GEOGRAPHY
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. The landscapes produced by a single dominant geomorphic process are called as
(A) Simple Landscapes
(B) Compound Landscapes
(C) Monocyclic Landscapes
(D) Multicyclic Landscapes
2. Flat topped sand ridges with long dimensions extending parallel to the prevailing winds but locking the collapsing fronts are known as
(A) Whalebacks
(B) Seifs
(C) Barchans
(D) Sand drifts
3. The river valleys whose courses are controlled by factors which are not determinable are termed as
(A) Consequent
(B) Subsequent
(C) Insequent
(D) Resequent
4. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
5. The slope replacement model was propounded by
(A) Wood
(B) Davis
(C) Penck
(D) Strahler
6. Who among the following observed that summer heating of Tibetan Plateau was the most important factor in the
monsoonal circulation over India ?
(A) Fohn
(B) Koteswaram
(C) Frost
(D) Halley
7. According to Koppen’s Scheme of climatic classification ‘E’ (Polar or Mountain) type climatic is found in
(A) Nagaland
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Sikkim
(D) Jammu & Kashmir
8. Which one of the following is not a factor that affects wind ?
(A) Pressure gradient
(B) Friction
(C) Magnetism
(D) Carioles effect
9. Which one of the locations listed below should have highest annual temperature range ?
(A) Equatorial Island
(B) Tropical coast
(C) Polar ice cap
(D) Mid-latitude continental centre
10. Which term is used to describe the conversion of a solid directly to a gas, without passing through the liquid State ?
(A) Evaporation
(B) Condensation
(C) Sublimation
(D) Freezing
11. The main source of carbonmonoxides, as air pollutants, is
(A) Thermal decomposition of fats
(B) Dye-making
(C) Blast furnaces
(D) Gasoline motor exhausts
12. The vertical movement of cold water from deeper oceanic layers to replace warmer surface water is called as
(A) Turbidity
(B) Emergence
(C) Upwelling
(D) Halocline
13. Which one of the following types of sea floor sediments includes calcareous and siliceous oozes ?
(A) Fluvial
(B) Terrigenous
(C) Biogenous
(D) Hydrogenous
14. Vast numbers of herbivorous animals and carnivorous such as lions, Jackals and hyenas are found in
(A) Equatorial rainforest
(B) Taiga
(C) Campos of Brazil
(D) Savannas of Africa
15. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
16. Nomothetic approach in geography emphasizes upon ?
(A) Inductive study
(B) Law making study
(C) Ideographic study
(D) Empirical study
17. Which one of the following pairs does not match correctly ?
Author Book
(A) Ibn Khaldun – Muqaddimah
(B) Al-Balakhi – Kitabul Ashkal
(C) Al-Masudi – Routes and Realms
(D) Al-Biruni – Kitab-al-Hind
18. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
19. Which one of the following is in correct sequence in the development of German geographical thought.
(A) Troll, Peschel, Hettner, Ratzel
(B) Peschel, Ratzel, Hettner, Troll
(C) Peschel, Troll, Hettner, Ratzel
(D) Ratzel, Peschel, Troll, Hettner
20. Who coined the term ‘Cosmography’ and divided it into uranography and Geography ?
(A) O. Peschel
(B) C. Ritter
(C) B. Vareneous
(D) A. Humboldt
21. The book entitled “Perspective on Nature of Geography (1959)” was authored by
(A) Ellen Churchill Semple
(B) Rudolf Kjellen
(C) Richard Hartshorne
(D) Isaih Bowman
22. Net population change is determined by
(A) Mortality
(B) Migration
(C) Fertility
(D) Both (A) and (C)
23. Rural house is an index of the
(A) Environment
(B) Racial Element
(C) Fashion and Style
(D) Modern Architectural Design
24. The stages of inception in the dynamics of urban growth refers to
(A) The factor which gives rise to a city in a particular place.
(B) The process through which separate functional districts are carved out
(C) The outward, often radial, movement of activities from the centre.
(D) The pattern of forcing activities out of an area.
25. The chief means of transport in Tundras is
(A) Camel
(B) Donkeys
(C) Sledge
(D) Horse
26. The development of Chennai Bangaluru corridor is based on
(A) Automobile and I.T. Industries
(B) Cotton-textile and garment industries
(C) Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industries
(D) Residential and Retail Development
27. Of late, the major focus in urbanindustrial development is on
(A) Nodal Development
(B) Cluster Development
(C) Port-City Oriented Development
(D) Both (A) and (C)
28. High level managerial and executive administrative position fall in the category of
(A) Primary activities
(B) Secondary activities
(C) Tertiary activities
(D) Quarternary activities
29. Which of the following statements are correct ?
1. Lignite and low grade bituminous coal were formed during quarternary period.
2. Dolomite is used as refractory material and flux in iron and steel industry.
3. Solar energy, wind, hydel power and biogas are renewable resources.
Select the correct answer using codes given below :
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 3
30. What are the three bases for spatial interaction as described in Edward Ullman’s model ?
(A) Complementarity, Transferability and intervening opportunity
(B) Complementarity, Commodity specific relationship and surplus-deficit relationship.
(C) Complimentarity, convenience and residential neighbourhood.
(D) Human behaviour, convenience and transferability
31. Japan is one of the leading industrial countries in the world because it has
1. Developed hydel power
2. Large deposits of metallic minerals
3. High level of technological capability
4. Insular location
Which of these statements are correct ?
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3
(D) 2 and 4
32. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : With the development of H.Y.V. rubber trees and later synthetic rubber, the rubber of the Amazon basin has become a little more than memory.
Reason (R) : Resources are created and destroyed by human culture.
In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct ?
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
(B) (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
33. Which one of the following culture realms is characterised by (i) heritage of ancient civilization and traditions of classical culture (ii) rise of ancient citystates; and (iii) importance of agriculture and horticulture including viticulture ?
(A) East European
(B) Indian
(C) Mediterranean
(D) Chinese
34. The paradoxical situation of co-existence of the patrilineal society and the dominating position of women
characterize.
(A) Khasi Tribe
(B) Bhil Tribe
(C) Gond Tribe
(D) Tharu Tribe
35. Geography of public policy is concerned with geographical study of
1. Creation and implementation of public policies.
2. Implementation and monitoring of public policies.
3. Creation and evaluation of public policies.
4. Evaluation of public policies.
(A) 1 and 2 are correct.
(B) 2 and 3 are correct.
(C) 2 and 4 are correct.
(D) 1 and 3 are correct.
36. Which one of the following languages belong to the Semito- Hamitic linguistic family ?
(A) Gondi
(B) Hebrew
(C) Spanish
(D) Dutch
37. The statement that “Who rules East Europe, commands the Heartland who rules the Heartland, commands
the world Island…..” was made by
(A) Mackinder
(B) Spykman
(C) Alfred Mahan
(D) Whittlesey
38. The entire planning technique in India had been based on the model prepared by
(A) P.C. Mahalanobis
(B) Fieldman
(C) Domar
(D) V.M. Dandekar
39. Regional development is a
(A) Single functional Approach
(B) Multi-functional Approach
(C) Place Prosperity
(D) Rationalisation of population distribution
40. According to Hufschmidt, bringout the chronological sequence in the main phases of development of Regional planning in the last 100 years of its history.
i. Cultural Regionalism Orientation
ii. Metropolitan Orientation
iii. Natural Resource Orientation
iv. Regional Science Orientation
Codes :
(A) iii, ii, iv, i
(B) i, iii, iv, ii
(C) iv, i, iii, ii
(D) iii, i, iv, ii
41. Who has defined that “there is only one region – the surface of the earth on which mankind finds its home” ?
(A) Minshull
(B) Vidal de la Blasche
(C) Fenneman
(D) Herbertson
42. The agricultural region is a
(A) Homogenous region
(B) Functional region
(C) Nodal region
(D) Natural region
43. Which one of the following sequences of the Himalayan ranges from South to North is correct ?
(A) Karakoram – Ladakh – Zaskar – Pir panjal
(B) Ladakh – Zaskar – Pir Panjal – Karakoram
(C) Zaskar – Pir Panjal – Karakoram – Ladakh
(D) Pir Panjal – Zaskar – Ladakh – Karakoram
44. The oldest and the richest coal field of India with respect to quantity of production and quality is
(A) Bokaro
(B) Jharia
(C) Raniganj
(D) Makum-Nazira
45. The highest and the lowest population density difference during 2001 and 2011 was recorded respectively in
(A) Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
(C) West Bengal and Nagaland
(D) Bihar and Nagaland
46. The most important source of irrigation in Great Indian Desert (Thar) is
(A) Canal
(B) Well
(C) Tube-well
(D) All of the above
47. The longest west flowing Peninsular river is
(A) Godavari
(B) Krishna
(C) Narmada
(D) Tapti
48. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
49. Flow maps are used to show the distribution of which type of following data ?
(A) Line
(B) Area
(C) Point
(D) Volume
50. Cumulative frequency distribution is shown by
(A) Histogram
(B) Frequency Curve
(C) Ogive
(D) Pie diagram
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