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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:List - I (Type of climate) a. Aw b. Amw c. BShw d. BWhw List - II (Region) i. Rain shadow zone of Karnataka ii. Thar Desert iii. W. Bengal u0026Bihar iv. Malabar CoastCodes: a b c d |
| A. | iii iv i ii |
| B. | iii i iv ii |
| C. | ii i iv iii |
| D. | ii iv i iii |
| Answer» B. iii i iv ii | |
| 2. |
A functional region is delineated on the basis of |
| A. | Administrative boundaries |
| B. | Field of interactions |
| C. | Isolines |
| D. | Physical divisions |
| Answer» C. Isolines | |
| 3. |
Which one of the following factors is not affecting the voting behaviour? |
| A. | Religious |
| B. | Castes |
| C. | High level of literacy |
| D. | Size of landholdings |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Who propounded the theory of 'Heartland' in political geography? |
| A. | Mackinder |
| B. | Spykman |
| C. | Smith |
| D. | Raiz |
| Answer» B. Spykman | |
| 5. |
Who among the followings gave the concept of 'Rimland' theory? |
| A. | A Ratzel |
| B. | O.H.K. Spate |
| C. | Spykman |
| D. | Griffith Taylor |
| Answer» D. Griffith Taylor | |
| 6. |
Which indicator from among the following could be the best indicator of social well-being? |
| A. | Population growth rate |
| B. | Literacy rate |
| C. | Life-expectancy |
| D. | Per capita income |
| Answer» D. Per capita income | |
| 7. |
Which of the following was not mentioned by Brunhes as essential fact of human geography? |
| A. | Facts of unproductive occupation of soil. |
| B. | Facts of plants and animal conquest |
| C. | Facts of destructive exploitation |
| D. | Facts of manufacturing |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:List - I (Industrial activities) a. Processing activities b. Fabricating activities c. Integrative activities d. Administrative activities List - II (Explanations) i. Inputs are processed goods ii. Major inputs are raw material iii. Involve neither inputs nor outputsiv. Inputs are processed goods undergoing little change Codes:a b c d |
| A. | i ii iii iv |
| B. | ii i iv iii |
| C. | i iv iii ii |
| D. | iii ii iv i |
| Answer» C. i iv iii ii | |
| 9. |
Who among the following proposed a grand scheme of natural regions on a global scale by combining physical determinants of plants and animals life? |
| A. | Unstead |
| B. | Herbertson |
| C. | Whittlesey |
| D. | Dickinson |
| Answer» C. Whittlesey | |
| 10. |
The number of persons expressed in terms of unit area of agricultural land is known as |
| A. | Economic Density |
| B. | Physiological Density |
| C. | Arithmetical Density |
| D. | Agricultural Density |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:List - I (Sectors) a. Primary sector b. Secondary sector c. Tertiary sector d. Quaternary List - II (Economic Activities)i. Business organisationii. Cultivation iii. Handloom textilesiv. Transport services Codes: a b c d |
| A. | i ii iii iv |
| B. | ii iii iv i |
| C. | ii iii i iv |
| D. | iv iii ii i |
| Answer» C. ii iii i iv | |
| 12. |
The Polar Regions are sparsely populated because |
| A. | The growing season is short owing to low temperature |
| B. | There are no mineral resources |
| C. | The regions are forested |
| D. | Both B and C |
| Answer» B. There are no mineral resources | |
| 13. |
Which one of the following matches in case of shifting cultivation is not correct? |
| A. | Ladang - Indonesia |
| B. | Ray - Vietnam |
| C. | Milpa - Mexico |
| D. | Tamrai - Brazil |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
The base of the age-sex pyramid is broad and apex is narrow in |
| A. | Developed countries |
| B. | Developing countries |
| C. | Under developed countries |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Under developed countries | |
| 15. |
Which one of the following countries has the highest density of population? |
| A. | Bangladesh |
| B. | Pakistan |
| C. | Sri Lanka |
| D. | India |
| Answer» B. Pakistan | |
| 16. |
The sparsely populated countries have slow growth of industries because |
| A. | Of shortage of skilled labour |
| B. | Small population does not provide a good market |
| C. | Of both A and B |
| D. | Agriculture is more developed than industries |
| Answer» D. Agriculture is more developed than industries | |
| 17. |
Who defined settlement geography first time incorporating the concept of settlement pattern, house types and field system? |
| A. | Meitzen |
| B. | Stone |
| C. | Huntington |
| D. | Trewartha |
| Answer» B. Stone | |
| 18. |
If economic landscape of a region is dependent on 'transport principle' of central place system, with the population size of 4.0 lakh of its highest order town, which one of the following population size of next lower order town is correct? |
| A. | 3.0 lakh |
| B. | 2.0 lakh |
| C. | 1.0 lakh |
| D. | 0.5 lakh |
| Answer» D. 0.5 lakh | |
| 19. |
Which one of the following States /Union Territories recorded the highest density of population as per census 2011? |
| A. | Chandigarh |
| B. | West Bengal |
| C. | Kerala |
| D. | Maharashtra |
| Answer» B. West Bengal | |
| 20. |
The size of population in lower age group is large in countries where |
| A. | Birth rate is high |
| B. | Birth rate is low |
| C. | Death rate is high |
| D. | Death rate is low |
| Answer» B. Birth rate is low | |
| 21. |
Which among the following was one of the forces responsible for continental drift according to Wegner? |
| A. | Tidal Force |
| B. | Convection Currents |
| C. | Tensional Force |
| D. | Compressional force |
| Answer» B. Convection Currents | |
| 22. |
Which among the following was responsible for the radical transformation of spirit and purpose of geography? |
| A. | Post Modernism |
| B. | Humanism |
| C. | Structuralism |
| D. | Quantification |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
The statement that 'a method by which one can rethink the thought of those whose actions one seeks to explain' refers in human geography to the philosophy of |
| A. | Phenomenology |
| B. | Idealism |
| C. | Existentialism |
| D. | Positivism |
| Answer» C. Existentialism | |
| 24. |
Who among the following is an advocate of idealism in geography? |
| A. | Guelke |
| B. | Gilbert |
| C. | Samuels |
| D. | Pocock |
| Answer» B. Gilbert | |
| 25. |
Who among the following noted first the regularity between the sizes of cities and their rank? |
| A. | Zipf |
| B. | Jefferson |
| C. | Auerbach |
| D. | Christaller |
| Answer» D. Christaller | |
| 26. |
Which one of the following is not a supporter of the theory of determinism? |
| A. | Wolfgang Hartake |
| B. | R. Hartshorne |
| C. | O.H.K. Spate |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Which one of the schools of thought first developed possibilism? |
| A. | German School of Geography |
| B. | Russian School of Geography |
| C. | French School of Geography |
| D. | British School of Geography |
| Answer» D. British School of Geography | |
| 28. |
Organic deposits made by living or dead organisms that form rock elevation like a ridge are known as |
| A. | Corals |
| B. | Canyons |
| C. | Reefs |
| D. | Guyots |
| Answer» D. Guyots | |
| 29. |
Which of the following statements about synecology is correct? |
| A. | It is a study of individual species in relation to its environment. |
| B. | It is a study of complex interrelationship of biotic communities. |
| C. | It is essentially habitat ecology. |
| D. | It is mainly social ecology. |
| Answer» C. It is essentially habitat ecology. | |
| 30. |
The highest salinity is found in the |
| A. | Baltic Sea |
| B. | Okhotsk Sea |
| C. | Mediterranean Sea |
| D. | Red Sea |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Which one of the following ocean currents belongs to Indian Ocean? |
| A. | Canary Current |
| B. | Antilles Current |
| C. | Labrador Current |
| D. | Agulhas Current |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
All the ecosystems taken together in a geographical area form a bigger unit called |
| A. | Community |
| B. | Territory |
| C. | Biome |
| D. | Biosphere |
| Answer» D. Biosphere | |
| 33. |
The Western Coast of Australia records higher salinity due to |
| A. | Ocean currents |
| B. | Wind direction |
| C. | Dry weather condition |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 34. |
Ecosystem has two components which are |
| A. | Animals and plants |
| B. | Trees and weeds |
| C. | Frogs and men |
| D. | Abiotic and biotic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer by using codes given below:List - I a. Sublimation b. Freezing c. Evaporation d. Condensation List - IIi. the energy absorbed is used to give the motion needed the escape the surface. ii. Energy is releasediii. Releases 80 cal/gmiv. Absorb 680 cal/gm to change the state Codes: a b c d |
| A. | ii iii iv i |
| B. | i iii ii iv |
| C. | iv iii i ii |
| D. | iii ii iv i |
| Answer» D. iii ii iv i | |
| 36. |
The average temperature of the surface water of the oceans is |
| A. | 22 degree C |
| B. | 15 degree C |
| C. | 26.7 degree C |
| D. | 18.6 degree C |
| Answer» D. 18.6 degree C | |
| 37. |
Pelagic deposits consist of matter derived from algae and are mostly in the form of liquid mud known as |
| A. | Blue mud |
| B. | Ooze |
| C. | Red mud |
| D. | Coral mud |
| Answer» C. Red mud | |
| 38. |
When sun is shining vertically over tropic of Capricorn? |
| A. | Days and nights are equal over the entire globe. |
| B. | Nights are longer than days in the Southern hemisphere. |
| C. | Nights are equal to 24 hours over the Arctic region. |
| D. | Days and nights are of 12 hour duration over Antarctica. |
| Answer» B. Nights are longer than days in the Southern hemisphere. | |
| 39. |
Given below are the two statements one labelled as Assertion (AS) and the other labelled as Reason (R):Assertion (AS): Hurricane cannot develop in the vicinity of equator.Reason (R): Coriolis force is maximum over the equator.In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct: |
| A. | Both (AS) and (R) are true but(R) is not correct explanation. |
| B. | Both (AS) and (R) are true and(R) is the correct explanation. |
| C. | (AS) is true but (R) is false. |
| D. | (AS) is false but (R) is true. |
| Answer» D. (AS) is false but (R) is true. | |
| 40. |
According to 'Single cell circulation' model proposed by Hadley, the most important factor causing global atmospheric circulation is |
| A. | Subsidence at the equator |
| B. | Temperature contrast between equator and pole |
| C. | The jet stream |
| D. | Rotation of the earth |
| Answer» C. The jet stream | |
| 41. |
Which of the following would likely to have the lowest albedo? |
| A. | Mirror |
| B. | Fresh snow in the Arctic |
| C. | Moist ploughed soil |
| D. | Thick cloud |
| Answer» D. Thick cloud | |
| 42. |
Which one of the following atmospheric layers reflects radio waves that are transmitted from the earth again back to the earth? |
| A. | Mesosphere |
| B. | Ionosphere |
| C. | Troposphere |
| D. | Stratosphere |
| Answer» C. Troposphere | |
| 43. |
All those processes which tend to bring the surface of the lithosphere to a common level are collectively known as |
| A. | Gradation |
| B. | Degradation |
| C. | Aggradation |
| D. | Mass wasting |
| Answer» B. Degradation | |
| 44. |
he Two-Cycle Theoryof the origin of limestone caverns was proposed by |
| A. | Davis |
| B. | Swinerton |
| C. | Gardner |
| D. | Malott |
| Answer» B. Swinerton | |
| 45. |
Examine the following statements and select the correct answer using the codes given below:1. The atmospheric air is never completely dry.2. Water vapour can occupy as much as 4 percent of the atmospheric volume.3. Water vapour in the atmosphere is always invisible.Codes: |
| A. | 1 and 2 are correct |
| B. | 2 and 3 are correct |
| C. | 1 and 3 are correct |
| D. | 1, 2 and 3 are correct |
| Answer» B. 2 and 3 are correct | |
| 46. |
If you are sitting on the beach facing the sea on a sunny afternoon, the local wind will be |
| A. | Striking your back and continuing to the sea because of sea breeze effect. |
| B. | Towards your from the sea because of the sea breeze effect. |
| C. | Towards your from the sea because of the lapse rate effect. |
| D. | Striking your back and continuing to the sea because of the land breeze effect. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Most of the details of our present topography belong to the |
| A. | Pre-Cambrian era |
| B. | Paleozoic era |
| C. | Mesozoic era |
| D. | Cenozoic era |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
Given below are the two statements one labelled as Assertion (AS) and other Labelled as Reason (R):Assertion (AS): The work of wind as an agent of gradation is not as wide spread as that of water.Reason (R): It is effective only in the desert regions of the world where rainfall is scanty and soil particles are loose.In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct: |
| A. | Both (AS) and (R) are true and(R) is the correct explanation of(AS). |
| B. | Both (AS) and (R) are true but(R) is not the correct explanation of (AS). |
| C. | (AS) is true but (R) is false. |
| D. | (AS) is false but (R) is true. |
| Answer» B. Both (AS) and (R) are true but(R) is not the correct explanation of (AS). | |
| 49. |
A drainage system which is not related to the structure of the region where it occurs is called a |
| A. | Radial drainage pattern |
| B. | Trellis drainage pattern |
| C. | Superimposed drainage pattern |
| D. | Dendritic drainage pattern |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Chemical weathering is more effective than mechanical weathering in |
| A. | Semi-arid region |
| B. | Arid region |
| C. | Coastal region |
| D. | Cool temperate region |
| Answer» E. | |