1. Which of the following authors is associated with the concept of Geosyncline

Penck and Davis

Wooldridge and Morgan

Hall and Dana

Wooldridge and Lapichon

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

List I (Author) List II (Book)
K.W. Butzer Process in Geomorphology
W.M. Davis Geomorphology and Time
C. Embleton, et al Geomorphology from the Earth
J. Thornes, et al The Geomorphic Cycle

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3. Which one of the following plateau can be considered as intermontane

Brazilian

Indian

Tibatian

Arabian

4. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason Select your answer from the codes given below
Assertion Eskers are the features formed due to the depositional action of wind.

Reason Eskers are the outcome of Fluvio-glacial deposition.
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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

5. Negative movements of baselevel produce

Rejuvenation

Stabilisation

Attrition

Saltation

6. Consider the following rock characteristics
These are layered
These contain fossils
These are transported rocks
These are formed in water bodies Which of the above characteristics is true of sedimentary rocks
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and

and

and

and

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

List I(Place of deposition) List II (Name of deposition)

Channel Vertical accretion deposits
Channel margin Lag deposits
Over bank flood plain Colluvium
Valley margin Lateral accretion deposits

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8. Which one of the following features is formed when the roof of a limestone cavern collapses

Tarn

Polje

Swallow hole

Doline

9. Which one of the following is devoid of atmosphere

Mesosphere

Stratosphere

Magnetosphere

Thermosphere

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

Assertion Presence of CO2 in the earth's atmosphere is essential.

Reason CO2 can absorb heat.
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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

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

List I (Gases in the atmosphere above 100 km altitude) List II (Altitudinal range)

Nitrogen 200 -1100 km
Oxygen 1100 -3500 km
Helium 100 -200 km
Hydrogen 3500 km and above

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

Assertion Tropical cyclones have a life span of about one week time.

Reason They can produce low amount of rainfall due to low atmospheric pressure.
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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

13. Which one of the following is essential for the formation of equatorial westerlies

Large-scale earthquake over the equator.

Shifting of trade-wind belt towards poles.

Shifting of polar easterlies towards equator.

Large-scale forest-fire in the equatorial rain forest.

14. A type of climate after Koppen which is characterised by an almost uniform distribution of precipitation throughout the year with the precipitation for the driest month more than 6 cms. and a very low daily range of temperature is devoted by

Aw

Af

Am

As

15. Which of the following is a local cold wind

Chinook

Bora

Foelin

Khainsin

16. At which of the following altitudinal ranges ozone is found in concentrated form

10 25 km

15 35 km

35 50 km

50 65 km

17. Identify the correct normally occurring life cycle of frontal depressions from the following

1-2days

2-3days

3-4days

4-5days

18. Maximum density of sea water is at temperature

2°C

4°C

6°C

25°C

19. Which one of the following is correct arrangement of oceans in ascending order of their size

Indian -Arctic -Atlantic -Pacific

Arctic -Indian -Atlantic -Pacific

Pacific -Atlantic -Indian -Arctic

Atlantic -Pacific -Arctic -Indian

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

List I (Oceans) List II (Currents)
Indian El -Nino
North Pacific Kuroshio
South Pacific Monsoon Drift
Atlantic Gulf Stream

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

List I(Ocean depths) List II (Thermal layers)

0 -500 metres Cold
500 -1000 metres Cool
1000 -1500 metres Warm
1500 metres Thermocline

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22. Ocean waves obtain their energy from

Solar system

Hot spring

River water

Blowing wind

23. Over the past century world sea levels has risen by around

15 cm

25 cm

35 cm

45 cm

24. Identify the correct sequence of vegetation belts in an ascending order in mountain environment from the following

Submontane, Montane, Subalpine, Alpine

Alpine, Subalpine, Montane, Submontane

Montane, Submontane, Alpine, Subalpine

Alpine, Montane, Subalpine, Submontane

25. Who was the first person to divide the circle into 360 degree

Ptolemy

Herodotus

Eratoshenes

Hipparchus

26. 'There is a strong relationship between environment, image and decision making.' This statement pertains to

Humanism

Behaviouralism

Radicalism

Welfare Approach

27. Who are considered as the founders of Mathematical Geography

Plato and Aristotle

Thales and Anaximender

Hecataeus and Herodotus

Ptolemy



28. Who wrote the book Meteorologica
Aristotle

Posidonius

Plato

Thales
29. Who laid the foundation of modern geographical thought

Humboldt and Ritter

Kant and Varenius

Hettner and Richthopen

Humboldt and Davis

30. Read the following statements

Ratzel dominated German Geography in the second half of the 19th century.
Ratzel coined the term Anthropogeographic.
Ratzel was highly influenced by Darwin's theory of evolution of species.

Which of the above statements are correctly associated with Ratzel

and

and

and

Only

31. Which is the correct sequence in chronological order of the following Greeks who contributed vastly to the evolution of geographical thought during the ancient period

Aristotle, Eratosthenes, Anaximander, Ptolemy

Eratosthenes, Anaximander, Ptolemy, Aristotle

Anaximander, Aristotle, Eratosthenes, Ptolemy

Ptolemy, Anaximander, Aristotle, Eratosthenes

32. Which one of the concepts describes the absence of cities and towns within a radius of 75 km from a large city

Urban Clusters

Urban Dispersals

Urban Agglomeration

Urban Shadows

33. How physiological density of population is defined

A ratio between total population and total area.

A ratio between total rural population and total rural area.

A ratio between total population and total cultivated area.

Both and

34. As per the estimate of 2014, how much population of the world is found in Africa

About 12%

About 14%

About 16%

About 18%

35. The 'Triangular Pattern' of rural settlements develop generally

at the bank of the straight rivers

at the confluence of two rivers

between two hills

at the confluence of two rivers and one hill

36. Which one of the following techniques would you consider for estimation of requirements of population in an area for planning allocations

Carrying capacity analysis

Cost-benefit analysis

Population projection

Rank-size rule

37. Which of the following exhibits "cumulative percentages of population against cumulative percentages of area"

Gravity Model

Beta Index

Ogive Curve

Lorenz Curve

38. The density of population is highest in which of the following states of India according to the census of 2011

Bihar

Punjab

Uttar Pradesh

West Bengal

39.

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40. Which of the following industrial regions of India is called as 'Ruhr of India'

Bengaluru Tamil Nadu Industrial Region

Chhota Nagpur Industrial Region

Vishakhapatnam -Guntur Industrial Region

Hugli Industrial Region

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

List I (Industries) List II (Activity Technology)

Cottage Petroleum refining
Small Information Technology
Major Locks Manufacturing
Foot-Loose Embroidry

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42. In which Island the 'Rice Bowl' of Japan is situated

Kyushu

Honshu

Shi Koku

Ryuku

43. Which one of the following authors suggested a fivefold divisions of adopters on the basis of the time lag between receiving and acting upon new information as shown in diagram below

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E.M. Rogers

L.W. Bowden

Z. Giriliches

T. Hagerstrend

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

List I(Authors) List II (Techniques)

P.R. Gould Crop-Combination Analysis
E.L. Ullman Concept of Economic Rent
J.C. Weaver Game Theory
D. Ricardo Flow Theory

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45. Which one of the following authors examined the structure of urban settlements prior to the impact of large-scale industrialisation in book 'The Pre-Industrial City Past and Present'

M. Pacioue

G. Sjoberg

P. Hall

D. Dwyer

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

List I (Human Races) List II (Majority of persons from)

Mongoloid Sri Lanka
Caucasoid South Korea
Australoid Ethiopia
Negroid Germany

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47. Which of the following water ways has more politico-nomic significance

Palk Strait

Malacca Strait

Suez Canal

Panama Canal

48. H.J. Mackinder was the professor of which subject at London University Political Science

Economics

Geography

Social Anthropology

49. To control pollution from ships and offshore platforms is taken care of by which of the following acts provision by the Government of India

Major Port Trust Act, 1963

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958

Maritime Zone Act, 1976

Indian Ports Act, 1908

50. Which of the following is not correctly matched

Batwa Tribe and Congo Basin

Ruwala Tribe and Central Iran

Inuit and Canada

yukhagir and Siberia

51. Which one of the following author's theory of primate cities focuses on the forces of agglomeration and cumulative effects of agglomeration in the growth of large cities

Walter Christaller

G.K. Zipf

C. Robert Mayfield

Mark Jefferson

52. Which of the following activities does not come under the scope of Drought Prone Areas Programme

Development and management of irrigation resources.

Soil and moisture conservation and afforestation.

Restructuring of cropping pattern and pasture development.

Flood control and soil erosion.

53. Which one of the following forces has expansionary momentum emanating from the centres of economic expansion to other regions

Centripetal

Centrifugal

Gravitational

Pull

54. Growth Pole Model is postulated by

Smith

Perroux

Eratosthenese

Haggerstand

55. Which of the following sets of Macro and Meso regions were delineated by the Town and Country Planning Organisation of India

13 Macro Regions and 32 Meso Regions

15 Macro Regions and 61 Meso Regions

7 Macro Regions and 42 Meso Regions

13 Macro Regions and 35 Meso Regions

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

List I(zones) List II (Characteristics)
Non Ecumene Very Scattered Economic Activities
Intensive Ecumene Rural Occupancy . extensive type of agriculture
Sporadic Ecumene Empty space with no foreseeable development
Extensive Ecumene Urban Occupancy and industrial patterns, intensive agriculture

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57. The first master plan of Delhi was passed in which of the following year

1952

1962

1965

1968

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

List I List II
Central Place Theory Land use pattern in large cities developed around a number of discrete centres rather than a single centre
Multiple Nuclei Theory Position of the breaking point between two towns
The Law of Retail Trade Hexagonal Service Area Gravitation
Breaking Point Theory Predict the proportion of retail trade that two towns will derive from a settlement lying between them

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

List I(zones) List II (Definitions)

Slum Zone Lack in prestige and characterised by low grade retail stores, warehouses and wholesale trading premises and a high proportion of vacant property
Zone of Assimilation Extensive areas of low density housing
Suburban Zone Extensive redevelopment and spread of shops, offices and hotels into former residential areas
Zone of Discard Residential belt of considerable density surrounding the C.B.D.
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60. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I(National Park) List II (state)

Fossil Himachal Pradesh
Brahmagiri Madhya Pradesh
Guindy Tamil Nadu
Rohia Karnataka

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

Assertion Indian economy is diversifying its base towards non-primary activities.

Reason During Post-Independence period service sectors are slowly but gradually increasing its contribution to Gross Domestic Products in India.
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

62. The Rajasthan Canal (Indira Gandhi Canal) draws its water from the rivers

yamuna river

Chambal river

Ravi

Satluj and Beas

63. Which of the state Union Territory has continuously maintained favourable sex ratio since census are conducted in India

Arunachal Pradesh

Meghalaya

Kerala

Puducherry

64. Which group of states GDP share in 2013-14 was greater than population share and area share

Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Chattisgarh and Rajasthan

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Manipur

Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Gujarat

Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala

65. Which one of the following states recorded the highest population in the Census 2011

Uttar Pradesh

Maharashtra

Bihar

West Bengal

66. Which region of India is known as the 'Rice Bowl'

Indo-Gangetic Plain

Krishna-Godavari Delta Region

North Eastern Region

Kerala and Tamil Nadu

67. Which one of the following data can be represented by means of choropleth map

Location specific

Point specific

Area specific

Line specific


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

List I(Aspect) List II (Diagram)
Rural and Urban Population Comparative Bars
Population density Isolines
Relative relief Dots and spheres
Decadal Population Growth Choropleth

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69. Which of the following diagrams are called Pie-diagrams

Pictorial diagrams

Circle and sector diagrams

Ring diagrams

Sphere diagrams

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

List I (satellite) List II (Altitude)
IRS 1A 36,000 kms
SPOT 3 705 kms
LANDSAT 932 kms
INSAT Series 832 kms

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71. Among the following water which will have highest spectral reflectance in visible band

Clear water

Clay filled/Suspended water

Algae mixed with water

Silt and Algae mixed water

72. Which of the following will happen when satellite images are geo-referenced

Contrast of images are improved

Positional errors are removed

Errors in DN values are removed

None of the above

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

List I (Linear lengths) List II (Fractional measures)
Nanometre 10-6
Micrometre 10°
Millimetre 10-9
Metre 10-3

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74. Lorenz curve is used to find out which of the following

Relative concentration of a phenomenon

Absolute concentration of a phenomenon

Both relative and absolute concentration of a phenomenon

Probability of dispersion of a phenomenon

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

List I (Bands of Energy) List II (Wavelength in µm.)
Photographic 3.0 -15.0
Optical 0.7 -3.0
Reflected Infrared 0.3 -15.0
Far Infrared 0.3 -0.9

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