1. The premise that present-day processes have been operating throughout geological time is the principle of

Continental drift

Uniformitarianism

Earth Systems

Plate Tectonics

2. The concept of Panplain is associated with

W.M. Davis

W. Penk

A. Strahler

E. Huntington

3. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using
codes given below
List I List II
River Dolines
Glacier Inselburg
Wind Moraines
Underground water Leaves

Codes









4. Identify the order of the stream at the section marked


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2

3

4

5
5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the
codes given
List I (Land form) List II (Agenta of Denudation)

Monadnocks 1. Wind
Blind valley 2. Glacier
Drumlin 3. River
Dreikanter 4. Ground Water
Codes


2 4 1 3

4 1 2 3

1 3 2 4

3 4 2 1
6. Which of the following pairs of countries receive maximum insolation

Indonesia and Sri Lanka

Indonesia and Libya

Yemen and Somalia

Canada and Australia

7. Solid material passes directly into vapour state by means of

Condensation

Sublimation

Volatalization

Convection

8. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched

1. Cwa and hot summers, dry winters.

2. Cwb and hot dry summers.

3. Csb and warm dry summers.

4. Cfb and warm summers

Select the correct answer.

3 and 4

3 and 4

1 and 4

1 and 2
GEOGRAPHY
9. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below

List I(Local Winds) List II (Countries)
(1)Loo West Africa

(2)Samun Former Yugoslavia

(3)Harmattan Pakistan

(4)Bora Iran

Codes







(iii)





10. Radiolarian Ooze are

Terrigenous Deposits


Neritic Deposits


Pelagic Deposits


Littoral Deposits



11. Certain substances are classified as water pollutants, others as air pollutants and still others as land pollutants. Which one of the following pollutes are three parts of our environment

Flourocarbons

Smog

Acid rain

Ozone



12. Ria is an example of

Emerged upland shore


Submerged upland shore


Neutral shore


Compound shore



13. Flat-topped sub-marine mountains are called

Sea mounts


Abyssal mounts


Guyots


Sea Volcanoes



14. Anacondas are largely found in

Irrawady Basin


Congo Basin


Orinoco Basin


Amazon Basin



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

List I (Natural States/UTs) List II (Indian Vegetation)

1. Conifers i. Jharkhand

2. Evergreen ii. Rajasthan

3. Xerophytes iii. Andaman Nicobar

4. Deciduous iv. Jammu Kashmir


Codes
1 2 3 4

iii iv i ii


iv iii ii i


ii i iii iv


i ii iv iii


16. Who among the following did not support the concept of environmental determinism

Ratzel

Davis

Huntington

None of these


17. Match the following and find the correct answer from the code
List I List II


Probabilism Von Humboldt


Stop-and-go Carl Ritter determinism


Systematic (iii) Griffith Geography Taylor


Regional O.H.K Spate Geography


Codes















18. Who wrote the book Airs, Water and Places

Anaximander


Hippocrates

Eratosthones

Hecateus



19. The Humanistic Geography aims at 'Verstehn', that is

Life style of man.


Inter personal relations of men.


Understanding of man in his environment.


Objective experiences of man.


20. Geographia in 17 volumes was written by

Ptolemy


Miletus

Strabo

Ritter


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

Assertion The newly emerged industrial cities in India are numerically dominated by both male and female adult population.


Reason Human migration is age and sex selective.
Codes

Both and are correct and is correct explanation of

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


is correct, but is false.


is false, but is correct.


22. Which one of the following is not correctly matched

Exurbanisation Commuter belt grows at the expense of core.
Counterurbanisation Populationloss of ring is more than the urban core.
Reurbanisation Core starts regaining population.
Exourbanisation Labour intensive and export oriented industrialization is the base.


23. International migration is no longer a factor in population distribution mainly because

People do not wish to migrate.


People are afraid of racial prejudices.


Nations have placedrestrictions on migration.


Employment opportunities are not bright.



24. Match the following

List I(Name of Scholar) List II (Idea/Concept)

a. Charles I. Migration laws Darwin

b. Wilbur II. Population and Zelinsky resources

c. Thomas III. Theory of Malthus evolution

d. George IV. Hypothesis of Ravenstein the mobility


Codes
a b c d

I II III IV


II III IV I


III IV II I


IV III II I



25. Who among the following used the term Ecumenopolis to describe a projected urbanised world or universal city by the end of the twenty first century


Geddes

Gottmann

Doxiades

Dickinson



26. Match the items in the List-I with that in List-II. The items in the two lists relate to sector theory proposedby Hoyt.

List I (Sector Pattern) List II (Urban Land useNumber)
a. 1 I. Wholesale Light Manufacturing

b. 2 II. CBD

c. 3 III. Medium-class Residential

d. 4 IV. Low-class Residential


Codes
a.1 b.2 c.3 d.4

I II III IV


II III IV I


II I IV III


IV III II I


27. What is generally not true of shifting cultivation

Rotation of field.


Absence of draught animals.


More often than not the homestead are not shifted.


It is a great catalytic force for community life.



28. Which one of the following States is the largest producer of Tin

Rajasthan

Odisha

Jharkhand

Chhatisgarh



29. The classical model of Industrial location theory in which least cost approach is of primary consideration is recognised as the industrial location theory of

Weber


Smith

Isard

Hoover



30. Kiel Canal connects

Berring Sea and the Pacific Ocean


Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea


Baltic Sea and North Sea


Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean



31. Special Economic Zone Policy of India was introduced in

1999

2000

2001

2002



32. In the contemporary context, which one of the following countries is most significant from geo-strategic view point
Maldives

Sri Lanka

Afghanistan

Bangladesh



33. 'Carrot and stick' technique is used as a regional development policy in

Sweden

Netherlands

Germany

Great Britain



34. The core of the Great Himalayan is made up of

Dharwar Rocks


Archaean Rocks


Quaternary Rocks


Gondwana Rocks



35. Which one of the following rock systems is the main source of coal in India
Gondawana

Cuddappa

Vindhyan

Dharwar



36. Which one of the following sets of commodities is imported by India from South West Asian Countries

Raw Wool and Carpets


Dates and Olives


Precious Stones and Pearls


Perfumes and Coffee



37. Which of the following States in India has the largest number of sugar mills

Gujarat

Maharashtra

Bihar

Uttar Pradesh



38. Match the following

List I(Dialect) List II (State)

a.Awadhi I. Haryana

b.Bundeli II. Bihar

c.Maithili III. Madhya Pradesh

d.Bagri IV. Uttar Pradesh


Codes
a b c d

I II III IV


II III IV I


III IV I II


IV III II I



39. The concept of Lebensraum became popular in the discipline of political geography after the publication of

Politische geographic


Geographical pivot of history


Political geography: world economy, nation-state and locality.


Making political geography.



40. Pred criticized location theory on following grounds

Logical inconsistency, motives and capacity.


Motives and capacity.


Logical inconsistency and capacity.


Logical inconsistency and motives.



41. Match the following lists

List I List II
Cumulative Causation Model 1. Rostow
Spatial Diffusion 2. Myrdal
Behavioural Matrix 3. Hagerstrand
Stages of Economic growth 4. Pred
Codes



2 3 4 1

1 2 4 3


3 1 2 4


4 3 2 1


42. Who coined the term Geopolitics

Kjellen

Haushoffer

Ratzel

Hess



43. Who among the following is credited with incorporation of concept of geographical space in the Growth Pole Theory

Bouldville

Friedmann

Myrdal

Haggerstand



44. Arrange the following maps in decreasing order of scale

Atlas map
Wall map
Cadastral map
Topographical map Select the answer from codes















45. Area of a drainage basin on a map with R.F. 1 50,000 is measured as 200 sq. cm. What will be the basin area of map when it is reduced at the R.F. 1 100, 000

1000 sq. cm.

100 sq. cm.

50 sq. cm.
500 sq. cm.



46. On a topographic map, lines that indicate water-depth are termed as

Isogonic line

Isobath

Isopachs

Isoneph

47. In order to identify Qutab Minar on an arial photograph, which of the following elements of image interpretation would be more expressive

Shape

Shadow

Tone

Texture



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

List I (Standard feature) List II (Landuse Colour)

i. Red Cultivated area
ii. Dark Green Built-up land
iii. Brown Forest area
iv. Yellow Uncultivable land
Codes


ii i iv iii


iv iii ii i


ii i iii iv


iv i ii iii



49. Whose portrayals epitomized the relationship of political geography to foreign policy
Isaiah Bowman

Friedrich Ratzel


Karl Haushofer


Adolf Hitler



50. Who for the first time emphasized the importance of mental map of environment in decision-making process

Woolridge

Downs

Gould

Lynch