1. The landscapes produced by a single dominant geomorphic process are called as

Simple Landscapes


Compound Landscapes


Monocyclic Landscapes


Multicyclic Landscapes


2. Flat topped sand ridges with long dimensions extending parallel to the prevailing winds but locking the collapsing fronts are known as

Whalebacks


Seifs


Barchans


Sand drifts


3. The river valleys whose courses are controlled by factors which are not determinable are termed as

Consequent


Subsequent


Insequent


Resequent


4. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I (Books) List II (Authors)

a Principles of i. L.C. King Geomorphology

b. The study of ii. W.D. Landforms Thornbury

c. Unstable Earth iii. R.J. Small

d. Morphology of iv. J.A. Steers the Earth



Codes
a b c d

ii iii iv i


i ii iii iv


iv iii ii i


iii i iv ii


5. The slope replacement model was propounded by

Wood

Davis

Penck

Strahler


6. Who among the following observed that summer heating of Tibetan Plateau was the most important factor in the monsoonal circulation over India

Fohn


Koteswaram


Frost


Halley


7. According to Koppen s Scheme of climatic classification (Polar or Mountain) type climatic is found in

Nagaland


Arunachal Pradesh


Sikkim


Jammu Kashmir


8. Which one of the following is not a factor that affects wind

Pressure gradient


Friction


Magnetism


Carioles effect


9. Which one of the locations listed below should have highest annual temperature range

Equatorial Island


Tropical coast


Polar ice cap


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

Evaporation


Condensation


Sublimation


Freezing


11. The main source of carbon-monoxides, as air pollutants, is

Thermal decomposition of fats


Dye-making


Blast furnaces


Gasoline motor exhausts



12. The vertical movement of cold water from deeper oceanic layers to replace warmer surface water is called as

Turbidity


Emergence


Upwelling


Halocline



13. Which one of the following types of sea floor sediments includes calcareous and siliceous oozes

Fluvial


Terrigenous


Biogenous


Hydrogenous



14. Vast numbers of herbivorous animals and carnivorous such as lions, Jackals and hyenas are found in

Equatorial rainforest


Taiga


Campos of Brazil


Savannas of Africa



15. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a Green Plants i. Decomposer
b. Animal ii. Primary Parasites consumer

c. Plant Parasites iii. Secondary Consumer

d. Fungi iv. Producer


Codes
a b c d

iv iii ii i


ii i iv iii


iii ii i iv


i ii iv iii



16. Nomothetic approach in geography emphasizes upon

Inductive study


Law making study


Ideographic study


Empirical study



17. Which one of the following pairs does not match correctly
Author Book

Ibn Khaldun Muqaddimah


Al-Balakhi Kitabul Ashkal


Al-Masudi Routes and Realms


Al-Biruni Kitab-al-Hind



18. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I (Geographers) List II (Concepts Developed)

i. F. Ratzel a. Landscape Science
ii. C. Ritter b. Areal differentiation
iii.R. Hartshorne c. Teleological view
iv. O. Schluter d. Social Darwinism
Codes

a b c d

iv iii ii i


iii iv i ii


ii iv iii i


iv i ii iii



19. Which one of the following is in correct sequence in the development of German geographical thought.

Troll, Peschel, Hettner, Ratzel


Peschel, Ratzel, Hettner, Troll


Peschel, Troll, Hettner, Ratzel


Ratzel, Peschel, Troll, Hettner



20. Who coined the term 'Cosmography' and divided it into uranography and Geography

O. Peschel


C. Ritter


B. Vareneous


A. Humboldt



21. The book entitled "Perspective on Nature of Geography (1959)" was authored by

Ellen Churchill Semple


Rudolf Kjellen


Richard Hartshorne


Isaih Bowman



22. Net population change is determined by

Mortality


Migration


Fertility


Both and



23. Rural house is an index of the

Environment


Racial Element


Fashion and Style


Modern Architectural Design



24. The stages of inception in the dynamics of urban growth refers to

The factor which gives rise to a city in a particular place.


The process through which separate functional districts are carved out


The outward, often radial, movement of activities from the centre.


The pattern of forcing activities out of an area.



25. The chief means of transport in Tundras is

Camel Donkeys


Sledge Horse



26. The development of Chennai Bangaluru corridor is based on

Automobile and I.T. Industries


Cotton-textile and garment industries


Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industries


Residential and Retail Development



27. Of late, the major focus in urban-industrial development is on

Nodal Development


Cluster Development


Port-City Oriented Development


Both and



28. High level managerial and executive administrative position fall in the category of

Primary activities


Secondary activities


Tertiary activities


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

2 and 3 1 and 2


2 and 3 1 and 3



30. What are the three bases for spatial interaction as described in Edward Ullman's model

Complementarity, Transferability and intervening opportunity


Complementarity, Commodity specific relationship and surplus-deficit relationship.


Complimentarity, convenience and residential neighbourhood.


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

3 and 4

2 and 3

1 and 3

2 and 4




32. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason

Assertion 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 Resources are created
and destroyed by human culture. In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct
Codes

is correct, but is wrong.


is wrong, but is correct.


Both and are correct and explains


Both and are wrong.



33. Which one of the following culture realms is characterised by

heritage of ancient civilization and traditions of classical culture
rise of ancient city-states; and
importance of agriculture and horticulture including viticulture

East European


Indian


Mediterranean


Chinese



34. The paradoxical situation of co-existence of the patrilineal society and the dominating position of women characterize.

Khasi Tribe


Bhil Tribe


Gond Tribe


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.

1 and 2 are correct.


2 and 3 are correct.


2 and 4 are correct.


1 and 3 are correct.



36. Which one of the following languages belong to the Semito-Hamitic linguistic family

Gondi

Hebrew

Spanish

Dutch



37. The statement that "Who rules East Europe, commands the Heartland who rules the Heartland, commands the world Island….." was made by

Mackinder

Spykman

Alfred Mahan

Whittlesey



38. The entire planning technique in India had been based on the model prepared by

P.C. Mahalanobis


Fieldman


Domar


V.M. Dandekar



39. Regional development is a

Single functional Approach


Multi-functional Approach


Place Prosperity


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

iii, ii, iv, i

iii, iv, ii

iv, iii, ii

iii, iv, ii



41. Who has defined that "there is only one region the surface of the earth on which mankind finds its home"

Minshull


Vidal de la Blasche


Fenneman


Herbertson



42. The agricultural region is a

Homogenous region


Functional region


Nodal region


Natural region



43. Which one of the following sequences of the Himalayan ranges from South to North is correct

Karakoram Ladakh Zaskar Pir panjal


Ladakh Zaskar Pir Panjal Karakoram


Zaskar Pir Panjal Karakoram Ladakh


Pir Panjal Zaskar Ladakh Karakoram



44. The oldest and the richest coal field of India with respect to quantity of production and quality is

Bokaro


Jharia


Raniganj


Makum-Nazira



45. The highest and the lowest population density difference during 2001 and 2011 was recorded respectively in

Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh


Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu


West Bengal and Nagaland


Bihar and Nagaland



46. The most important source of irrigation in Great Indian Desert (Thar) is

Canal


Well


Tube-well


All of the above



47. The longest west flowing Peninsular river is

Godavari

Krishna

Narmada

Tapti

48. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I (Spectral Bands) List II (Wavelength)

a Visible region i. 8 12 micrometre

b. Near Infrared ii. 1 mm 1.0 metre

c. Microwave iii. 0.7 3.0 micrometre

d. Thermal iv. 0.4 0.7 Infrared micrometre


Codes

a b c d

iv ii iii i


iii iv i ii


iv iii ii i


iii iv ii i



49. Flow maps are used to show the distribution of which type of following data

Line

Area

Point

Volume



50. Cumulative frequency distribution is shown by

Histogram


Frequency Curve


Ogive


Pie diagram