INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

GEOGRAPHY- PAGE 19

1. Which of the following is shown by isohalines ?
(a) Temperature (b) Pressure (c) Salinity (d) Cloudiness
Ans: C

2. Which of the following is the length of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ?
(a)    About 800 km (b) About 10,000 km (c) About 12,000 km (d) About 15,000 km
Ans: D

3. In which of the following areas diatom ooze occurs ?
(a) Low latitudes (b) High latitudes
(c) Equatorial areas (d) Sub-tropical seas
Ans: B

4. Along the coast of which country does El-Nino current appear in the summer months ?
(a) Brazil (b) Maxico (c) Peru (d) Norway
Ans: C

5. Which of the following causes tides ?
(a) Attraction of sun and moon (b) Attraction of sun (c) Attraction of earth (d) Attraction of Jupiter
Ans: A

6. In which of the following directions generally warm currents flow ?
(a) Equator to Poles (b) Poles to equator (c) North Pole to South Pole (d) None of these
Ans: A

7. Which of the following is a cold current ?
(a) Agulhas (b) Brazil (c) Canaries (d) Gulf Stream
Ans: C

8. An area where a particular plant or animal lives is called its :
(a) Ecology (b) Habitat (c) Hadal (d) Hook
Ans: B

9. Which of the following is/are the reasons for ecological crisis ?
(a) Rapid growth in population (b) Rapid industrialization
(c) Mechanisation (d) All of these
Ans: D

10. Which one of the following is not a threat to biodiversity ?
(a) Killing wild life (b) Establishment of national parks
(c) Building big dams (d) Industrialization
Ans: B

11. Which of the following is an abiotic component of an ecosystem ?
(a) Plants (b) Bacteria (c) Fungi (d) Light
Ans: D

12. Who of the following proposed the term ‘ecosystem’ ?
(a) A.G. Tansley (b) A.O. Wilson (c) E. Haeckel (d) E.P. Odum
Ans: A

13. How many biosphere reserves are there in India ?
(a) 10 (b) 13 (c) 18 (d) 20
Ans: C

14. Which of the following is/are the effect(s) of deforestation ?
(a) Soil erosion (b) Landslide
(c) Environmental imbalance (d) All of these
Ans: D

15. Which of the following atmospheric layers absorbs ultraviolet (UV) rays ?
(a) Exosphere (b) Ionosphere (c) Ozonosphere (d) Stratosphere
Ans: C

16. The atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves is called
(a) Ozonosphere (b) Ionosphere (c) Homosphere (d) Exosphere
Ans: B

17. In which of the following areas does the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) normally occur ?
(a) Near the tropic of cancer (b) Near the equator
(c) Near the arctic circle (d) Near the tropic of Capricorn
Ans: B

18. Trade winds are found in which of the following latitudinal belts ?
(a) 5° N to 5° S latitude (b) 5° N - 30° N and 5° S - 30° S latitude
(c) 30° N to 60° N latitude (d) 30° S to 60° S latitude
Ans: B

19. ‘Horse Latitudes’ is situated between which global wind circulation belts/cells ?
(a) Hadley Cell and Ferrel Cell (b) Ferrel Cell and Polar Cell
(c) NE Trade Winds and SE Trade Winds (d) Westerlies and Polar Easterlies
Ans: A

20. Which of the following atmospheric layers is not included in Homosphere ?
(a) Troposphere (b) Mesosphere
(c) Ionosphere (d) Stratosphere
Ans: C

21. How much time do the rays of the sun take to reach the earth ?
(a) 25 minutes (b) 18 minutes (c) 15 minutes (d) 8 minutes
Ans: D

22. Which of the following is the main reason for upper atmospheric inversion of temperature ?
(a) Presence of ozone gas (b) Earth radiation
(c) Convective uplift of warm air (d) Jet Stream
Ans: A

23. Which of the following are thermally induced pressure belts ?
(a) Sub-polar and temperate (b) Equatorial and polar
(c) Polar and sub-polar (d) Equatorial and sub-polar
Ans: B

24. The standard value of solar constant is
(a) 1.50 calories per minute per cm2
(b) 1.94 calories per minute per cm2
(c) 2.94 calories per minute per cm2
(d) 3.54 calories per minute per cm2
Ans: B

25. The most important factor in thunderstorm development is
(a) Atmospheric stability (b) Atmospheric instability
(c) Abundance of moisture (d) Temperature inversion
Ans: B

26. What is inversion of temperature ?
(a) Temperature decrease with attitude (b) Temperature decrease with latitude
(c) Temperature increase with altitude (d) Uniform temperature
Ans: C

27. Which of the following methods is used to show air pressure distribution on a map ?
(a) Isobars (b) Isogonic lines (c) Isohyets (d) Isonephs
Ans: A

28. The Naphtha Ihakri Dam is built across in Himachal Pradesh.
(A) Tons River (B) Sutlej River (C) Beas River (D) Ravi River
Ans: B

29. Which is the rare species of plant, with a forked leaf found out from the Neelagiri Hills in 2017 ?
(A) Spider Wort (B) Ieemi Kanda (C) Milk Wort (D) Cobra Lilly
Ans: D

30. Kanchenjunga mountain peak is situated in the state of :
(A) Sikkim (B) Jammu and Kashmir (C) Nagaland (D) West Bengal
Ans: A

31. Jog waterfalls is created by in which of the river ?
(A) Varani (B) Sharavati (C) Cauvery (D) Mahanadi
Ans: B

32. Darjeeling the famous hill station is situated in :
(A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Jammu and Kashmir (C) West Bengal (D) Sikkim
Ans: C

33. Ellora Caves located at :
(A) Aurangabad (B) Mumbai (C) Bijapur (D) Allahabad
Ans: A

34. Maximum Ozone depletion has been observed in
1.       Equatorial region
2.       Tropical region
3.       North America
4.       Antarctica
Ans: 4

35. The number of agricultural regions into which the world was divided by Whittlesey is
1) 10
2) 11
3) 13
4) 15
Ans: 3

36. The word 'city region' was coined by
1) Taylor 2) Garnier 3) Geddes 4) Northam
Ans: 3

37. If a primate city has a population of 20 lakhs, the population of fourth rank city in the region, according to the rank size rule, will be (in lakhs)
1) 80
2) 44
3) 24
4) 05
Ans: 4

38. Select the correct statement about ' urban fringe ' that it is
1) a zone around the city outside its administrative limit
2) a zone around the city but within its administrative limit
3) an interurbation
4) an inurbation
Ans: 1

39. Genetic approach in the study of settlement geography was propogated by
1) Meitzen 2) Yonekura 3) Doxiadis 4) Shaefer
Ans: 1

40. The postulate on which Christaller's Central Place Theory is not based, is
1) homogeneous plain throughout the region
2) homogeneous soil fertility throughout the region
3) homogeneous climatic conditions throughout the region
4) Uniform distribution of rural population throughout the region
Ans: 3

41. According to Christaller, the 'k' value based on the marketing principle is
1) 3
2) 4
3) 5
4) 7
Ans: 1

42. According to Weber, the graphic function of transport cost is
1) Curvilinear 2) linear 3) circular 4) wavylinear
Ans: 1

43. 'Break of bulk' refers to
1) breakage of product in transit
2) transfer from one mode of transportation to another
3) breakage of product in storage
4) breakage of product during sale 'Break of bulk'
Ans: 2

44.  According to Weber, the least cost location for manufacturing using ubiquitous raw materials occur near
1) market
2) source of raw material
3) midway between market and source of raw material
4) transhipment location
Ans: 1

45. In his theory of industrial location David M. Smith has considered
1) market demand only
2) production cost only
3) both market demand and transportation cost
4) both market demand and production cost Œ
Ans: 4

46. According to David Smith, the zone for industrial location lies on the points of intersection of
1) transport cost curve and market demand curve
2) space cost curve and space revenue curve
3) raw material cost curve and market demand curve
4) raw material cost curve and transport cost curve Œ
Ans: 2

47. According to Hoover, which are the three components of production cost ?
A. Cost of raw material collection
B. Cost of production process
C. Cost of product supply to market
D. Cost of breakage
1) A, C, D
2) B, C, D
3) A, B, C
4) A, B, D
Ans: 3

48. The ratio of the number of fundamental circuits to the maximum possible number of circuits existing in a transport network, gives the connectivity index
1) alpha 2) beta 3) gamma 4) cyclomatic
Ans: 1

49. In Markov Chain Model, it is assumed that future states depend on the
1) mean score of preceding events 2) first state in a sequence
3) sequence of events that preceded it 4) present state only
Ans: 4

50. In case of perfect negative correlation, the related regression line runs
1) from lower left to upper right 2) from upper left to lower right
3) parallel to Xaxis 4) parallel to Yaxis ”
Ans: 2

51. In a Lorenz curve, the 'line of equal distribution' joins the percentage points of X and Y axes respectively
1) 0 and 0
2) 100 and 0
3) 0 and 100
4) 100 and 100 ›
Ans: 3

52. When a distribution is positively or negatively skewed, the best measure of central tendency is
1) median 2) mode 3) mean 4) mean and mode
Ans: 1

53. The mismatch pair of types of federal system and countries is
1) Mutual interest : Mexico 2) Compromise : Nigeria
3) Centralized : China 4) Imposed : Pakistan
Ans: 1

54. Rimland theory of Spykman appears in the book
1) Studies in Political Geography
2) Democratic Ideals and Reality
3) Geographical Pivot of History
4) The Geography of the Peace
Ans: 4

55. Political geographer other than Mackinder, related to Heartland concept are
A. Meinig B. Hooson C. Seversky D. Mahan
1) A, B only
2) A, C only
3) C, D only
4) A, B, C, D ˜
Ans: 1

56. The types of boundary between North and South Korea is
A. Geometric B. Superimposed C. Mountainous D. Riverine
1) A, D
2) A, B
3) C, D
4) A, B, D
Ans: 2

57. Roman group of languages includes
1) Mongolian, German, French, Italian
2) Chinese, Mongolian, Thai, Vietnamese
3) Urdu, Arabic, Romanian, Italian
4) Spanish, Portugese, French, Italian
Ans: 4

58. The world languages by number of speakers in decreasing order are (2014)
1) English, Mandarian, Russian 2) Arabic, English, French 3) Hindi, English, Mandarian 4) Mandarian, English, Hindi
Ans: 4

59. The part of U.S.A. in which there is maximum cultural diversity is
1) north western 2) north eastern 3) south eastern 4) mid western ™
Ans: 3

60. Linguistic family comprises languages with similar
1) origin, sounds and culture 2) origin, grammatical forms and sounds
3) history, culture and grammatical forms 4) history, culture and sounds --
Ans: 2

61. If in von Thunen's model, distance from farm to market is assumed to be independent variable which determine the value of economic rent, the operational regression equation will take the form of
1) Y = a + bX
2) Y = a bX
3) Y = a + bX
4) Y = a
Ans: 2

62. The geographer who applied von Thunen's model of agricultural location to Europe was
1) L. Symons 2) O. Jonasson
3) R.O. Buchanan 4) W. Bunge
Ans: 2

63. Inverse distance law of migration was expounded by
1) Stouffer 2) Lawton 3) Jackson 4) Zipf
Ans: 4

64. 'Return migration' is
1) the status when outmigration equals inmigration
2) deportation of illegal migrants
3) migrants sending their savings to their native countries
4) intending migrants returning to their native countries
Ans: 4

65. Recent additions of industrial countries as destination for Indian migrants are
1) Australia, Germany, Japan
2) China, Japan, North Korea
3) U.S.A, South Korea, Japan
4) Canada, U.S.A., Chile --
Ans: 1

66. Flow analysis used in delineating functional regions is based on the direction and intensity of flows between the
1) dominant centres of different regions
2) centres of the same level
3) dominant centres and all other towns of lower hierarchy
4) dominant centres and surrounding satellites
Ans: 4

67. Growth Pole Theory was originally developed by
1) Glasson 2) Perroux 3) Thirlwal 4) Hirschman
Ans: 2

68. The statistical method generally not used in delineating a region is
1) principal component analysis
2) flow analysis
3) regression analysis
4) gravity analysis
Ans: 3

69. Select the correct statement
A. Auerbach first observed regularity between city size and their rank, and the concept was much later formalized by Zipf
B. Both Auerbach and Zipf worked together on Rank Size Rule
C. Auerbach and Zipf both are not related to the Rank Size Rule
D. Zipf is not related to the Rank Size Rule
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Ans: 1

70. The measure of centrality about which the sum of the deviations equals zero, is
1) mean and mode both 2) median 3) mode 4) mean
Ans: 4

71. The transportation network having maximum connectivity is
1) path 2) tree like 3) circuits 4) cellular
Ans: 3

72. Non parametric test is
1) Chi square
2) t
3) F
4) Z
Ans: 1

73. If the data are multiplied by a constant
1) mean and standard deviation will increase to the multiplication of the constant
2) mean will increase and standard deviation will remain unchanged
3) standard deviation will increase and mean will remain unchanged
4) both will remain unchanged ˜
Ans: 1

74. If there is 'no correlation' between two variables, the related scattering of points will be in a
1) haphazard manner
2) straight line running from left to upper right
3) straight line running from upper left to lower right
4) straight line parallel to either X or Y axis
Ans: 4

75. The rank correlation for the following data will be X 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 Y 6, 6, 6, 6, 6
1) 1.00
2) 1.00
3) 0.00
4) 0.50
Ans: 3

76. The relationship among power structures, environment and economic inequalities is termed
1) Ecoterrorism 2) Garrymandering 3) Political ecology 4) Cultural diffusion
Ans: 3

77. Assertion(A) The North Atlantic ocean route is the most important ocean route of the world
Reason(R) The North Atlantic Ocean route brings together the developing and the developed nations
1) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
2) A is true, but R is false
3) A is false, but R is true
4) Both A and R are individually true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
Ans: 2

78. Which one of the following countries most accurately matches with its territorial shape
1) Russia : Fragmented
2) Chile : Protruded
3) Poland : Compact
4) Philippines : Elongated
Ans: 3

79. The tribal population of Andaman and Nicobar islands belongs to
1) Australoid race 2) Caucasoid race 3) Mongoloid race 4) Negroid race
Ans: 4

80. Who propounded the goal achievement matrix techniques in regional planning
1) V.K Puri 2) Morris Hill 3) G.K. Zipf 4) R.P . Mishra
Ans: 2

81. The number of stages in Toaff's transportation development model are
1) 4 2) 2 3) 6 4) 8
Ans: 3

82. The measures of regional desparities are
1. Summation of Rank 2. Quartile Index
3. Depriviation Index 4. Principal Component.
Which of these are correct ?
1) 1 and 2
2) 3 and 4
3) 1, 2 and 3
4) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans: 4

83. Least influenced country by conflicts related to multilingualism is ?
1) Nigeria 2) Cyprus 3) Venezuela 4) Belgium
Ans: 3

84. Estancias are
1) Vast cattle farms of Argentina 2) Smaller estates in Brazil
3) Plantation farms in Malaysia 4) Commercial grain farms in Western U.S.A.
Ans: 1

85. With the increase in time and distance, accessibility
1) Reduces 2) Increases 3) Remains the same 4) First reduces then increases
Ans: 1

86. Who formulated the Gravity model which demonstrates the relationship between population size, distance and migration ?
1) Zipf 2) Miller 3) Malthus 4) Zelinsky
Ans: 1

87. Bases of transportation are
1. complementarity 2. lack of interveing opportunity
3. transferability 4. means of transport.
Identify the correct ones
1) 1, 2 and 3
2) 2, 3 and 4
3) 1 or 4
4) 1 or 3 ”
Ans: 1

88. For his model of industrial location, Weber makes use of
1) Isogons 2) Isophens 3) Isodapanes 4) Isotaks
Ans: 3

89. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
1) Zipf gravity model 2) Reilly competing migrants model
3) Stouffer intervening opportunities model 4) Hagerstrand principle of least effort
Ans: 3

90. Who of the following developed the concept of population potential ?
1) Taeuber and Zelinsky 2) Clarke and Demko 3) James and Jones 4) Stewart and Warntz ‡“
Ans: 4

91. Which one of the following statements is correct accordingly to Ravenstein's migration principles ?
1) The great body of migrants proceed a long distance
2) Migration does not occur in series of stages
3) Each main stream of migration does not produce a compensating counter current
4) Females are more migratory than males over short distances
Ans: 4

92. Which one of the following Indian states is entering into the last stage of demographic transition ?
1) West Bengal 2) Sikkim 3) Haryana 4) Goa
Ans: 4

93. Which one of the following statements about 'Central Place Theory' is not correct ?
1) It explains size of towns
2) It was not devised by a geographer
3) It explains distribution of towns
4) It explains number of towns
Ans: 2

94. Which one of the following is not the correct assumption in the general theory of location propounded by Losch ?
1) The area is a flat uniform plain
2) Supply for a product is flexible
3) Demand for a product would decrease with an increase in price
4) Demand for a product would decrease with distance from a production centre ›
Ans: 2

95. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
1) Allix Umland
2) Smailes Urban field
3) Harris Urban hinterland
4) Green Sphere of influence
Ans: 3

96. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
1) Urban landscape Berkeley School
2) Chlorology British School
3) Landschaft French School
4) Urban Ecology Chicago School
Ans: 4

97. Residential zone IV in the concentric zone theory of E.W. Burgers is occupied by
1) Workingmen's dwellings
2) Joint family dwellings
3) Single family dwellings
4) Commuter's dwellings
Ans: 3

98. 'Centrality' of a central place is best represented by
1) Its location
2) Its size
3) Its industrial structure
4) The functions provided for the population of its hinterland €
Ans: 4

99. Who of the following used the ternary diagram for the first time for functional classification of towns in Census of India , 1961 ?
1) R.P . Mishra 2) L.V.S. Prakasa Rao 3) A. Mitra 4) M.N. Pal
Ans: 3

100. Who of the following was the founder of the concept of 'Regional Planning' ?
1) P . Geddes 2) B. Mackaye 3) M.M. Hufschmidt 4) T.N. Scroth
Ans: 2

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