cambrian
marine deposists.
4. Deccan basalts are formed at the end of
cretaceous.
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1, 2, 3 and 4
b. 1, 2 and 4
c. 3 and 4
d. 1 and 2
32. Which one of the Following is the correct
statement?
The Alpine vegetation in the eastern
Himalayas is found up to greater altitudes
than the Western Himalayas because.
a. the eastern Himalayas are higher than
the western Himalayas
b. the eastern Himalayas are nearer to the
equal or and sea coast than the western
Himalayas
c. the eastern Himalayas receive more
rainfall than the western Himalayas
d. the eastern Himalayan soils are more
fertile than those of the western
Himalayas
33. The irregularity in the amount of rainfall in
different parts of the north Indian plains is
mainly due to
a. Irregular intensity of low pressure in
the north-western parts of India
b. Variation in the location of the axis of
low pressure trough
c. Difference in frequency of cyclones
d. Variation in the amount of moisture
carried by winds every year
34. Consider the following statements
1. Canyon is an extreme type of Vshaped
valley with very steep sides and
no valley floor.
2. Grand Canyon is associated with the
Colorado River.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
35. Which one of the following is correct
sequence of the stratigraphy in India from
oldest to the youngest
a. Deccan Lava - Gondwana sediment -
Dharwarian sediment - Tertiary folding
b. Gondwana sediment - Deccan Lava -
Tertiary folding- Dharwarian sediment
c. Dharwarian sediment-Tertiary folding
- Deccan Lava -Gondwana sediment
d. Dharwarian sediment – Gondwana
sediment- Deccan Lava – Tertiary
Folding
36. Consider the following statements
1. The coastal area between the Eastern
Ghats and the Bay of Bengal is
narrower than the coastal area between
the Western Ghats and the Arabian
Sea.
2. The Indus rises near Munsarover in
Tibet and finally falls in the Arabian
Sea near Karachi.
Which the statement given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
37. Which one of the following regions is not
characterized by the Mediterranean type of
climate?
a. South Africa
b. South Western Australia
c. South Western United States of
America
d. North Western Europe
38. Consider the following countries
1. Brazil
2. Indonesia
3. Iran
4. Pakistan
Which one of the following is the correct
sequence of the above countries in the
descending order of their population size?
a. 1 — 3 — 2 — 4
b. 2 — 4 — 3 — 1
c. 2 — 1 — 4 — 3
d. 3 — 2 — 1 — 4
39. Which city has the maximum average
annual rainfall among following European
cities?
a. Warsaw
b. Bucharest
c. Athens
d. Belgrade
40. Which country among the following has
the highest proportion of its electricity
generation by nuclear plants?
a. United States of America
b. United Kingdom
c. France
d. Germany
41. Consider the following statements in
respect of the United Arab Emirates:
1. United Arab Emirates are surrounded
in the northwest by Oman.
2. United Arab Emirates have highest
percentage of the foreigners in its
population n the world.
3. Dubai is the most populous of the
Emirates.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 and 3
b. 2 and 3
c. 2 only
d. None
42. Which of the following is/are not correctly
matched?
Geographic Division of USA State of the
USA
1. West North Central — Iowa
2. Middle Atlantic — Maryland
3. South Atlantic — New Jersey
4. West South Central — Texas
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
a. 1 and 4
b. 2 and 3
c. 2 only
d. 3 only
43. Which one of the following countries is
the largest producer-of electricity by wind
power in the world?
a. Germany
b. Australia
c. Norway
d. Switzerland
44. Consider the following statements
1. As per Census 2001, the sex ratio
(Females per 1000 males) decreased
during 1991-2001 in comparison to
that during 1981-1991 in India.
2. The population of India as recorded at
each decennial census from 1901 has
grown steadily except for a decease
during 1951-61.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
45. As per census 2001, which of the
following pairs are not correctly matched?
Stoic/Union Territory —Population
Characteristics
1. Danian and Diu — Lowest % of urban
population
2. Pondicherry — Sex ratio in excess of
1000
3. Himachal Pradesh — Lowest sex ratio
(Female per 1000 males)
4. Arunachal Pradesh—Lowest
population density
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
a. 2 and 4
b. 1 and 3
c. 1 and 4
d. 2 and 3

46. Which one of the following African
countries is not land-locked?
a. Mali
b. Zambia
c. Chad
d. Libya
47. Consider tile following statements
1. The population density of Japan is
dose to that of India
2. Crude birth-rate of China is much
lower than that of India.
3. Surface area of India is about five
times that of United Kingdom.
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3


48. Which one of the following statements is
correct?
When contours are placed very close to
each other in a river valley, they represent
a
a. waterfall
b. rapid
c. convex lens
d. concave slope
49. Who among the following scholars
followed the teleological approach in the
study of the earth?
a. Alexander Von Humboldt
b. Carl Ritter
c. Immanuel Kant
d. Bernard Varenius
50. Select the correct sequence of the SQI
topographic map Index Numbers which
would lie to the North-East-South and
West of the sheet bearing number 48 I/2.
a. 48 I/1, 48 E/14, 48 I/16, 48 I/3
b. 48 I/6, 48 I/1, 48 E/14, 48 I/3
c. 48 I/1, 48 I/6, 48 I/3, 48 E/14
d. 48 E/14, 48 I/3, 48 I/1, 48 I/6
51. Match List I (Diagram with List II (Data)
and select the correct answer using the
codes given below
List I
A. Climography
B. Star diagram
C. Dispersion diagram
D. Columnar diagram
List II
1. Anuual rainfall for 40 years
2. Mean rainfall at a station or 12 months
3. Velocity and frequency of wind from
different direction
4. Mean rainfall and mean temperature
for 12 months
A B C D
a. 1 2 4 3
b. 4 3 1 2
c. 4 1 3 2
d. 1 4 2 3
52. Consider the following axioms regarding
Tidal Hypothesis on origin of the earth:
1. The solar system was formed from the
primitive sun and another intruding
star
2. The intruding star was smaller in size
than the primitive sun
3. The primitive sun was rotating on its
axis
4. The tidal force of intruding star was
greater than the primitive sun
Which of the axioms given above were
presented by Sir James Jeans?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 1, 2 and 4
d. 1, 3 and 4
53. Match List I (Geological Period) with list
TI (Distinctive Life / Incidence) and select
the correct answer using the code given
below the lists:
List I
A. Late Precambrian
B. Carboniferous
C. Devonain
D. Upper Cretaceous
List II
1. Himalayan Orogeny
2. Sponges
3. Man
4. Coal
5. Fish
A B C D
a. 5 4 3 1
b. 2 1 5 4
c. 5 1 3 7
d. 2 4 5 1
54. Which of the following characteristics are
associated with great masses of
metamorphic rocks generally resulting
from regional metamorphism?
1. Such rocks become wholly ctystaliine.
2. Such rocks become partially
ctystaliinc.
3. A streaking or parallel arrangement of
their constituent crystals which lie with
their longer axes pointing in the same
direction.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. 1 and 3
55. Consider the following statements
‘Vulcanicity’ refers to
1. all those processes in which molten
rock material or magma rises into the
crust.
2. the greater bulk of the volcanic rocks
of the earth’s surface were erupted
from volcanoes.
3. the process of solidification of rock
into crystalline or semi crystalline from
molten rock material after being
poured out on the surface.
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Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 and 3
d. 1 and 3
56. Match List I (Characteristic of Weathering
with List (I (Relationship of Various
Aspects of Weathering) and select the
correct answer using the code given
below:
List I
A. Disintegration of rock without
chemical alteration
B. Rotting and decomposition of rocks
chemical weathering
C. Process of oxidation
D. Effect of oxidation upon iron
compounds
List II
1. A universal feature in weathering
2. Red, yellow or brown tints on
3. Mechanical weathering
4. Chemical weathering
5. Dominant weathering process of the
humid temperature regions
A B C D
a. 1 3 4 5
b. 3 4 1 2
c. 1 5 2 4
d. 3 4 2 1
57. Consider the following statements:
An aerial photograph will he considered to
he truely vertical if
1. the sky does not appear in the scene.
2. the camera axis is held perpendicular
to horizon
3. the area covered in the image is
relatively small.
Which of the statements given above arc
correct?
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. only 2
d. only 3
58. Consider the following landform
characteristics:
1. Stream divided are sharp and ridge-like
resulting in a minimum of inter stream
uplands.
2. Extensive areas are at or near the base
level of erosion
3. There are a few consequent trunk
streams hut few large tributaries.
Numerous short tributaries and gullies
arc extending themselves by head ward
erosion and developing valley systems.
Which one of the following is the orderly
sequence of landform characteristics given
above in an idealized Fluvial Cycle?
a. 1 - 3 - 2
b. 2 - 3 - 1
c. 3 – 1 - 2
d. 2 – 1 - 3
59. Which one of the following provides the
force needed to drive the atmospheric
circulation ?
a. Higher biotic content of the tropical
latitudes and lower biotic content of
the polar latitudes
b. The energy contrasts between high
insolation tropical latitudes and the low
insolation polar latitudes
c. Higher rotational speed of lower
latitudes and lower rotational speed of
higher latitudes
d. Equatorial radius of the earth is longer
than the polar radius
60. Which one of the following1 statements is
correct? Collision-coalescence process
of precipitation: is applicable to
a. clouds which extend beyond freezing
level
b. all types of clouds
c. cumulo-nimbus clouds
d. those clouds which do not extend
beyond the freezing level
61. Which one of the following statements is
correct? The innermost region of a
hurricane is known as hurricane-eye
where
a. temperature is abnormally low and
pressure is the lowest
b. sky is clear and temperature is the
lowest
c. temperature is abnormally high and
pressure is the lowest
d. sky is under dense cloud cover and
pressure is the lowest
62. Consider the following statements :
1. Contour ploughing promotes soil
erosion and the formation of gullies.
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2. Gully erosion’s the removal of top soil
and creation of many steep-sided
cuttings in a hillside.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
63. Match List I (Region of Dispersed Rural)
with List II (Associated Factor) and select
the answer using the code given below the
lists :
List I
A. Alps and Himalayas
B. Delta of Ganga
C. Farm lands of the U.S.A.
D. Clayey soil areas
List II
1. Large areas to be reached
2. Marshy conditions hinder movement
3. Racial tradition of settling
4. Rugged topography divides the land
5. Too many streams divide the land
A B C D
a. 1 2 5 3
b. 4 1 5 2
c. 1 3 4 5
d. 4 5 1 2
64. Which one of the following is not correct
about the North-eastern United States of
America?
a. The region experienced expansion of
manufacturing industry for which the
population provided all graces of
labour, entrepreneurial experience, vast
amounts of money to invest and very
large market close at hand
b. Clothing manufacture is carried on in
many locations, but is specially
concentrated in the city of Cleveland,
Ohio
c. Photographic equipment manufacture
is dominated by the world's largest
photographic company with its
headquarters a( Rochester, New York
d. Manufacture of aircraft engines and
helicopters is heavily concentrated in
Hartford, Connecticut
65.
Match List I (Major Cities of Brazil) with
List II (Mark on the Map) and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists :
List I
A. Sao Paulo
B. Racife
C. Brasilia
D. Rio de Janeiro
List II
1. X1
2. X2
3. X3
4. X4
A B C D
a. 2 4 3 1
b. 4 1 2 3
c. 2 3 1 4
d. 4 1 3 2
66. Following four cities are located almost
on 760E longitude:
1. Indore
2. Solapur
3. Ludhiana
4. Jaipur
Which one of the following is the correct
sequential order of the above cities from
North to South if one travels almost
parallel along those longitudes?
a. 4 – 1 – 3 – 2
b. 3 – 4 – 1 – 2
c. 2 – 3 – 1 – 4
d. 3 – 4 – 2 – 1
67. Mohorovicic discontinuity separates
a. Upper mantle and lower crust
b. Mantle and asthenosphere
c. Inner solid core and outer liquid core
d. Core and Mantle
68. Kuroshio is a warm ocean current which
runs from
a. Philippines to Japan
b. Indonesia to Philippines
c. Japan to China
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d. Sri Lanka to Indonesia
69. Which of the following properties are
associated with the Conical Map
Projection?
1. The distance between the meridians
decreases towards the pole
2. The standard parallel is correct to the
scale
3. The distance between the parallels
decreases towards the pole
4. The central meridian is a straight line
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
a. 1 and 4
b. 2 and 3
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 4
70. What is Gomia in Jharkhand known for?
a. Coalfields
b. Manganese mining
c. Fertilizer plant
d. Explosive factory
71. Which one of the following terms is
credited to Humboldt?
a. Uranography
b. Biogeography
c. Geomorphology
d. Climatology
72. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched?
a. Hecataeus : Ges-periodos
b. Anaximander : Gnomon
c. Eratosthenes : Pangaea
d. Hipparchus : Astrolabe
73.
What is represented by the shaded portion
in the map given above?
a. Black soil
b. Desert soil
c. Grey and brown soil
d. Red and yellow soil
74.
In the map given above, four regions of
natural vegetation are marked as 1, 2, 3
and 4. Which of these are tropical rain
forests?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1 and 3
c. 2, 3 and 4
d. 2 and 4
75. Which one of the following statements is
not correct?
a. Make—up of the soil accor4ing lo
proportions of sand, silt and clay is
known as soil texture
b. The way in which sand, silt, clay and
humus bond together to form peds is
known as soil structure
c. The soil moisture budget is the balance
of water in the soil
d. A group of soils formed from different
parent rocks and having different
horizones and soil profiles is known as
soil series

76. What is the approximate average annual
water availability of India?
a. 1150 billion cubic metre (BCM)
b. 1250 billion cubic metre (BCM)
c. 1650billion cubic metre (BCM)
d. 1850 billion cubic metre (BCM)
77. Which of the following has/have salt
marshes as an ideal place for its/their
growth
1. Halophytes
2. Mesophytes
3. Xerophytes
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
a. 1 only
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 only
d. 1 and 3
78.
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Which type of fold is formed at A in the
figure given above?
a. Isoclinal fold
b. Plunge fold
c. Open fold
d. Recumbent fold
79. What is the Representative Fraction (R.F.),
if the given scale is 211:1 mile?
a. 1 : 31680
b. 1 : 62360
c. 1 : 126720
d. 1 : 63360
80. Which one of the following cartographic
techniques is suitable for measuring spatial
association among different attributes of
the regional economy?
a. Dot method
b. Pie diagram
c. Bar diagram
d. Chloroplast method
81. Match List I (Projection) with List II
(Property) and select the correct answer
using the code given below the Lists :
List I
A. Bonne's Projection
B. Gall's Stereographic Projection
C. Cylindrical Equal Area Projection
D. Mercator's Projection
List II
1. Length of the equator is 2πR cost 45°
2. Pole is a straight line
3. All parallels are standard parallels
4. Length of any parallel is 2πR cos φ
5. The scale along the parallel &
meridian is same at a point
A B C D
a. 3 2 4 1
b. 1 5 2 4
c. 3 1 2 5
d. 1 3 5 2
82. Consider the following statements :
1. National Highway No. 7 is the longest
among India's National Highways
2. Nagpur, Hyderabad, Vijayawada,
Chennai and Kanyakumari fall on the
National Highway No. 7
3. Gwalior falls on the National Highway
No. 2 and 3
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
83.
X in the figure given above is a river. In
digital database terms, it is an/a
a. Node and denotes a linear feature
b. Arc and denotes a linear feature
c. Polygon and denotes an area! feature
d. Arc and denotes point feature
84. Which one of the following is not a GIS
software?
a. ARCVIEW
b. OSIRIS
c. ILWIS
d. IMAGE ANALYST
85. The terms longitude and latitude were first
used by
a. Eratosthenes
b. Anaximander
c. Ptolemy
d. Homer
86. Which one of the following scholars of
pre-modern period clearly established the
relationship between regional geography
and systematic geography?
a. Cluverius
b. Bushing
c. Buache
d. Varenius
87. Which one of the following concepts is
associated with Vidal de la Blache?
a. Landscape chorology
b. Mathematical Geography
c. Terrestrial whole
d. Lands haft
88. Which one of the following is not a
tributary of the Barak River?
a. Jiri
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b. Rukni
c. Dhaleswari
d. Pagladiya
89. What is shading, in the form of lines
showing a hill or slope on a map, termed
as?
a. Spot height
b. Contour
c. Hachure
d. Farm lines
90. Match List I (Classification of Valleys)
with List II (Characteristic of Valleys) and
select the correct answer using the code
given below the Lists :
List I
A. Consequent Valley
B. Subsequent Valley
C. Insequent Valley
D. Obsequent Valley
List II
1. Draining in a direction opposite to that
of the original consequent valleys
2. Showing no apparent adjustment to
structural control
3. Course shifted from the original
consequent ones to more readily
erosible rocks
4. Course determined by the initial slope
of the land
5. Valleys draining in the direction
opposite to rock dip
A B C D
a. 4 3 2 1
b. 2 1 4 3
c. 4 3 1 2
d. 2 4 5 3
91. Towards which direction does the

magnetic north pole show a declination

from the geographic North Pole?

a. East

b. West

c. North

d. South

92. Match List I (Numerical Scale) with List II

(Equivalent Map Distance for J km

Ground Distance) and select the correct

answer using the code given below the

lists :

List I

A. 1: 1000000

B. 1:50000

C. 1:250000

D. 1:25000

List II

1. 40 mm

2. 04 mm

3. 20 mm

4. 01 mm

A B C D

a. 4 3 1 2

b. 3 1 2 4

c. 4 3 2 1

d. 3 1 4 2

93. Which of the following are associated with

the origin of dispersed settlements in the

U.K. and the U.S.A.?

1. Desire of family privacy

2. Farmer's easy access to fields

3. Law and order in countryside

4. Uneven topography of farm lands

Select the correct answer using the code

given below:

a. 1 and 3

b. 2 and 4

c. 1 and 2 .

d. 3 and 4

94. Match List I (Climatic Type) with List II

(Region) and select the correct answer

using the code given below :

List I

A. Amw

B. Aw

C. Bshw

D.Cwg

List II

1. Most parts of peninsular plateau

2. Interior parts of peninsula, western

slopes of Aravallis and parts of

Haryana

3. North Indian plains

4. Western coast of India in the south of

Goa

A B C D

a. 4 3 2 1

b. 2 1 4 3

c. 2 3 4 1

d. 4 1 2 3

95. Match List I (Coal Mining Area) with List

II (Country) and select the correct answer

using the code given below the Lists :

List I

A. Karaganda Basin

B. Pechora Basin

C. Upper Silesia

List II

1. United Kingdom

2. Russia

3. Poland

4. Kazakhastan

A B C

a. 4 3 1

b. 4 2 3

c. 1 2 3

d. 1 2 4

96. Match List I (type of agriculture) with List

II (area Associated with the particular

types of agriculture) and select the correct

answer using the code given below the

lists:

List I

A. shifting

B. Subsistence

C. Commercial

D. Plantation

List II

1. American Prairies

2. Ganga Delta

3. Gardens of Assam

4. Naga Hills

5. Northern Canada

A B C D

a. 4 5 2 3

b. 3 1 4 5

c. 4 2 1 3

d. 3 4 5 2

97. Tribes belonging to which one of the

following groups earn their livelihood

through food-gathering and hunting?

a. Bushman, Pigmy and Eskimo

b. Massi, Kirghiz and Boro

c. Pigmy, Eskimo and Kirghiz

d. Boro, Bushman and Masai

98. Consider the following statements:

1. Natives of Andaman Nicobar islands

belong to Negrito races.

2. Triba living in Central India belong to

Mongoloid races.

3. Tribals living in the North—East India

belongs to the Negroid races.

4. Indo Aryans belong to the Nordic

races.

Which of the statements given above are

correct?

a. 1 and 2

b. 2 and 3

c. 1 and 4

d. 3 and 4

99. Match List I (Concept) with List II

(Proponent) and select the correct answer

using the code given below the Lists

List I

A. Determinism

B. Possibilism

C. Neo-Deternhinism

D. Probabi1isrn

List II

1. O.H. K. Spate

2. F. Ratzel

3. Brunhes

4. G Taylor

A B C D

a. 2 3 4 1

b. 4 1 2 3

c. 2 1 4 3

d. 4 3 2 1

100. Consider the following statements

1. The environmental determinism

dominated the writings of early Arab

geographers.

2. Vidal tie La Blache supplemented

classical geographical determinism

With ‘Social Darwinism”

Which of the statements given above is/are

correct?

a. 1 only

b. 2 only

c. Both 1 and 2

d. Neither 1 and 2

101. Which one of the following is the correct

sequence in the evolution of geographical

ideologies

a. Determinism—Quantitative

Revolution—Possibilism— Radicalism

b. Determinism—Possibilism —

Quantitative Revolution— Radicalism

c. Possibilism—Determthism —

Radicalism Quantitative Revolution

d. Radicalism—Possibilism—

Determinism—Quantitative

Revolution

102. Match List I (Book) with List II (Author)

and select the correct answer using the

code given below the Lists

List I

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A. Cosmos

B. Erdkunde

C. Anthropogeography

D. Principles de Geographies Humaine

List II

1. Cad Ritter

2. Alexander Von Humboldt

3. Vidal de Ia Blache

4. Friedrich Ratzel

A B C D

a. 1 2 3 4

b. 2 1 4 3

c. 1 3 4 2

d. 2 1 3 4

103. The Mangrove vegetation, in India, is most

extensively found in

a. Malabar coast

b. The Sunderbans

c. The Rann of Kachchh

d. Coastal Orissa

104. Which one of the following regions of

India has the highest percentage of its area

under forest cover?

a. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

b. Arunachal Pradesh

c. Mizoram

d. Jammu and Kashmir

105. Which one of the following states in India

has the highest percentage of tank

irrigation?

a. Tamil Nadu

b. West Bengal

c. Kerala

d. Karnataka


106. Consider the following statements

Larger bodies of intrusive rocks called

batholiths are

1. very commonly formed of granites

though not invariably.

2. lens shaped masses of rock occupying

the saddles of anticlines or the keels of

synclines of mountains.

3. large dome shaped masses the sides

whose plunge steeply to unknown

depths.

Which of the statements given above are

correct?

a. 1, 2 and3

b. 1 and 2

c. 2 and 3

d. 2 and 3

107. Which one of the following statements is

correct?

Monocline folds are normally associated

with

a. faulting

b. distorted beds

c. inverted beds

d. inclined beds

108. Which of the following pairs are correctly

matched?

Symbol /form Term used

1. : Delta

2. : Plateau

3. : Spring Line

4. : Waterfall

Select the correct answer using the code

given below

a. 1 and3

b. 2, 3 and 4

c. 1 and 4

d. l, 2, 3 and 4

109. Which of the following pairs are correctly

matched?

Multipurpose Project : State

1. Ukai Project : Gularat

2. Kukadi Project : Maharashtra

3. Salal Project : Jammu & Kashmir

Select the correct answer using the codes g

below

a. 1, 2 and 3

b. 1 and 2

c. 2 and 3

d. 1 and 3

110. Which one of the following is a land of

geysers, hot springs, lava flows and snow

fields?

a. Alaska

b. Iceland

c. Ireland

d. Finland

111. Tropic of Capricorn passes through which

one of the following countries

a. Botswana

b. Swaziland

c. Zimbabwe

d. Zambia

112. Amphibious’ wooden houses, floating on

the canals, are found in

a. Bangkok

b. Phnon, Penh

c. Vientiane

d. Yangoon

113. Which of the following pairs is not

correctly matched?

a. Ribbon Falls : California

b. Tugela Falls : Natal, South

Africa

c. Powers court Falls : Ireland

d. Sutherland Falls : Norway

114. In Central Place Theory, k = 7 settlement

denotes

a. Market town

b. Market-cum-administrative town

c. Administrative town

d. Transport town

115. Consider the following statements

1. The present Infant Mortality Rate in

India is about 80 per 1000 live births.

2. The Tenth Plan envisages a reduction

in Infant Mortality Rate to 45 per 1000

live births.

3. The Tenth Plan envisages a reduction

in decadel growth rate of the

population between 2001—2011 to 10

per cent.

Which of the statements given above is/are

correct?

a. 1 and 2

b. 2 only

c. l and 3

d. l, 2 and 3

116. Match List I (Proponent) with List II

(Criterion for Functional Classification)

and select the correct answer using the

code given below the lists

List II

A. Harris

B. Aurousseau

C. Nelson

D. McKenzie

List II

1. Dominant functions

2. Statistical criterion

3. Ecological consideration

4. Multiplicity and specialization of

activities

A B C D

a. 2 1 3 4

b. 4 2 1 3

c. 2 3 4 1

d. 4 1 2 3

117. Match List I (Process of Urbanization)

with List II (Stage of Urbanization) and

select the correct answer using the code

given below the Lists:

List I

A. Beginning of urban settlement

B. Town formation

C. Urban maturity

List II

1. Megalopolis

2. Lopolis

3. Polls

A B C

4. 2 3 1

5. 1 3 2

6. 3 2 1

7. 1 2 3

118. The most important agriculture is feature

of Mediterranean agriculture is

a. Rainfed agriculture

b. Mixed cropping

c. Viticulture

d. thy field farming

119. Match List I (Settlement Pattern) with List

II (Region) and select the correct answer

using the code given below the Lists

List I

A. Circular or semi circular

B. Star like

C. Triangular

D. Block like

List II

1. At the confluence of rivers.

2. In the vicinity of crater lakes or on the

levees of ox—bow lake

3. In deserts and semi—deserts

4. At the convergence or roads

A B C D

a. 1 2 4 3

b. 2 4 1 3

c. 1 2 3 4

d. 2 3 1 4

120. The dominant rural settlement pattern

along the coastal region of Kerala is

known as

a. Clustered

b. Compact

c. Nucleated

d. Dispersed