1. Normal Cycle of Erosion is associated with

Glacial Erosion

Fluvial Erosion

Marine Erosion

Wind Erosion

2. The drainage pattern which is not controlled by the parent structure on which it flows is termed as

Consequent

Subsequent

Insequent

Resequent

3. The term "Swash" refers to

Backward movement of sea water at the beach after the breaking of a wave.

Oblique movement of sea water at the beach after the breaking of a wave.

Forward movement of sea water up the beach after the breaking of a wave.

Sideward movement of sea water up the beach after the breaking of a wave.

4. Which one of the followings is not a glacio-fluvial depositional feature

Drumlin

Esker

Horn

Kame

5. The unconsolidated rock material deposited by surface wash at the base of a cliff is called

Alluvium

Colluvium

Moraines

Silt

6. Which one of the followings represents a source of atmospheric energy

Infrared radiation emitted downward from clouds

Visible radiation scattered upward into the space

Latent heat released

Albedo of the earth and the atmosphere

7. Which one of the following processes is important for the formation of lightning in a developing cloud

Absorption of solar cosmic rays

Small lapse rate

Strong vertical air currents

Heavy rainfall

8. 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 subjected to equal amount of inslation.

Reason The land is opaque while water is transparent to solar radiation.

Codes

Both and are true and is correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

9. Which one of the types of climate receives the bulk of its precipitation during the cold season

Cfa

Cs

Cwa

Cfc

10. Which one of the following statements is not true about the Coriolis Force

It is the effect of earth's rotation.

It is maximum over polar region.

It is directly related to frictional force.

It is proportional to wind speed.

11. Identify the correct statement pertaining to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from the floor of Atlantic Ocean among the following

Almost 3 km above

Almost 4 km above

Almost 5 km above

Almost 6 km above

12. The coral reefs that are generally found attached to the shore with an intervening shallow channel or a lagoon is called

Barrier reef

Patch reef

Ribbon reef

Fringing reef

13. If Kyoto protocol is for Carbon-di-oxide then Montreal protocol is for

Methane

Chlorofluorocarbons

Carbon-di-oxide

Ozone

14. Identify the correct statement regarding variation in density of ocean water and air at the same temperature.

Ocean water is 800 times more denser than air.

Ocean water is 600 times more denser than air.

Ocean water is 400 times more denser than air.

Ocean water is 200 times more denser than air.

15. Which one of the following bays has the highest tides in the world

Bay of Bengal

Hudson Bay

Bay of Fundy

Bay of Khambat

16. Who among the following pleaded that "history be treated geographically and geography be treated historically"

Holmes

Herodotus

Hecateous

Thales of Militus

17. Which one of the followings is the philosophical basis of Quantitative revolution

Positivism

Existentialism

Idealism

Probabalism

18. The statement that "Egypt is the gift of the river Nile" is attributed to

Aristotle

Strabo

Herodotus

Seneca

19. Who among the following scholars made corrections to Ptolemy's Book

Al-Masudi

Al-Idrisi

Al-Baruni

Ibn-Khaldun

20. Who among the following developed the concept of 'Mental Map'

Downs and Stea

Saarinen

Gould and White

Boulding and Haggerstrand

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

List I(Concepts) List II (Definitions)

I. Continuum of Urban Sizes A. Groups of towns of decreasing but approximately equal size and importance
II. Losch Model B. Relationship between the largest city and second largest city
III. Urban Hierarchy C. Various hexagonal systems operate at different levels and are superimposed on each other
IV. Primate City D. Gradual and continuous decrease of urban population size with descending rank

Codes

I II III IV

D C A B

B A C D

C B D A

A D B C

22. Which one of the following authors used the formula dx d e-bx where, dx represents opopulation density at a distance x from the city centre, d the centre density, e an oexponent of distance and b the density gradient, to describe the pattern of population density in any city

C. Clark

B.J.L. Berry

J.W. Simmonds

W. Isard

23. Which one of the following figures of total population of India (Census 2011) is correct

21, 08, 54, 977

21, 04, 74, 877

21, 03, 64, 957

21, 05, 44, 777

24. The rapid growth phase of Indian population was lying between which of the following time periods

1901 1921

1921 1951

1951 1981

1981 2001

25. The second doubling period of world's human population was between which of the following time slabs

1650 1850

1750 1950

1850 1930

1850 1950

26. Which one of the following agricultural geographic approaches is correct to study crop­diversification

Commodity

Systematic

Regional

Behavioural

27. Which one of the following soils is commonly known as 'self-mulching soil'

Grey soil

Red soil

Brown soil

Black soil

28. The concept of linear market price boundary between the market areas of two competing firms was given by

A. Weber

T. Palander

E. Hoover

A. Losch

29. Which one of the following factors is not a reason for government to concentrate on transport policies

Social

Economic

Cultural

Political

30. Which one of the following industries is called as heavy engineering industry

Heavy Electricals

Heavy Machinery

Glass

Iron and Steel

31. Who among the following gave the concept of Rimland Theory

Ratzel

Spykman

Griffith Taylor

Mackinder

32. How many major human races were identified by Griffith Taylor

3

4

5

6

33. In which year Mackinder again demarcated the world island including Africa

1922

1925

1919

1917

34. The Red Indians or the American Indian belongs to

Caucasoid Race

Mongoloid Race

Austraoloid Race

Negrito Race

35. Which one of the following terms denotes the net population increase of towns and cities

Urban Growth

Population Growth

Urbanisation

Urban Area

36. Which one of the following processes is not associated with planning

Perception

Revelation

Preparation

Evolution

37. Who is regarded as the father of Regional Science

Louis Lefeber

Walter Isard

Harvey S. Perloff

John M. Cumberland

38. Which one of the following scholars believed that "every deliberate action must start in the mind, the realm of thought. It must be conceived and rehearsed in the realm of thought before it can take place in the physical…."

Lewis Mumford

Patrick Geddes

Chadwich

Benton MacKaye

39. The surveys that are conducted to identify deteriorated or deficient area in development are termed as

Socio-economic surveys

Structural surveys

Environmental Quality surveys

Diagnostic surveys

40. The largest milk producer state of India is

Gujarat

Punjab

Uttar Pradesh

Rajasthan

41. Which one of following groups of states accounts for about 90% of the annual coal production in India

Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal

Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

Jharkhand, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh

Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal

42. In which of the following years, India became the 7th largest manufacturer of vehicles in the world

2007

2008

2009

2010

43. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason Select your answer from the codes given below

Assertion Wheat producing area confine to sub-humid and semi-arial areas in India

Reason This crop does not require plenty of stagnant water

Codes

Both and are true and is correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

44. In which state of India Subansiri Hydropower Project is located

Manipur

Meghalaya

Arunachal Pradesh

Tamil Nadu

45. Which one of the following softwares is not a GIS software

AutoCAD

Map Info

ERDAS

Arc view

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

List I (R.F.) List II(Level of Scale)

I. 1 2,50,000 A. Cadastral
II. 1 50,00,000 B. Large
III. 1 25,000 C. Medium
IV. 1 4,000 D. Small

Codes

I II III IV

C D A B

C A B D

A B C D

C D B A

47. Which one of the following areal extent is represented by an area bounded by a square of 3 cm × 3 cm on a 1 50,000 scale topographical sheet

9.00 km2

1.00 km2

3.20 km2

2.25 km2

48. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason Select your answer from the codes given below

Assertion Change detection in remote sensing is the process of identifying differences in the state of an object or phenomenon

Reason The use of GIS facilitates for digital change detection Codes

Both and are true and is correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not 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 using the codes given below

List I (Scholars) List II (Global strategic views)

I. Seversky, A.N.P. A. Sea power
II. Mackinder B. Rimland theory
III. Spykman, N.J. C. Air power
IV. Mahan, A.T. D. Land power

Codes

I II III IV

A B C D

C D B A

B A D C

D C A B

50. The scale on the aerial photography is variable on account of which of the following

Shadows of the objects

Texture of the objects

Relief of the ground

Shadows and relief both