1. Which of the following is formed due to tectonic forces

Rift valley

Hanging valley

Super imposed valley

Antecedent valley


2. Drowned glaciated valleys in high latitudes regions are known as

Ocean trenches

Submarine ridges

Fiords

Submarine canyons


3. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given
List I List II
Basalt Geneis

Granite Quartzite

Sandstone Schist

Shale Slate

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4. Consider the following statements regarding kants view on the origin of the earth
Kant introduced the Newtonian law of gravitation in his theory.
Kant developed his theory accepting the principle of conservation of angular momentum.
Though Laplace put forward the nebular hypothesis of origin of the earth, Kant is regarded by many as the real propounder of the nebular hypothesis.

Which of the statements are correct

and

and

and

and

5. Excessive folding results in

Reverse fault

Geosyncline

Nappe formation

Block disintegration


6. "All coral reefs begun as fringe reefs around an inland". This was indicated in

Day's glacial control theory

Daly's subsidence theory

Darwin's glacial control theory

Darwin's subsidence theory


7. Guttenberg discontinuity is found between the

Upper core and lower core

Mantle and the core

Crust and the mantle

Upper mantle and lower mantle


8. Who postulated the concept of Sea floor spreading

W. J. Morgan

T. J. Wilson

Le Pichon

Harry Hess

9. Mauna Loa, in Hawaii is famous for

Botanical garden

Monitoring sea level rise since 1950

Monitoring rainfall

Continuous monitoring of atmospheric CO2 since 1957


10. Match the List I and List II select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
Isohel line joining places having same average percentage of cloudiness

Isohaline line joining the places having same duration of sunshine

Isotach line joining the places having equal salinity in the ocean

Isoneph line joining places having equal wind speed

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11. The only truely continuous pressure belt on the earth is

Southern hemisphere subtropical high

Northern hemisphere subtropical high

Equatorial low

Southern hemisphere sub polar low


12. Which two global winds originate from the subtropical highs

Polar easterlies and westerlies

Trade winds and polar easterlies

Trade winds and westerlies

Chinook and Foehn


13. An aircraft is flying at an altitude of 10 km. At that altitude the temperature is -40°C. What is the ambient temperature on the ground

24°C

25°C

30°C

20°C

14. Which one of the following is not a necessary condition for condensation

Saturation

Surface

High altitude

Water vapour

15. Given below are two statements. One labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason Select your answer from the codes given below
Assertion Land surface is heated more quickly and to a greater extent than the water surface when subject to an equal amount of insolation
Reason The specific heat of land is more than that of water
Codes

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true but is not a correct explanation of

is true but is false

is false but is true


16. Which of the following does not enhance the instability of air

radiation cooling of earth's surface after sun set

radiation cooling from cloud top

heating an air mass from below as it passes over a warm surface

intense solar heating in the lowermost atmosphere



17. The speed of a ocean current is about

of the speed of prevailing wind

of the speed of prevailing wind

of the speed of prevailing wind

of the speed of prevailing wind


18. The ocean water was iceberg free during the era

Archaean

Paleozoic

Cenozoic

Mesozoic

19. The salinity of sea ice ranges from

0

3 10%

11 17%

28 35%

20. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
(River) (Sediment transported to ocean in 104 tons/y)

Ganga 726

Mekong 500

Brahmputra (iii) 1600

Yangtze 1000

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21. The place where an organism or community of organisms lives is called

Environment

Atmosphere

Habitat

Society

22. Photosynthesis is the process by which

Radiant energy converted into chemical energy

Radiant energy converted into thermal energy

Radiant energy converted into bio-energy

Radiant energy converted into geo-thermal energy


23. 'Vadose water' remain in between

Crust and mantle

Mantle and core

Ground surface and water table

Ground surface and tropopause


24. Which one of the following is not a macro-nutrients to plants

Carbon

Iron

Nitrogen

Oxygen

25. The concept of the laws of 'primate city' was given by

E. Huntington

E. C. Semple

M. Jefferson

W. Christaller

26. To which school does Eratosthenes, the father of geography belongs to

Roman

Arab

German

Greek

27. Von Thunen's Agricultural Locational theory is based on

Empirical Approach

Normative Approach

Deductive Approach

Behavioral Approach


28. Who was greatly influenced by Le Play's triology of Place -Work -Folk and adopted an alternate triology of Environment -Function Organism

Roxby

Geddes

Herbertsen

Chisholm

29. Which Indian geographer has written the book 'Geography of Purans'

S. M. Ali

P. P. Karan

M. Shafi

B. Dubey

30. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
(Modern Indian Geographers) (Field of Specialisation)

R. L. Singh Urban geography

G. S. Gosal Settlement geography

C. D. Despande Regional development and planning

V. L. S. Prakash Rao Population geography

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31. Who among the following scholars is not related with behavioural geography

W. K. Kink

Peter Gould

Yi Fu Twan

Gilbert White

32. Which one of the following states in India has the lowest population density in the latest census

Arunachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Sikkim

Mizoram


33. Which of the following stages of demographic transition indicate the state of under development

High stationary stage Early expanding stage

Late expanding stage Low stationary stage


34. Which one of the following districts in India has recorded the highest sex ratio in 2011

Mahe (Pondicherry)

Almora (Uttarakhand)

Alwar (Rajasthan)

Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)


35. Which one of the following density is calculated using following formula ED= NK/SK, where N is the number of inhabitants, K is per capita quantity of requirement, S is area in square kilometers, and is the quantity of resources produced per km2.

Arithmetic

Agricultural

Physiological

Economic

36. Which one of the following measures of central tendency is used to indicate the 'centre of population'

Median

Mode

Mean

Harmonic mean

37. Which of the concept relates population size to the land area with a view to assess pressure of population upon the resources of the area

Population Growth Rate

Population Density

Agriculture Density

Physiological Density


38. Which one of the following religions has maximum territorial region of dominance in the World

Budhism

Islam

Christianity

Hinduism

39. Which one of the following authors has given the concept of "Demand cone" as shown in the diagram



Pareto

August Losch

Christaller

Weber

40. Which of the following group of crops can be grown in the area having temperature 20°-27°C and annual rainfall more than 150 cm

Barley, Jute, Tea

Rubber, Rice, Jute

Tea, Coffee, Maize

Rice, Wheat, Maize


41. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
(Authors) (Theory)

Weber Minimum production cost

Smith Maximum profit

Hotelling Minimum transport cost

Hoover Market competition

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42. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason select your answer from the codes given below
Assertion All Japanese steel production occurs at coastal locations.
Reason The Japanese steel capacity has a coastal exposure and direct access to deep-water ports.
Codes

Both and are the true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but as not the correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.





43. Consider the following map of an area


Select the correct matrix for the above map
















44. Which one of the following is correct sequence of urban land uses in respect of ab, bc and cd as per given graph


Industrial, Residential and Commercial

Commercial, Residential and Industrial

Commercial, Industrial and Residential

Residential, Commercial and Industrial


45. Whittelessy classified agricultural systems of the world. How many agricultural system were identified by him

10

19

14

13

46. Which one of the following group of countries is leading total coal import countries of the world in 2013 according to the world coal association

Bangladesh, South Africa and France, India

Poland, South Africa, Japan and France

China, Japan, India, S. Korea

Japan, South Korea, France, Canada


47. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from codes given below
List I List II
(Risely's classification of Indian Race) (Representatives of the respective races)
Indo-Aryans The Bhils of Rajasthan

Dravidians The Brahmins of Odisha

Mongoloids The Jats of Haryana

Mongolo-Dravidians The Bhutias of Utarakhand

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48. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason select your answer from the codes given below Assertion Indian ocean has become the military bases by many super-powers. Reason There is strong geo-political benefits in Indian ocean and adjacent countries. Codes

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.


49. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
(State) (Tribes)
Gujarat The gonds

Madhya Pradesh The Mikirs

Assam The Khonds

Odisha The Bhils

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50. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
(Countries) (Party System Government)
U.S.A. One party

China Two party

India Three party

U.K. Multi party

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51. Which of the following statements is the base of the concept of caste region

Numerical strength of a caste

Social ranking of a caste in a region

Proportion of a caste in population

Share of a caste in land ownership



52. Which one of the following is the propounder of the shown model

Zelinsky's Mobility Model

Rely's Model of Migration

Gosal Model of Migration

Lee's Model of Migration


53. Which one of the following regions is defined as "A contiguous geographical area characterised by cultural homogeneity....."

Population Region

Geographical Region

Cultural Realm

Settlement zone


54. Which constitutional Amendment Act has 12th schedule devolving functions to municipal bodies

73rd

72nd

74th

75th

55. Which of the urban structure models labelled three areas the city of death, the city of need and the city of superfluity

Exploitive model of urban structure

Multiple nuclei

Sector model

Social area analysis model



56. To study regional imbalances and regional disparities in India, which one of the following methods was applied

Unweighted Ranks

Composite Index

Principal Component Analysis

Input -Output Analysis


57. Which one of the following factors does not determine the kinds and amount of economic activity in the region

Cost of Transportation

Inequality of Income

Technology of Production

Demand Side of the Equation


58. The main thrust of regional planning is

To remove areal disparity

To initiate economic growth

To have industrial expansion

To increase per capita income


59. Regional growth model by Douglass C. North emphasizes the role of '.......... factors' in regional growth.

Hexagenous

Endogenous

Indogenous

Exogenous



60. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
(Concept) (Definitions)
Urban growth relatively large and densely settled populations engaged primarily in non-agricultural economic pursuits

Town group net population increase of towns and cities

Urban proportionate increase of the urban population in relation to total population in a given country

Urbanisation a group of towns which adjoined one another so closely as to form a single inhabited urban locality

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61. Where is Govind Sagar Lake located

Ranjit Sagar Dam

Hirakund Dam

Kosi Dam

Bhakra Nangal Dam


62. The maximum share of irrigated area of the gross cultivated area is found in

Jammu and Kashmir

Uttar Pradesh

Punjab

Haryana


63. Kakrapara irrigation project is on the river

Narmada

Godavari

Tapti

Mahanadi




64. The river Indus Originates from

Mansarowar Lake

Kailash range

Loktak lake

Tibet


65. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason select your answer from the codes given below
Assertion Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are major wheat producing states of India.
Reason The well drained fertile soil, 10 to 15°C temperature at the time of sowing and about 75 cm rainfall are necessary for good wheat production.
Codes

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.


66. Which of the canal has transformed agricultural activities of Sri Ganga Nagar, Bikaner and Jaisalmer districts

Kanhar Canal

Ram Ganga Canal

Sharada Sahayak Canal

Indira Gandhi Canal


67. Report published by UNDP which compares countries based on education levels of people, their health status and per capita income, is

Human Education Report

Human Population Report

Human Development Report

Human Quality Report


68. Spatial data is stored in computer by using

Plotter digitizer and keyboard

Keyboard and plotter

Scanner, digitizer and keyboard

Digitizer and scanner

69. LANDSAT, SPOT and IRS are examples of

Sun-synchronous satellites

Geostationary satellites

Radars

Natural satellites


70. Which one of the following statistical method is best suited for groundwater exploration by using GIS tools

Standard deviation method

Principal component analysis method

Trial and error method

Index-overlay method


71. Which one of the following countries first launched Operational Remote Sensing satellite

USA

UK

USSR

Germany

72. Raster data start from

Top-Right corner of the displayed window.

Top-Left corner of the displayed window.

Bottom-Right corner of the displayed window.

Bottom-Left corner of the displayed window.


73. Which one of the following terms shows variance of a particular distribution



74. Assume their are four families in a country. The average per capita income of these families is 5000. If the income of three families is 3000, 4000 and 7000 respectively, what is the income of fourth family

7500

2000

3000

6000



75. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
(Landsat 4 and 5 TM) (System Characteristics)
IFOV 185 km
Revisit 705 km
Altitude 16 days
Swath width 30x30 m for bands

Codes