1 Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the given codes
List-I List-II
(Concept) (Proposer)
Peneplain Holmes
Uniformitarianism W.M. Davis
Tetrahedral hypothesis Hutton
Convectional Current Theory Lothian Green

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2 Ria is an example of

Deposited land features

Submerged upland shorelines

Emerged upland shorelines

Eroded land forms

3 Who postulated the 'Progressive Wave Theory of Tides'

C. Darwin

William Whewill

R.A. Haris

Daly

4 Who wrote the book "Illustration of the Huttonian Theory of the earth"

James Hutton

John Playfair

Vidal de la Blache

W.M. Davis

5 Who postulated the concept of Base level

Walther Penck

W.M. Davis

J.W. Powell

James Hutton

6 According to single-cell circulation model proposed by George Hadley the most important factor causing the global atmospheric circulation is

The rotation of the earth

The jet stream

Subsidence at the equator

Temperature contrast between equator and pole

7 The westerlies and trade winds are example of winds.'

mesoscale

toposcale

macroscale

microscale

8 When water evaporates the energy that was used to evaporate the water

heats up the surrounding air as evaporation takes place

will never be available again

is stored as latent heat in the evaporated water molecule

is destroyed

9 Meteorologists group tropical cyclones into three main categories according to

barometric pressure in the eye of storm

precipitation

diameter of the storm

wind velocity

10 A given volume of air holds 20 gram of water vapor. At that temperature, the air would be saturated with 80 grams of water vapor. What is the relative humidity

40%

100%

25%

80%

11 Surface circulation of ocean water is driven by

Resisting force

Tidal force

Gravitational force

Blowing wind

12 For coastal sand dune formation, the ideal grain size diameter is

0.15 mm

0.50 mm

0.25 mm

0.75 mm

13 Coastal area greatly affected by storm surge is

Andhra coast

West Bengal coast

Chennai coast

Kerala coast

14 How many essential nutrients are required by plants to fulfil their growth requirements

24

22

20

18

15 Mesophytes are predominated in

Tropical region

Sub-polar region

Temperate region

Polar region

16 Who is regarded as the father of Human Geography

Ratzel

Blache

Trewartha

Vallaux

17 Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List-I List-II
(Approaches) (Contributors)
Neo-Determinism D.M. Smith
Welfare Guman Olsson
Behavioral Griffith Taylor
Modern Humanist William Kirk

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18 Who is the pioneer in Commercial Geography

H.J. Mackinder

G.G. Chisholm

Patrick Geddes

A.J. Herbertson

19 Which one of the following philosophers did propagate the principle of Unity in Diversity

Carl Ritter

Immanuel Kant

Alexander Von Humboldt

O.H.K. Spate

20 To which school of Geography does E.C. Semple belong

American School of Geography

Russian School of Geography

British School of Geography

French School of Geography

21 Which one of the following states recorded the lowest decadal growth rate of population according to the 2011 census

Arunachal Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Punjab

Nagaland

22 According to 2011 census, which state recorded the highest child sex-ratio 6 years)

Manipur

Mizoram

Meghalaya

Arunachal Pradesh

23 Out of total population of 121 crore, what was the level of urbanisation in 2011 census

33.16%

32.16%

30.16%

31.16%

24 In which one of the cities first city improvement trust was set up

Bombay

Calcutta

Hyderabad

Lucknow

25 Horwood and Boyce described which term epigrammatically as "Devoted to people, paper work and parcels"

Frame

Core

Periphery

Fringe

26 Consider the following statements
Nearly 30% of the petroleum production in the world is from the off shore areas.
The exclusive economic zone in the ocean extends upto 100 nautical miles from the coast.
Only less than of marine area is declared as protected area.
The largest marine protected area is the Great Barrier Reef.
Which of these statements are correct

and

and

and

and

27 Which one of the following groups of countries represents the flow of food grains to food deficit regions of the world

North America, Argentina, Indian Sub continent and China to Western Europe, Middle East and Japan

Australia, South Africa, India to Middle East, Western Europe and North Africa

North America, Argentina, South Africa and Australia to Japan, Russia and Western Europe

North America, Australia, Russia to China, Japan and Middle East

28 Which one of the following groups of countries requires import of iron to sustain their demand

Western Europe, Brazil and Canada

Japan, Western Europe and U.S.A.

India, China and South Africa

U.S.A., Western Europe and Mexico

29 Which one of the following is the busiest oceanic trade route

Panama

North Atlantic route

Suez Canal

Cape route

30 Balance of Trade of India is always negative with the Middle Eastern Countries due to the import of

Food Material

Cotton Textile

Coal and Iron

Petroleum

31 Which one of the following authors has classified Indian Races

R.L. Singh

Sir Herbert Risley

Huntigton

Trewartha

32 Heart land theory is postulated by

P.E. James

H.J. Mackinder

G.G. Chisholm

H.R. Mill

33 Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason Select your answer from the codes given below
Assertion Cuba and U.S.A. are nearer to each other in geographical space, but they are not friendly neighbours.
Reason There is strong differences in political philosophy.

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.

34 Which one of the following authors has defined the phrase "Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs acquired by a man as member of society"

E.B. Taylor

R.H. Lowie

Kroeber

Goldenweiser

35 Indian people elect their representatives to House of People by

Single preference ballot

People's choice in Gram Sabha

Nomination by a panel of experts

Election through state legislature

36 Whose theory did propagate that area is poor because it is poor'

Myrdal

Berry

Hirschman

Boudeville

37 In which one of the following concept the term 'triple bottom line' reflecting the importance of environmental, social and economic factors in decision making is defined

Inclusivity

Sustainability

Poly-centricity

Mono-centric

38 Which one of the following Regions is characterised by communication networks flowing upwards and downwards through a succession of service centres of varying significance

Heterogenous

Homogenous

Nodal

Administrative

39 Which one of the following planning regions develops along transportation line or irrigation channels

Transitional Regions

River Valley Regions

Axial development Regions

City Regions

40 Who has designed the plan of Chandigarh City

Ernst May

Le Corbusier

Soria . Matte

Charles Edward Jeanneret

41 In which part of India Dandakaranaya is situated

North Eastern

South Eastern

Central

Northern

42 Teesta river is a tributary of

Subansiri

Meghna

Ganga

Brahmaputra

43 Which one of the following states has the maximum area under teak forest of India

Uttar Pradesh

Bihar

Karnataka

Madhya Pradesh

44 In which one of the following rocks almost all workable oil deposits of India is located

Ancient granites

Ancient sedimentaries

Metamorphic formations

Tertiary sedimentaries

45 Which one of the following coastal areas of India was affected by 'Hudhud' cyclone

Chennai coast

Kerala coast

Andhra Pradesh coast

Bengal coast

46 Which one of the following is correct

Arithmetic mean is a numerical value

Arithmetic mean is not affected by the variability in the data sets

Arithmetic mean is always a positive number

Arithmetic mean is not useful for any further statistical analysis of the data

47 Which one of the following central tendencies is the appropriate method for the study of dispersion

Arithmetic mean

Median

Mode

Geometric mean

48 Which one of the following cartographic techniques is suitable for measuring spatial association among different attributes of the regional economy

Bar diagram

Pie diagram

Choropleth

Isopleth

49 Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List-I List-II
(Method) (Uses)
Isopleth Natural groupings
Dot maps Distribution of population
Scatter diagrams Wind direction
Star diagrams Changes which are relatively gradual

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50 Which one of the following is shown with the help of Isobaths

salinity of sea water

Depth of ocean water

Altitude of oceanic ridge

Amplitude of wave