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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. |
Which of the following States has the highest percentage of its agricultural area under canal irrigation? |
| A. | Madhya Pradesh |
| B. | Jammu u0026 Kashmir |
| C. | Uttarakhand |
| D. | Uttar Pradesh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
The Bundelkhand plateau covers parts of which two of the following States? |
| A. | Chhattisgarh u0026 Jharkhand |
| B. | Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh |
| C. | Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh |
| D. | Madhya Pradesh u0026 Chhattisgarh |
| Answer» C. Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh | |
| 3. |
Which one of the following is not the ingredient of sustainable development? |
| A. | Intergeneration transferability |
| B. | Social Justice |
| C. | Inter-regional Transferability |
| D. | Non-optimal resource utilization |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Who among the following attempted division of India into planning regions? |
| A. | O.H.K. Spate |
| B. | L.D. Stamp |
| C. | R.L. Singh |
| D. | R.P. Misra |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Which category of regions does metropolitan region belongs to? |
| A. | Formal region |
| B. | Functional region |
| C. | Single purpose region |
| D. | Natural region |
| Answer» C. Single purpose region | |
| 6. |
What are the bases of agro-climatic regionalization proposed by the Planning Commission of India? |
| A. | Relief, soil and drainage |
| B. | Rainfall, temperature and cropped area |
| C. | Vegetation, soil and land use |
| D. | Relief, land use and Net sown Area |
| Answer» C. Vegetation, soil and land use | |
| 7. |
In which of the Five Year Plans regional imbalance was given prominence for the first time? |
| A. | First |
| B. | Second |
| C. | Third |
| D. | Fourth |
| Answer» D. Fourth | |
| 8. |
Which one of the following is related to Tribal Economy? |
| A. | Intensive cultivation |
| B. | Footloose Industry |
| C. | Mining and Quarrying |
| D. | Shifting cultivation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Which one of the following arrangements of States in descending order of literacy rates according to 2011 Census is correct? |
| A. | Kerala, Mizoram, Tripura, Goa |
| B. | Kerala, Goa, Mizoram, Tripura |
| C. | Goa, Kerala, Tripura, Mizoram |
| D. | Mizoram, Tripura, Kerala, Goa |
| Answer» B. Kerala, Goa, Mizoram, Tripura | |
| 10. |
The concept of the Geographical Pivot of History was proposed by |
| A. | Mickinder |
| B. | Martin |
| C. | Kropotkin |
| D. | Ratzel |
| Answer» B. Martin | |
| 11. |
The number of children dying in the first year of their birth per thousand live births in a year is called |
| A. | Death rate |
| B. | Standardised mortality rate |
| C. | Infant mortality rate |
| D. | Life expectancy rate |
| Answer» D. Life expectancy rate | |
| 12. |
Which of the following categories does Chile belong to, according to shape? |
| A. | Fragmented |
| B. | Fragmented cum elongated |
| C. | Elongated |
| D. | Compact cum elongated |
| Answer» C. Elongated | |
| 13. |
Who among the following developed the sequential expansion transport network model? |
| A. | De Souza and Porter |
| B. | Brown and Bracey |
| C. | Myrdal, Seers and Rostow |
| D. | Taaffe, Morrill and Gould |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
The final stage in the process of energy resource utilization is |
| A. | Transport |
| B. | Storage |
| C. | Disposal of waste material |
| D. | Conversion |
| Answer» D. Conversion | |
| 15. |
Resource creation is the result of |
| A. | Interaction of natural and cultural processes |
| B. | Interaction of different natural processes |
| C. | Interaction of different social processes |
| D. | Interaction of different economic processes |
| Answer» B. Interaction of different natural processes | |
| 16. |
The stretchability of resource refers to |
| A. | The ability to find adequate substitution |
| B. | Susceptibility to destruction |
| C. | Ability to produce greater yields |
| D. | Non-exhaustibility |
| Answer» D. Non-exhaustibility | |
| 17. |
Which one of the following indicates 'Random' distribution of settlements? |
| A. | 0.49 |
| B. | 1.00 |
| C. | 1.59 |
| D. | 2.15 |
| Answer» C. 1.59 | |
| 18. |
Which one of the following sequences of land use according to Von Thunen's model is correct? |
| A. | Market gardening and fresh milk, firewood and lumber, intensive crop farming |
| B. | Firewood and lumber, intensive crop farming, market gardening and fresh milk |
| C. | Intensive crop farming, market gardening and fresh milk, firewood and lumber |
| D. | Market gardening and fresh milk, intensive crop farming, firewood and lumber |
| Answer» B. Firewood and lumber, intensive crop farming, market gardening and fresh milk | |
| 19. |
Which one of the following describes a projected urbanised world or universal city by the end of 21st Century? |
| A. | Conurbation |
| B. | City-Region |
| C. | Megalopolis |
| D. | Ecumenopolis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Which of the following migration streams experiences the maximum migration in India? |
| A. | Rural to Rural |
| B. | Rural to Urban |
| C. | Urban to Urban |
| D. | Urban to Rural |
| Answer» B. Rural to Urban | |
| 21. |
Who is usually given the credit for establishing the validity of the idea that there was an ice age during which ice sheets covered much of northern Europe? |
| A. | Agassiz |
| B. | Ramsay |
| C. | Jukes |
| D. | Penck |
| Answer» B. Ramsay | |
| 22. |
The percentage of Aged population (60+) to the total population in India lies between |
| A. | 2 - 5 |
| B. | 5 - 10 |
| C. | 10 - 12 |
| D. | 12 - 15 |
| Answer» C. 10 - 12 | |
| 23. |
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (AS) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:Assertion (AS): The metropolitan cities are numerically dominated by male adult population.Reason (R): Migration is age and sex selective.Codes: |
| A. | Both (AS) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (AS). |
| B. | Both (AS) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (AS). |
| C. | (AS) is correct, but (R) is false. |
| D. | (AS) is false, but (R) is correct. |
| Answer» B. Both (AS) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (AS). | |
| 24. |
Who among the following geographers emphasized the predominant role of climate in human life? |
| A. | Geddes |
| B. | Jefferson |
| C. | Huntington |
| D. | Brunhes |
| Answer» D. Brunhes | |
| 25. |
Whose pioneer statement on the scope and method of modern geography, according to Hartshorne, set the direction of geographic thought for the future? |
| A. | Blache |
| B. | Schluter |
| C. | Ratzel |
| D. | Richthofen |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
The approach that some of the geographical facts according to Ritter, cannot be explained scientifically, is termed as |
| A. | Ecological |
| B. | Regional |
| C. | Teleological |
| D. | Locational |
| Answer» D. Locational | |
| 27. |
Ecological Niche refers to |
| A. | Interaction between man and environment |
| B. | The functional role of an organism in the ecosystem |
| C. | Interdependence of man and plant |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Interdependence of man and plant | |
| 28. |
Which of the following regions is known as the 'carbon sink' of the globe? |
| A. | Antarctica |
| B. | Savanna |
| C. | N.W. Europe |
| D. | Tropical rainforest |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
Which of the following occupies Trophic Level I in food chain? |
| A. | Bacteria |
| B. | Carnivores |
| C. | Primary consumers |
| D. | Plants |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
The most common salt in the ocean is |
| A. | Calcium chloride |
| B. | Sodium nitrate |
| C. | Sodium chloride |
| D. | Calcium nitrate |
| Answer» D. Calcium nitrate | |
| 31. |
The vertical air flow in an anticyclone results in |
| A. | Diversion aloft |
| B. | Conversion aloft |
| C. | Diversion both aloft and at the surface |
| D. | Convergence at the surface and divergence aloft |
| Answer» C. Diversion both aloft and at the surface | |
| 32. |
The percentage of water vapour in the air in the tropical regions may be as high as |
| A. | 4 percent |
| B. | 10 percent |
| C. | 30 percent |
| D. | 50 percent |
| Answer» B. 10 percent | |
| 33. |
Which one of the following statements about the polar jet stream is not true? |
| A. | It moves northwards during summer. |
| B. | It supplies energy to the circulation of surface storms. |
| C. | Its location roughly coincides with that of the polar front. |
| D. | Its velocity is greater during summer. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
In the hydrological cycle evaporation is preceded by |
| A. | Clouds |
| B. | Precipitation |
| C. | Heat |
| D. | Condensation |
| Answer» D. Condensation | |
| 35. |
Energy that is reflected by the atmosphere |
| A. | Does not heat the atmosphere |
| B. | Has a different wavelength than the incoming energy |
| C. | Is usually short energy like visible light which does not penetrate the atmosphere |
| D. | Heats the atmosphere by absorption |
| Answer» D. Heats the atmosphere by absorption | |
| 36. |
In the process of erosion, the removal of material by solution is called |
| A. | Attrition |
| B. | Corrasion |
| C. | Corrosion |
| D. | Sapping |
| Answer» D. Sapping | |
| 37. |
One of the proponents of the turbidity current theory of the origin of submarine canyons was |
| A. | Daly |
| B. | Dana |
| C. | Salis |
| D. | Gregory |
| Answer» B. Dana | |
| 38. |
Arrange the solar spectrum in ascending order of its wavelength:(a) Ultraviolet(b) Microwaves(c) X-rays(d) Television wavesCodes: |
| A. | (d), (c), (b), (a) |
| B. | (a), (c), (d), (b) |
| C. | (c), (a), (b), (d) |
| D. | (b), (c), (a), (d) |
| Answer» D. (b), (c), (a), (d) | |
| 39. |
The term panplane refers to |
| A. | A level surface formed in the old age of fluvial cycle |
| B. | A level surface formed by wind erosion |
| C. | A plain formed by marine action |
| D. | A plain formed by joining of flood-plains |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
Which of the following pairs is not a correct match of desert and country/ continent? |
| A. | Atacama desert - South America |
| B. | Gobi desert - Central Asia |
| C. | Sonoran - West Asia desert |
| D. | Great Victorian - Australia desert |
| Answer» D. Great Victorian - Australia desert | |
| 41. |
Landslides involve |
| A. | Downslope movement of individual rock blocks which is usually not perceptible. |
| B. | Rapid perceptible movement of relatively dry mass of earth debris or bed rock. |
| C. | Slow to very rapid movement of water saturated rock debris. |
| D. | Slow-flowing downslope masses of rock debris saturated with water. |
| Answer» C. Slow to very rapid movement of water saturated rock debris. | |
| 42. |
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R.Assertion A: Brazil was successful in its 'Zero Hunger' policy.Reason R: One of the prime concerns for Brazil was the reduction of poverty, hunger and inequality that would help accelerate its growth based economic development policy.Codes: |
| A. | Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A. |
| B. | Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. |
| C. | A is true but R is false. |
| D. | A is false but R is true. |
| Answer» C. A is true but R is false. | |
| 43. |
G. Vargas, who is known as the 'Father of the Poor' is the President of |
| A. | Argentina |
| B. | Chile |
| C. | Mexico |
| D. | Brazil |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
The Argentineans walked out of the Sixth OAS Summit on the following issue: |
| A. | Economic package |
| B. | Malvinas |
| C. | Drug trafficking |
| D. | Oil price |
| Answer» C. Drug trafficking | |
| 45. |
Match List I (States) with List II (Leaders) with the code given below:List I (States) a. Bolivia b. Venezuela c. Mexico d. Chile List II(Leaders)1. Plutanco Elias Calles2. EVO Morales3. Salavador Allende4. Hugo ChavezCodes: a b c d |
| A. | 1 3 4 2 |
| B. | 2 4 1 3 |
| C. | 4 2 3 1 |
| D. | 3 1 2 4 |
| Answer» C. 4 2 3 1 | |
| 46. |
MERCOSUR came into existence in |
| A. | 1985 |
| B. | 1991 |
| C. | 1990 |
| D. | 1986 |
| Answer» C. 1990 | |
| 47. |
Which one of the following is ecologydriven conflict in Latin America? |
| A. | 1969 war between El Salvador and Honduras. |
| B. | 1983 war between UK and Argentina. |
| C. | 1959 US-Cuba Bay of Pigs War. |
| D. | Honduras and Nicaragua. |
| Answer» B. 1983 war between UK and Argentina. | |
| 48. |
The CIA backed coup overthrew the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala in the year |
| A. | 1952 |
| B. | 1954 |
| C. | 1953 |
| D. | 1955 |
| Answer» C. 1953 | |
| 49. |
Arrange the following events in a chronological ascending order.I. UN Truth Commission on Guatemala.II. Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba.III. Zapatista Rebellion.IV. Salvador Allende wins elections in Chile.Codes: |
| A. | II, IV, III, I |
| B. | I, III, II, IV |
| C. | III, I, IV, II |
| D. | IV, II, I, III |
| Answer» B. I, III, II, IV | |
| 50. |
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R.Assertion A: Social movements concerned with peace, environment and women promote a vision of International Security based on people.Reason R: This is important in terms of evolving a richer concept of security.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 true and R is false. |
| D. | A is false and R is true. |
| Answer» B. Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A. | |