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GEOGRAPHY
PAPER
– III
Note : This paper
contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks
each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Which of the
following is not considered to be characteristics feature of the youthful stage
of an ideal normal cycle of erosion ?
(A) Natural
levees
(B) Pot holes
(C) Gorges
(D) River capture
2. Sand dunes formed
as long ridges oriented at right angles to the wind direction are called
(A) Linear dunes
(B) Barchan dunes
(C) Transverse
dunes
(D) Star dunes
3. Match List – I
with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
4. Who stated that
the slope profiles are convex, plane or concave according to the circumstances
of the uplifting action ?
(A) Davis
(B) Penck
(C) Johnson
(D) Wood
5. Given below are
two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason
(R). Select your answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Hawaii Island is
a site of volcanic eruptions.
Reason (R) : Convergent plate
margins are sites of volcanic eruptions.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct
and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and
(R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is
false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is
correct.
6. Match the
following List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code
given below :
7. The statement
“The present is the key to the past” is related to
(A) Catastrophism
(B)
Uniformitarianism
(C) Isostasy
(D) Diastrophism
8. The theory of
plate tectonics does not help to explain the origin and location of which one of
the following ?
(A) Earthquakes
(B) Mountains
(C) Ocean
currents
(D) Major sea floor features
9. Given below are
two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R).
Select your answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : The boundary
between two air masses of different density is known as a front.
Reason (R) : The difference
in density is caused by differences in temperature and humidity.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and
(R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is
true.
(D) (A) is true, but (R) is
false.
10. Which of the
following winds fall in the Zone of Hadley Cell ?
(A) Monsoon winds
(B) Trade winds
(C) Westerlies
(D) Polar winds
11. Which one of the
following is correct, when the combined effect of the pressure gradient force
and Coriolis force on air current produces ?
(A) Deflection force
(B) Geostrophic
force
(C) Frictional force
(D) Gravitational force
12. The term
adiabatic change of temperature stands for
(A) Fall of temperature after precipitation
(B) Heating and
cooling of an ascending or descending air through compression of expansion.
(C) Heating of ascending air
(D) Cooling of descending air
13. What are the
effects of the low level temperature inversion occurring in cool nights over
the urban areas ?
(a) Entrapment of pollutants causing
heavily smog.
(b) Pleasant weather conditions
(c) Unusually unstable air
(d) Unusually stable air
Select your answer using the
codes given below :
Codes :
(A) (a) and (c)
(B) (b) and (c)
(C) (a) and (d)
(D) (b) and (d)
14. The ‘Ice Crystal
Theory’ related to precipitation was propounded by
(A) Boven
(B) Muir
(C) Peterson
(D) Bergeron
15. Which one of the
following parts of the Indian coast is a compound coast showing evidence of
both submergence and emergence ?
(A) Orissa coast
(B) Malabar
coast
(C) Konkan coast
(D) Coromandel coast
16. Darwin’s
subsidence theory is related to
(A) Marine terraces
(B) Coral reefs
(C) Cycle of erosion
(D) Tides
17. Fiord shorelines
are formed due to
(A) Submergence of subaerially eroded
coast
(B) Submergence
of glaciated coast
(C) Fluvial deposition
(D) Marine erosion
18. Tsunamis are
produced by
(A) Tides
(B) Cyclones
(C) Sub-marine
earthquakes
(D) Shrinking of the earth’s
crust
19. Which one of the
following sediment deposits cover the largest percentage of the ocean floor ?
(A) Terrigenous
(B) Cosmogenous
(C) Biogenous
(D) Hydrogenous
20. The term Ecology
was first used by
(A) Tinsley
(B) Taylor
(C) De Martonne
(D) Jeans Brunhes
21. Match List – I
with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below :
22. In which of the
following years the Kyoto Protocol was signed ?
(A) 1987
(B) 1997
(C) 1990
(D) 1985
23. Given below are
two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R)
:
Assertion (A) : Behavioural
Geography is now becoming much closer to a constructivists or transactionalist
epistemology, as propounded by neo-Kantian philosophers and psychologists.
Reason (R) : The Geographers
like White, Kirk, Gold and Kates have made signal contributions for behavioural
movement in Geography. Select your answer from the codes given below.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is
wrong.
(B) (A) is wrong, but (R) is
correct.
(C) Both (A) and
(R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct,
but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
24. Match List – I
with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
25. ‘An Introduction
to the Application of Geography to History’ and ‘The Geographical Distribution
of Mankind’ are the works of
(A) Vidal de la Blache
(B) Carl Ritter
(C) Alfred Hettner
(D) Friedrich
Ratzel
26. First quarter of
20th
century
was to be considered as the golden age of German geography. Among the following
, who were the great leaders of this period ?
(i) A. Penck
(ii) H. Lautensach
(iii) C. Ritter
(iv) A. Hettner
(A) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (i) and (iv)
are correct.
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii) are
correct
27. Who one of the
following determined the place of Geography in the classification of sciences ?
(A) Bernhard Varenius
(B) Philip Cluverius
(C) Immanuel
Kant
(D) Sebastian Munster
28. Which of the
following statements are correct relating to Ratzel’s concept of ‘Lebensraum’ ?
(i) It is the geographical area
within which living organisms develop.
(ii) It is the economic and
cultural activity of peoples outside their enclosed settled area.
(iii) It deals with the relations
between human society as a spatial organization and its physical setting.
(iv) It speaks ‘geopolitik’ and
studies space from the view point of State.
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are
correct.
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i) and
(iii) are correct.
29. Given below are
two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R)
:
Assertion (A) : Humanistic
Geography rejects positivism and quantification in geography.
Reason (R) : Humanistic
Geography emphasizes the role of the human agency and its creativity in the
construction of place, space and landscape. Select your answer from the codes given
below.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and
(R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is
false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is
true.
30. Which one of the
following is correct chronological sequence of Arab geographers in the
development of geography ?
(A) Al-Biruni,
Al-Idrisi, Ibn Battuta, Ibn Khaldun
(B) Al-Idrisi, Ibn-Khaldun, Al- Masudi,
Al-Biruni
(C) Ibn-Khaldun, Al-Masudi, Al- Biruni,
Al-Idrisi
(D) Al-Masudi, Ibn-Battuta, Ibn- Khaldun,
Al-Biruni
31. In India which
of the following criteria applied in defining a town has varied from census to
census in recent decades ?
(A) Density of population
(B) Total population
(C) Administrative status
(D) Working
population
32. Match List – I
with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
33. ‘Informational
city’ is a term coined by
(A) David Harvey
(B) Richard Peet
(C) Edward Soja
(D) Manuel
Castells
34. Which one of the
following models is based on the study of human ecology ?
(A) Hagerstrand’s Innovation
Diffusion Model
(B) Weber’s Location Model
(C) Zelinsky’s Mobility
Transition Model
(D) Burgess and
Parks’ Concentric Zone Model
35. “Time-space
compression” is a spatial concept given by
(A) Dorreen Massey
(B) David Harvey
(C) Daniel Bell
(D) Edward Soja
36. Given below are
two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R).
Select your answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Regional
disparities tend to reduce over time in a competitive free market economy.
Reason (R) : The factors of
production move from one region to another to maximize their rate of returns.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and
(R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
but (R) is not the correct explanation.
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is
false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is
true.
37. When higher
income groups re-occupy and revive older housing in attractive inner city
areas, the process is called
(A) Filtering
(B)
Gentrification
(C) Housing re-development
(D) Residential upgradation
38. Factorial
ecology is a method generally used to analyse
(A) Urban
socio-spatial structures
(B) Physiographic regions
(C) Agro-climatic regions
(D) Combination of (B) and (C)
39. To which of the
following, ‘nomadism’ is the response of man ?
(A) Large resources spread over
large areas
(B) Large resources localised in
a small area.
(C) Limited
resources spread over a large area.
(D) Limited resources
concentrated in a small area.
40. According to Von
Thunen model, land rent and distance relationship of 5 crops i.e. ‘a’, ‘b’,
‘c’, ‘d’ and ‘e’ is shown in the diagram given below. Which one of the
following pairs of crops substitute crop ‘c’ ?
(A) a – d
(B) d – e
(C) a – b
(D) b – d
41. On the basis of
the given map of an area, the best suitable place for locating a big iron and
steel plant would be the site marked as
(A) a
(B) d
(C) b
(D) c
42. Consider the
following statements and select the correct answer using the codes given below
:
The ships on the North Atlantic
sea route are forced to the South of the true great circle route by :
(1) Fog associated with the
contact of the cold Labrador current and the warm Gulf stream current.
(2) Icebergs brought southward by
the Labrador current at certain seasons of the year.
(3) The strong polar icy winds
from the North.
(4) The projecting landmass of
Northeastern North America and the presence of warm Gulf stream current.
Codes :
(A) (1) and (2)
are correct.
(B) (1), (2) and (3) are correct.
(C) (1) and (3) are correct.
(D) All are correct.
43. Which one is not
the advantage of pipeline transport ?
(A) Pipelines can be laid through
difficult terrain as well as under water.
(B) Pipelines ensure steady
supply.
(C) Pipeline operation involves
very low consumption of energy.
(D) It is very easy to detect
leakages and in the event of damage, pipelines can be repaired easily and
quickly.
44. Industries that
manufacture individual components for the final assembly of product are known
as :
(A) Subsidiary industries
(B) Small scale industries
(C) Ancillary
industries
(D) Cottage industries
45. In the transport
network shown in the figure given below, which one of the locations has the
maximum accessibility ?
(A) a
(B) b
(C) c
(D) d
46. Given below are
two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason
(R) :
Assertion (A) : Tribal religion,
where natural objects are deemed as spirits and demons, is often characterised
by animinism.
Reason (R) : Simplistic
beliefs and practices often find a close association with ecological niche.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and
(R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is
false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is
true.
47. Given below are
two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason
(R) :
Assertion (A) : There are wide
variations in evolution of languages and species in the world.
Reason (R) : Geographic
isolation plays an important role in developing several forms of languages and species.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and
(R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is
false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is
true.
48. Given below are
two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason
(R) :
Assertion (A) : In
spatio-temporal diffusion of the culture, the language plays a major role.
Reason (R) : Geographers
often use language as an identification mark for different cultures.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and
(R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is
false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is
true.
49. Given below are
two statements. One labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R).
Select your answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Biologically
human races do not exist, yet races do exist as social constructs.
Reason (R) : Racial hatred
and prejudices are all too common in the world today, resulting from an irrational
dislike of whatever is different.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and
(R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is
false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is
true.
50. Given below are
two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R)
:
Assertion (A) : India is a multi
religious and multi-ethnic society.
Reason (R) : The Constitution
of India offers to all citizens, individually and collectively, fundamental
rights without discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place
of birth.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and
(R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is
false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is
true.
51. The statement
that ‘A race is a valid biological concept _________ not a valid socio-cultural
concept’ was made by
(A) A.L. Kroeber
(B) J.B. Birdsell
(C) Vidal de la Blache
(D) A.C. Haddon
52. Geography of
public finance can simply be defined as ‘Who gets what, where, at what cost ?’.
Name the geographer who made this statement
(A) R.J. Chorley
(B) Richard Peet
(C) Alaistar Bonnett
(D) R.J. Bennett
53. International
aid helps poor countries due to resource transfers from rich countries but
1. Divides world into donor and recipient
countries.
2. Makes donor countires more
powerful in International trade and power relations.
3. Forces recipient countries to
carry out such economic reforms that might leave people worse-off.
4. Compels recipient countries to
buy donor nation goods.
(A) 1 and 4 are correct.
(B) 1, 2 and 3 are correct.
(C) 3 and 4 are correct.
(D) All are
correct.
54. Match List – I
with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below :
55. Given below are
two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R)
:
Assertion (A) : Regions, in
fact, do change over time; they change in response to changing interrelationship
of the spatial elements.
Reason (R) : Planned intervention
certainly proves to be of rapid momentum within the frame of socio-economic
activities.
Select your answer from the codes
given below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and
(R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct,
but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is
wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong, but (R) is
correct.
56. Which technique
was adopted by B.J.L. Berry in his classic study on functional regionalization
of Indian economy ?
(A) Composite Index Method
(B) Cluster Analysis
(C) Regression Analysis
(D) Multiple
Factor Analysis
57. Which of the
following are not the major objectives of the Hill Area Development Programme ?
(i) Agro-forestry
(ii) Large scale industries
(iii) Eco-preservation
(iv) Major irrigation projects
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct.
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(C) (ii) and
(iv) are correct.
(D) (iii) and (iv) are correct.
58. Who among the
following applied the growth pole concept to geographic space, whereby growth
poles came to be known as growth centres
?
(A) Friedmann
(B) Perroux
(C) Frank
(D) Boudeville
59. In which Five
Year Plan, balanced regional development was emphasized as one of the major objectives
of the planning exercise and was one full chapter in the plan document ?
(A) Second Plan
(B) Third Plan
(C) Fourth Plan
(D) Fifth Plan
60. In ancient
geography, the concept of region was first postulated by whom ?
(A) Homer
(B) Herodotus
(C) Strabo
(D) Ptolemy
61. The city region
is an example of
(A) Formal region
(B) Functional
region
(C) Compage region
(D) Adhoc region
62. Given below are
two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason
(R) :
Assertion (A) : The task of
preparing a reasonably sound district plan has not made much headway in the
States.
Reason (R) : There is lack of
effective coordination at the district level between various agencies involved
in planning exercises.
In the context of the above two\statements,
which one of the following is correct ?
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is
wrong.
(B) (A) is wrong, but (R) is
correct.
(C) Both (A) and
(R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct,
but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
63. Which one of the
following islands of India has volcanic origin ?
(A) Car-Nicobar
(B) Barren
(C) North-Andaman
(D) Little-Nicobar
64. Which of the
following hills does not join the Anaimudi knot ?
(A) Elamalai hills
(B) Palni hills
(C) Anaimalai hills
(D) Kudremukh
hills
65. Among the
following which one is related to Blue Revolution in India ?
(A) Horticulture
(B) Floriculture
(C) Pisciculture
(D) Sericulture
66. Which one of the
following groups of iron and steel plants is located outside the Chota Nagpur
region ?
(A) Bhilai, Bokaro, Rourkela
(B) Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Durgapur
(C) Bhilai,
Salem, Bhdravati
(D) Salem, Bhadravati, Jamshedpur
67. A map of
R.F.1/2,500 is enlarged by two-and-a-half times, what will be the scale of the
enlarged map ?
(A)1/6,250
(B)1/1,000
(C)1/10,000
(D)1/12,500
68. Population
density is usually shownby
(A) Isopleth method
(B) Choropleth
method
(C) Chorochromatic method
(D) Decimetric method
69. What is the
pattern of settlement distribution if its Rn = 2.14 ?
(A) Perfect cluster
(B) Partially cluster
(C) Random
(D) Perfect uniform
70. Ajai ranks
seventeenth in a class of thirty one. What is his rank from the last ?
(A) 13
(B) 14
(C) 15
(D) 16
71. Given below are
two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason
(R) :
Assertion (A) : Passive remote
sensing systems have their own source of energy.
Reason (R) : Active remote sensing
systems depend on solar energy.
In the context of the above two
statements, which one of the following is correct ?
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is
wrong.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct,
but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct
and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and
(R) are wrong.
72. The satellite
image shown in
television clearly depicts
(A) Temperature and rainfall
(B) Pressure and wind
(C) Clouds and
snow cover
(D) Humidity and fog
73. Match List – I
with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below :
74. Which one of the
following characteristics separates GIS from the other systems ?
(A) Map making and generalized output
(B) Linking
spatial and non-spatial data
(C) Map designing and lay-out
(D) All of the above
75. Cephalic index,
which is to classify human races, is calculated as
(A) ratio between the length and breadth
of the nose.
(B) ratio between the length of
head and weight of human body.
(C) ratio between flatness and length
of the head.
(D) ratio
between breadth and length of the head.
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