PAPER-III
GEOGRAPHY


Note This paper contains seventy five objective type questions of two marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Lateral planation theory of Pediment formation was proposed by

Lawson Gilbert


Mc Gee Davis


2. Most of the details of the World's topography belongs to

Paleozoic Era Mesozoic Era


Cenozoic Era Protozoic Era


3. The concept of Base level of Erosion was proposed by

Malolt Powell


Davis Johnson


4. Given below are two statements, one is labeled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason Select your answer from the codes given below. Assertion The velocity of moving ice increases with steepness of slope of the area
and thickness of glacial ice. Reason The velocity decreases to the sides owing to lesser depth of ice and friction against the valley walls and the bottom floor.
Codes

Both and are true, is the correct explanation of


Both and are true, is not the correct explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.


5. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and other labelled as
Reason
Select your answer from the codes given below.
Assertion In the Pacific Islands Volcanic eruptions are effusive type.

Reason Less viscous lava erupts quietly.
Codes


Both and are true, is the correct explanation of


Both and are true, is not the correct explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.


6. Guttenberg discontinuity is found between the

Mantle and Core Crust and Mantle


Upper mantle and lower mantle Upper core and lower core



7. Which of the following groups of scholars stressed the role of lateral planation by stream in the formation of pediments

Paige, Blackwelder, Mc Gee Blackwelder, Johnson, Paige


Mc Gee, Paige, Johnson Paige, Johnson, Lawson


8. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below.
List- I List- II
(Theory of Cavern formation) (Scholars)

I. Two Cycle Theory A. Davis
II. Water Table Theory B. Gardner
III. Static Water Zone Theory C. Malot
IV. Invasion Theory D. Swinnerton
Codes
I II III IV

C B D A


AD BC


DB CA


B C A D


9. The cold and dense downwind flowing from mountain slopes during night is known as

Anabatic wind Khamain


Harmattan Katabatic


10. The zeropoint of the temperature scales represents the temperature at which the molecular motion is presumed to cease.

Celsius Kelvin


Fahrenheit Both Kelvin and Celsius


11. An air temperature of 50 °F with actual vapour pressure of 4.6 hPa and saturation vapour pressure of 12.3 hPa would have a relative humidity of

7.9% 3.7%


37% 30%


12. What is the correct sequence of the cloud types in warm front away from its trailing edge

Nimbostratus, Altostratus, Cirrostratus, Cirrus


Altostratus, Nimbostratus, Cirrus, Cirrostratus


Cirrostratus, Nimbostratus, Altostratus, Cirrus


Cirrus, Nimbostratus, Altostratus, Cirrostratus



13. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason Select your answer from the codes given below. Assertion When the air is very dry heat loss by evaporation is increased. Reason A hot and dry air feels warmer and more uncomfortable than a hot and
humid air.

Codes

Both and are true, is the correct explanation of


Both and are true, is not the correct explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.


14. The thermosphere

has the highest air pressure of any layer of the atmosphere.


is the hottest layer of the atmosphere because it has the larger amount of carbon dioxide.


is the coldest layer in the atmosphere.


is hot because molecules in it absorb high energy short wavelengths of radiation from sun.


15. Which one of the following statements concerning horizontal variation in air pressure is incorrect

A cold air mass will produce highest surface pressure than a warm humid air mass.


A warm dry air mass will exhibit higher pressure than a warm humid air mass.


A cold humid air mass will have higher air pressure than an equally cold dry air mass.


A warm humid air mass will have a lower air pressure than an equally warm dry air mass.


16. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the given below. List- I List- II
I. Graupel A. transparent grains of ice formed when condensation takes place below freezing point.
II. Ice pallets B. precipitation in solid form is comprised of ice grains of white color and is opaque for light.
III. Rime C. form when air temperature is greater than 5 °C but less than 0 °C.
IV. Snow flacks D. is an opaque coating at tiny white granular ice particles caused by rapid freezind of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.

Codes
I II III IV

A B D C


B A D C


DC BA


C B A D


17. The clean water act in India was introduced in the year

1976 1977


1978 1979


18. After Rodgers and Panwar (1988) India is divided into how many bio-geographical zones

5 10


15 20


19. Which one of the following counties has more than one hotspots in biodiversity

Philippines India


New Caledonia Madagascar


20. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below. List- I List- II (Taxon) (Number of species threatened
at the global scale)
I. Birds A. 169
II. Corals and sponges B. 713
III. Reptiles C. 1029
IV. Fish D. 154
Codes
I II III IV

C D A B


C D BA


D C BA


C B A D


21. The widest continental shelves are associated with which part of the world

Indian Peninsula (Eastern Coast)


Siberia


North America (Western Coast)


South America (Eastern Coast)


22. The tidal-generating force of the Sun is

Only about half that of the Moon


Only about one-third that of the Moon


Only about three-fourth that of the Moon


Only about one-fifth that of the Moon


23. The ratio between Biological Oxygen Demand and Chemical Oxygen Demand should always be

Equal to one Less than one


More than one Both and



24. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason Select your answer from the codes given below. Assertion The process of photosynthesis is limited within 200 m depth of sea water. Reason No carbon is available beyond the depth of 200 m. Codes

Both and are true and is correct explanation of


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


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.


25. "The dominant idea in all geographical progress is that of terrestrial unity". The above statement is attributed to

Jean Brunhes Friedrich Ratzel


Vidal dela Blache Richard Hartshrone


26. Which one of the following is the 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


27. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
List- I List- II (Authors)
I. Cycle of Erosion A. Freidrich Ratzel
II. The Origin of Species B. Oscar Peschel
III. Originator of Dualism between C. Davis
Physical Human Geography

IV. Theory of Social Darwinism D. Charles Darwin
Codes
I II III IV

B C A D


CD BA


DA CB


A B D C


28. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below.
List- I List- II
(Philosophic Approach) (Advocates)

I. Idealistic A. Ralph
II. Phenomenological B. Haris and Guelke
III. Radical C. Smith
IV. Welfare D. Bunge

Codes
I II III IV

C B A D


B A D C


D B A C


AC BD



29. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason Select your answer from the codes given below. Assertion A major thrust of Quantitative Revolution is to bring law making, model building and theorization in Geography.
Reason After the Second World War, young Geographers discarded the empirical, descriptive and gazetter type of geography by using mathematical language rather than the language of literature.

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.


30. Nomothetic approach in geography emphasizes upon

Inductive Study Empirical Study


Ideographic Study Law making Study


31. Which one of the following authors was opposed to the Social Darwinist view and argued in favour of the qualities of cooperativeness and Sociability

Stoddart Wittfogel


Glacken Kropotkin


32. Who among to following was the first to measure the circumference of the earth

Plato Strabo


Eratosthenes Herodotus


33. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below. List- I List- II
(Administrative (Numbers as per Census
Units) of India 2011)

I. Districts A. 5767
II. Tehsils B. 28
III. Cities C. 640
IV. States D. 497

Codes
I II III IV

CA BD


C A D B


B C D A


B A D C


34. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below. List- I List- II
(Sex Ratio as per Census (States)
of India 2011)

I. 991 A. Andhra Pradesh
II. 996 B. Kerala
III. 1084 C. Chhattisgarh
IV. 993 D. Tamil Nadu

Codes
I II III IV

A B CD


D C A B


B A D C


C D BA


35. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below. List- I List- II
(Zones according to (Descriptions)
Burgers)

I. 4 A. CBD
II. 2 B. Zone of Workingmen's homes
III. 3 C. Residential zones
IV. 1 D. Zone in Transition

Codes
I II III IV

A B D C


C A BD


C D BA


D C A B


36. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason Select your answer from the codes given below. Assertion Urbanization is a defining phenomenon of the century and the developing countries are at the focus of this transformation.
Reason The urban shift has happened in the last few decades largely due to rapid mega cities growth in the developing 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.


37. Which one of the following cities is a permanent settlement characterized by a compact, high-density arrangement of building which lacks any order or plan

World Cities Pre-Industrial Cities


Shenty Towns Cities of Peasants


38. Which one of the following authors stated all the urban settlements in an area are
th th
ranked in descending order of population, the population of ntown will be 1/nthat of the largest town'.

P. Lloyd L. Mumford


W. Scott G.K. Zipf


39. Out of the following cities, whose population is less than 10 lakhs as per Census of India 2011

Ahmedabad Pune


Coimbatore Ambala


40. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below.
List- I List- II
(Countries) (Iron Ore Producing Areas)

I. Brazil A. Mesabi Range
II. France B. Siegarland Valley
III. Germany C. Lorrain
IV. USA D. Minas Gerais

Codes
I II III IV

A B D C


BA CD


DC BA


AD CB


41. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason Select your answer from the codes given below. Assertion Textile industries are mainly localized in proximity to the markets. Reason Cotton is a pure raw material. 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.


42. In order to find out crop-combination regions the algorithm Dn2) ÷ was given by Where D Positive Deviation
p
D Negative Deviation

n
N Number of crops under consideration.


Doi, A.K. Rafiullah, S.M.


Weaver, J.C. Smith, H.L.



43. In which year the paper "Major Agricultural Regions of the Earth" was written by Derwent Whittlesey

1916 1926


1936 1946


44. Which one of the following codes is correct to explain the 'profit maximum output' when ratio of marginal revenue with marginal cost ofa plant

Codes

equals zero is less than 1.0


equals 1.0 is higher than 1.0


45. Cost curve expresses the relationship between cost of production and volume of output. In the average cost curve as given in the diagram, which one of the following codes is correct to show the limit of 'economics of Scale' of a plant


C

Output


Codes

A B


C D


47. Which one of the following statements is a valid generalization about Latin America

Most of the Latin Americans live in isolated farm villages.


The majority of the governments are communist.


Most of the Latin American are descendants of immigrants from Africa.


Latin America is a region of racial and cultural diversity.


48. Who is author of the book "Geography and Politics in a World Divided"

John Agnew and Luca Muscerva


Alexander Nikolaievich Prokofiev de Seversky


Geoffrey Parker


Saul Bernard Cohen


49. Which of the following does not belong to the Draviation family languages

Brahmi Kannada


Sinhali Malayalam


50. Which among the following was responsible for the radical transformation of the Spirit and Purpose of Geography

Post modernism Humanism


Quantification Structuralism


51. Which one of the following codes is correctly representing the territorial water limits of India
Codes

100 miles 150 miles


200 miles 300 miles


52. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below. List- I List- II
(Human Races of India (Main States)
after Risely)

I. Indo-Aryans A. West Bengal
II. Dravidians B. Sikkim
III. Mongoloids C. Tamil Nadu
IV. Mongolo-Dravidians D. Jammu and Kashmir

Codes
I II III IV

B D A C


D C BA


C A D B


A B CD



53. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below. List- I List- II (Books) (Authors)
I. Nature of Geography A. D. Harvey
II. The Urban Quality B. P. Hagget
III. Social justice and city C. R. Hartshorne
IV. Locational analysis in Human D. M. Castelen
Geography

Codes
I II III IV

AD BC


B C D A


C B A C


D C A B


54. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below.
List- I List- II
(Region/Areas) (Main Religious Group)

I. Amritsar A. Muslims
II. Laddakh B. Buddhist
III. Maldives C. Christians
IV. Nagaland D. Sikhs

Codes
I II III IV

BD CA


D B A C


CA BD


A C D B


55. Which one of the following authors defined three phases of city development, i.e., the pre­industrial phase, industrial phase and metropolitan phase

K.C. Zachariah E.E. Lampard


H.H. Golden P.M. Houser


56. Which one of the measures of Central tendencies do you consider appropriate for determination of threshold population of Central functions

Range Mean


Mode Median


57. Which one of the following statements refers to concept of Sustainable Development

Increasing per capita income so as people's basic needs and requirements are reasonably fulfilled.


Considering reduction in proportion of conventional energy resources that contribute to environmental pollution.


Bettering people's health and education opportunities, giving everyone the chances to participate in public life, helping to ensure a clean environment, promoting intergradation equity.


Adopting technology that does not impair the quality of environment.


58. Who proceeded to delineation of meso regions by giving attention to the phrase "core of economic-growth-multipurpose projects, cities, industrial centres, etc., which radiate their production impulses to their surrounding areas

L.S. Bhat V.L.S. Prakasha Rao


P. Sen Gupta V. Nath


59. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason Select your answer from the codes given below. Assertion In the core periphery model, the core region dominates whilst the
periphery is dependent. Reason This dependence is structured mainly through relation of exchange and production between core and periphery.
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.


60. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below.
List- I List- II
(Hierarchy of Growth Foci) (Level)

I. Growth Poles A. Regional
II. Service Centres B. Sub-Regional
III. Growth Centres C. National
IV. Growth Points D. Level

Codes
I II III IV

BA CD


D B A C


A C D B


C D A B


61. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below. List- I List- II (Model) (Profounder)
I. Economic Landscape A. W.W. Rostow
II. Agricultural Location B. August Losch
III. Agricultural Systems C. Whittellesey
IV. Stages of Economic Growth D. Von Thuren

Codes
I II III IV

B D A C


DB CA


BD CA


DC BA




62. Which one of the following is the largest shipbuilding with in India

Cochin Shipyard Hindustan Shipyard


Goa Shipyard Garden Reach Shipyard


63. In which one of the following years, Kisan Call Centres were established to promote agricultural efficiency to a great extent

2000 2002


2004 2006


64. Which of the following mountain ranges does not emerge from the Pamir Knot

Hindu Kush Zagros


Tienshan Kunlun


65. Vertisols (Kan har soils) of Chhattisgarh in respect of depth are considered to be

Shallow Medium


Medium to deep Deep


66. The rank of Chhattisgarh in Indian states in terms of percentage of their forests cover is

First Second


Third Fourth


67. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below.
List- I List- II
(Soils) (States)

I. Alluvial A. Rajasthan
II. Black Soil (Regur) B. Utter Pradesh
III. Desert C. Maharashtra
IV. Red D. Meghalaya

Codes
I II III IV

A B D C


B C D A


B C A D


DB CA



68. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below.

List- I List- II
(Rivers) (Tributaries)

I. Krishna A. Chambal
II. Bramhaputra B. Indravathi
III. Godavari C. Tista
IV. Yamuna D. Bhima

Codes
I II III IV

DC BA


CD BA


D C A B


AD CB


69. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below.
List- I List- II (GIS Application Requirement) (GIS Software Packages)
I. Data automation A. UTM
II. Data conversion B. TIFF
III. Raster data format C. Dangles
IV. Projection system D. TIGER

Codes
I II III IV

CD BA


D C A B


AB CD


B A D C


70. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below.
List- I List- II (Measures) (Resolution Property of Sat. Sensor)
I. 30 meters A. Spectral
II. 20 days intervals B. Spatial
III. Blue Green Red Bands C. Radiometric
IV. 256 levels D. Temporal

Codes
I II III IV

B A D C


DC BA


B D A C


AB CD





71. From a contour map if a gradient of 1 in 30 was calculated between any two points, it would be equivalent to a slope of

1° 2°


3° 4°


72. In order to discriminate the late sown and early sown wheat fields as an aerial photograph taken in the month of December, which of the following elements of image interpretation would be most useful

Tone Texture


Shadow Shape


73. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason Select your answer from the codes given below. Assertion The number of units drawn at random from each stratum need not be same.
Reason When an equal number of sampling units are drawn from each stratam of population, it is called disproportional stratified sampling.
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.


74. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason Select your answer from the codes given below. Assertion The scale of map expressed as Representative fraction is suitable for Universal application.
Reason There is no mention of the unit of measurement in the R.F.
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.


75. The module of Arc/Info used for slope map from contours is called

Arc edit Arc plot


Arc tin Arc explorer