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GEOGRAPHY Seat No.
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Geography Paper III III Time Allowed : 2½ Hours] [Maximum Marks : 150 Note : This Paper contains Seventy five (75) multiple choice questions. Each question carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions. (75) (2)
1.
‘Present is key to the past’, who has
1.
stated this ?
2.
(A) Hutton
(A)
(B) Horton
(B)
(C) Davis
(C)
(D) Penck
(D)
Which of the following does not
2.
control the process of erosion ? (A) Climate
(A)
(B) Slope
(B)
(C) Nature of material
(C)
(D) Location of material
(D) 3
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AUG - 36315/III 3.
Given below are the two statements
3.
one labelled as Assertion (A) and
(A)
(R)
the other as Reason (R) : Assertion (A) : Tsunamis are ‘L’
(A)
‘L’
type of waves. Reason (R) : Tsunamis are caused (R) by sudden vertical movement of the earth’s crust. In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ? (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(A) (A)
(R) is the correct explanation of
(R)
(A)
(A)
(B) (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R)
(R)
is
not
the
(R) (R)
(A)
correct
explanation of (A) (C) (A)
(R)
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false (D) (A) (D) (A) is false but (R) is true 4
(R)
AUG - 36315/III 4.
Find out which one of the following
4.
is a mis-match : (A) Oxbow lake
—
Fluvial landscape
(B) Evaporites
—
Arid landscape
(C) Ergs
—
Glacial
(A)
—
(B)
—
(C)
—
(D)
—
landscape (D) Stacks
—
Coastal landscape
5.
Downward movement of soil,
5.
regolith and bed rock under the influence of gravity is called : (A) Disintegration
(A)
(B) Mass wasting
(B)
(C) Physical weathering
(C)
(D) Exfoliation (D) 5
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AUG - 36315/III 6.
Simultaneous erosion and uplift in
6.
fluvial landscape will lead to the development of : (A) Rectangular
drainage (A)
pattern (B) Trellis drainage pattern (C) Superimposed
(B)
drainage (C)
pattern (D)
(D) Antecedent drainage pattern 7.
Triangular shaped polished stones
7.
which appear like miniature pyramids at the foot of the mountains in the desert areas are called as :
(A)
(A) Hamadas (B) (B) Ventifacts (C) Zuegens
(C)
(D) Yardangs
(D) 6
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The theory of plate tectonics does not
8.
provide explanation for : (A) Distribution of continents and oceans
(A)
(B) Distribution of volcanoes and (B)
earthquakes (C) Distribution of igneous rocks
(C)
(D) Distribution of submerged (D)
mountain systems 9.
9.
Which one of the following would increase the albedo of earthatmosphere system ? (A) Glacial Shrinking
(A)
(B) Deforestation
(B)
(C) Thick cloud cover
(C)
(D) Water surface when sun is near
(D)
the zenith
7
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AUG - 36315/III 10. Given below are the two statements
10.
one labelled as Assertion (A) and
(A)
(R)
other as Reason (R) : Assertion (A) : Unlike Celsius and
(A)
Fahrenheit scales, it is not possible to have negative values when using Kelvin scale. Reason
(R)
:
There
is
no (R)
temperature lower than absolute zero. In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct ?
(A) (A) (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R)
(R)
(A)
(R) is the correct explanation of (B) (A)
(A)
(R)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true
(C) (A)
but (R) is not the correct
(R) (A) (R)
explanation of (A) (C) (A) is true but (R) is false
(D) (A)
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true 8
(R)
AUG - 36315/III 11. Which one of the following pairs is
11.
not correctly matched in connection with the motion of atmosphere ? (A) Planetary scale
(1) Waves in
(A)
(1)
(B)
(2)
westerlies (B) Synoptic scale
(2) Valley and mountain breeze
(C) Meso scale
(3) Tornado
(C)
(3)
(D) Micro scale
(4) Turbulance
(D)
(4)
12. Which one of the following is true
12.
for a parcel of rising air but not true for the surrounding air ? (A) Temperature
value
vary (A)
erratically from one level to other (B) Consists
of
different
air
(B)
molecules at each level (C)
(C) Humidity differ erratically from one level to other (D) Change in temperature with
(D)
altitude under either dry or wet adiabatic rate 9
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AUG - 36315/III 13. A given volume of air holds 7.5 grams
of
moisture.
At
13.
7.5
that 30
temperature the air would be saturated with 30 gms of water vapour. What is the relative humidity ?
(A) 100%
(A) 100 percent (B) 30% (B) 30 percent (C) 22.5%
(C) 22.5 percent
(D) 25%
(D) 25 percent 14. The least common of the ten cloud
14.
genera is : (A) Cumulonimbus
(A)
(B) Cirrocumulus
(B)
(C) Altostratus
(C)
(D) Nimbostratus
(D)
10
AUG - 36315/III 15. What is most likely to occur when
15.
a mass of cold air moves into a region occupied by warm air ? (A) A warm front will be formed (A)
and there will be intense precipitation (B) The boundary between the two
(B)
air masses will be a zone of intense high pressure
(C)
(C) The air masses will mix rapidly forming
an
air
mass
of
intermediate temperature (D) A cold front will be formed as
(D)
the warm air will be forced upward 16. Which one of the following is a
16.
(C)
prerequisite criteria for Koppen’s ‘C’ type of climate ? (A) Average temperature of coolest
(A)
month is above 18°C
18°C
(B) Average temperature of coolest
(B)
month is –3°C and above
–3°C
–18°C
–18°C
(C)
(C) Average temperature of coolest
18°C
month is under 18°C and above
–3°C
–3°C (D) Average temperature of coolest
(D)
month is –18°C or below
–18°C 11
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AUG - 36315/III 17. Corals
require
a
sea
water
17.
temperature of .............. (A) 10°C
(A) 10°
(B) 35°C
(B) 35°
(C) over 20°C
(C) 20°
(D) below 5°C
(D) 5°
18. Mangroves ................
18.
(A) Help to protect shorelines
(A)
(B) Grow in lakes and ponds (C) Are salt resistant species
(B)
(D) Are responsible for marine
(C)
pollution
(D)
19. The length of mid-Atlantic ridge is
19.
about ............. (A) 15,000 km
(A) 15,000
(B) 12,000 km
(B) 12,000
(C) 800 km
(C) 800
(D) 10,000 km
(D) 10,000 12
AUG - 36315/III 20. ‘CRZ’ is an abbreviation for ............
20. ‘CRZ’
zone. (A) coastal regulation
(A)
(B) cyclone reconstruction
(B)
(C) calamity relief
(C)
(D) central relief
(D)
21. Selva forests are :
21.
(A) Broad leaf evergreen forests
(A)
(B) Broad leaf deciduous forests
(B)
(C) Coniferous evergreen forests
(C)
(D) Coniferous deciduous forests
(D) 22.
22. The specific place of an organism in an ecosystem is called : (A) Niche
(A)
(B) Autotroph
(B)
(C) Trophic level
(C)
(D) Food pyramid
(D) 13
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AUG - 36315/III 23. Which one of the following is
23.
referred to as the ‘producer’ in marine ecosystem ? (A)
(A) Small fish
(B)
(B) Fungi (C) Zooplankton
(C)
(D) Phytoplankton
(D)
24. Who is known for determining the
24.
latitudes and longitudes of the earth ? (A)
(A) Eratosthenes
(B)
(B) Herodotus (C) Ptolemy
(C)
(D) Strabo
(D)
25. Which one of the following pairs of
25.
geographers is known as founders of modern geography ? (A) Ratzel and Blache
(A)
(B) Allen Semple and Ian Burton
(B)
(C) Blache and Bruhnes
(C)
(D) Carl Ritter and Humboldt
(D) 14
AUG - 36315/III 26. The
phrase
‘‘Quantitative
26.
revolution’’ was first used by : (A) James Conant
(A)
(B) Ian Burton
(B)
(C) Lucien Febvre
(C)
(D) Peter Haggett
(D) 27.
27. Environmental determinism arose from the writings of : (A) Ellen Semple
(A)
(B) Ratzel
(B)
(C) Preston James
(C)
(D) Carl Ritter
(D)
28. The debate over methodological
28.
aspects of regional geography is related to the ............... (A) (A) Quantitative analysis (B) (B) Environmental determinism (C)
(C) Areal variations
(D)
(D) Spatial organisation 15
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AUG - 36315/III 29. Berkeley school at the University of
29.
California was associated with the studies in :
(A)
(A) Cultural Geography (B)
(B) Political Geography (C) Historical Geography
(C)
(D) Physical Geography
(D)
30. Which one of the following forms
30.
the subject matter of radical geography ? (A)
(A) Agricultural problems
(B)
(B) Regional geopolitics (C) Population growth
(C)
(D) Socio-economic inequalities
(D)
31. Select the correct order of decreasing
31. 2011
density of population (2011) : (A) Asia, Europe, Africa, South America (A)
(B) Europe, Asia, Africa, South America
(B)
(C) Asia, Africa, Europe, South America
(C)
(D) Asia, Europe, South America, (D)
Africa 16
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32. In developing countries population pyramid has a : (A) narrow base and wide top
(A)
(B) wide base and wide top
(B)
(C) wide base and narrow top
(C)
(D) narrow base and narrow top
(D)
33. Women
have
a
longer
33.
life
expectancy than men due to : (A) Safer life
(A)
(B) Genetic sturdiness
(B)
(C) Early marriage
(C)
(D) Low health hazard
(D)
34. The changes in the stages of fertility
34.
and mortality is given by : (A) Demographic structure model
(A)
(B) Demographic dividend model
(B)
(C) Demographic transition model
(C)
(D) Demographic profile model
(D) 17
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AUG - 36315/III 35. ‘Reihendorf’
Settlements
35.
are
situated along :
(A) Canal
(A)
(B) River
(B)
(C) Railway
(C)
(D) Road
(D)
36. FSI is the ratio between :
36.
(A) Built-up area allowed and plot area available
(A)
(B) Plot area allowed and open area available
(B)
(C) Built-up area and the open area
(C)
(D) Plot area and built-up area
(D) 18
AUG - 36315/III 37. Non-basic activities of a city refer to
37.
the : (A) Production of goods and services
(A)
to a market outside the city (B) Production of goods and services
(B)
for local population (C) Tertiary and quarternary
(C)
services
(D)
(D) Secondary activities 38.
38. ‘Range of good’ in central place theory means :
(A)
(A) Goods ranging from necessity to luxuries
(B)
(B) Wide ranging quality goods (C) Distance travelled by people to
(C)
obtain a service/good (D) Distance travelled to obtain
(D)
diversified goods 39. Which one of the following pairs is
39.
incorrect ? Tribes
Names of Shifting Cultivation (A)
—
Penda
(B)
—
—
Bewar
(C)
—
—
Koman
(D)
—
(A) Naga
—
Jhum
(B) Maria
—
(C) Baiga (D) Khond
19
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AUG - 36315/III 40. Which one of the following countries practices
commercial
40.
grain
forming ? (A)
(A) Brazil
(B)
(B) Indonesia (C) Argentina
(C)
(D) Finland
(D)
41. Which is the most important reason
41.
for the dwindling forest resources today ? (A)
(A) Soil erosion
(B)
(B) Overfelling (C) Forest fires
(C)
(D) Floods
(D)
42. Which one of the following is a
42.
resource based industry in the respective country ?
(A)
(A) Wine industry in France
(B)
(B) Paper industry in Japan
(C)
(C) Petroleum refining in Pakistan (D) Steel industry in Belgium
(D) 20
AUG - 36315/III 43. Which one of the following is a non-
43.
renewable resource ? (A) Water
(A)
(B) Fish
(B)
(C) Bauxite
(C)
(D) Sodium chloride
(D)
44. The highest hydro-electric power
44.
potential in Africa is found in ............. (A) Southern Part
(A)
(B) North-eastern part
(B)
(C) North-western part
(C)
(D) Tropical part
(D)
45. Lines connecting locations of equal
45.
transport costs are called : (A) isodapanes
(A)
(B) Isotims
(B)
(C) Isohyetes
(C)
(D) Isoquants
(D) 21
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AUG - 36315/III 46.
46. A condition wherein the increase in output that leads to decrease in per unit cost of production is known as ............
(A) (A) Diseconomies of scale (B)
(B) Economies of sustenance (C) Economic system
(C)
(D) Economies of scale
(D) 47.
47. A state is a .............. unit. (A) Sovereign
(A)
(B) Democratic
(B)
(C) Liberal
(C)
(D) Autocratic
(D)
48. Frontiers are not characterised by
48.
.............. (A)
(A) rudimentary socio-economic relations
(B)
(B) rebelliousness and lawlessness
(C)
(C) affiliation (D)
(D) integrating factor 22
AUG - 36315/III 49. Pick up the odd pair of countries in relation to the nature of their boundary :
49.
(A) Uruguay and Argentina
(A)
(B) Zaire and Congo
(B)
(C) Myanmar and Thailand
(C)
(D) Switzerland and Germany
(D)
50. Jajmani System is based on the relationship of .............
50.
(A) Patron-client
(A)
(B) Landlord-tenant
(B)
(C) Landlord-patron
(C)
(D) Patron-tenant
(D)
51. Which of the following characteristics are found in developing countries ?
51.
(a) High population growth rates (a)
(b) Large number of people living in poverty
(b)
(c) Very traditional methods of agricultural production
(c)
(d) Mechanised agricultural production methods
(d)
Select the appropriate option from the following : (A) (a) and (b) (B) (b) and (c) (C) (c) and (d) (D) (a) and (d) 23
(A) (a)
(b)
(B) (b)
(c)
(C) (c)
(d)
(D) (a)
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AUG - 36315/III 52. Which of the following are attributes
52.
of spatial interaction ? (a) Spatial complementarity
(a)
(b) Distance decay
(b)
(c) Diffusion
(c)
(d) Interviewing opportunity (d) Select the appropriate option from the following : (A) (a)
(b)
(B) (c) and (d)
(B) (c)
(d)
(C) (a), (b) and (c)
(C) (a), (b)
(c)
(D) (a), (b) and (d)
(D) (a), (b)
(d)
(A) (a) and (b)
53. Which of the following languages
53.
belongs to Austric family ? (A) Kinnauri
(A)
(B) Kuruba
(B)
(C) Munda
(C)
(D) Banjari
(D) 24
AUG - 36315/III 54. ............... province of Canada has a
54.
majority of French Speaking population. (A)
(A) Ontario (B) Quebec
(B)
(C) British Columbia
(C)
(D) Alberta
(D)
55. Given below are the two statements,
55.
one labelled as Statement (A) and
(A)
(R)
the other as Reason (R) : Statement geography
(A)
:
has
Regional
(A) :
changed
considerably. (R) :
Reason (R) : It now includes both analysis and synthesis. Select the correct alternative using the codes below :
(A) (A)
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(B) (A)
(A)
(R)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but is
not
the
(R)
(A)
(R) is the correct explanation of
(R)
(R)
(C) (A)
correct
(R) (A) (R)
explanation of (A) (C) (A) is true but (R) is false
(D) (A)
(R)
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true 25
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AUG - 36315/III 56. The Russian concept of Territorial
56.
Production Complex is an extension of ................ (A) (A) Central place theory (B)
(B) Growth pole concept (C) Core-periphery concept
(C)
(D) Diffusion model
(D)
57. Give the correct sequence of effects
57.
observed around growth centres : (A) Agglomeration effect, Backwash
(A)
effect, spread effect (B) Agglomeration effect, spread
(B)
effect, backwash effect (C) Backwash effect, spread effect,
(C)
agglomeration effect (D) Spread effect, agglomeration
(D)
effect, backwash effect 26
AUG - 36315/III 58. ................... is a major hurdle in
58. ...................
development of Uttarakhand. (A) Poor
human
resource (A)
development
(B)
(B) Absence of resource base (C) Physical isolation
(C)
(D) Poverty
(D)
59. The main attribute of functional
59.
region is .............. (A) Functional homogeneity
(A)
(B) Functional heterogeneity
(B)
(C) Stakeholders’ participation
(C)
(D) Functional superiority
(D)
60. Who formalised the concept that
60.
there exists relationship between spatial organisation and national development ? (A) (A) Luten (B) (B) Dickens (C) (C) Kuklinski (D)
(D) Friedmann 27
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AUG - 36315/III 61. Regions delineated on the basis of
61.
transport network are : (A)
(A) Natural regions
(B)
(B) Nodal regions
(C)
(C) Planning regions
(D)
(D) Resource regions 62. Which of the following is the correct
62.
sequence of belts from Siwaliks to active flood plains of North Indian Plains ? (A) Bha b a r— Te ra i — K h ad a r — Bangar
(A)
(B) Bh a b a r — T e r a i — B a ng a r — (B)
Khadar (C) Ba n g a r — T e ra i — K ha d a r —
(C)
Bhabar (D) Bhabar—Khadar—Bangar—
(D)
Terai 28
AUG - 36315/III 63. Which type of vegetation is
63.
necessarily confined to the narrow zone of tidal limits ? (A) Alpine vegetation
(A)
(B) Tropical rainforest
(B)
(C) Tropical deciduous
(C)
(D) Mangrove
(D)
64. Main cause for the winter rains in
64.
the state of Jammu and Kashmir is that ........... (A) (A) the area enjoys mediterranean climate (B) (B) it is the area of high elevation (C)
(C) it comes under the influence of sub-tropical westerlies
(D)
(D) it comes under the influence of tropical easterly jet stream 29
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AUG - 36315/III 65. Decrease in total forest coverage in
65.
India is primarily due to .......... (A) Extreme Climatic variability
(A)
(B) Exponential urbanisation
(B)
(C) Commercial exploitation
(C)
(D) Illegal deforestation
(D)
66. Which two of the following are the
66.
field-refineries in India ? (a) Panipat
(a)
(b) Mathura
(b)
(c) Koyali
(c)
(d) Digboi
(d)
Select the appropriate places from the following pairs : (A) (a) and (b) (B) (b) and (c) (C) (c) and (d) (D) (d) and (a) 30
(A) (a)
(b)
(B) (b)
(c)
(C) (c)
(d)
(D) (d)
(a)
AUG - 36315/III 67. According to the international
67.
ecotourism society’s definition of 2015
2015, which of the following is
not direct component of the ecotourism ? (A) Well being of the local people (A) (B) Conservation
of
the
environment (C) Preservation
(B) of
the (C)
environment (D)
(D) Responsible travel 68. Which of the following states has
68.
maximum number of major dams in the country ? (A) (A) Karnataka (B) (B) Uttar Pradesh (C)
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D)
(D) Maharashtra 31
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AUG - 36315/III 69. In symbolisation of quantitative
69.
data on maps ............... is the primary variable which is visually more effective. (A) (A) Shape (B)
(B) Colour
(C)
(C) Size
(D)
(D) Orientation 70. In GIS, the process of assigning the
70.
co-ordinates of locational features to the corresponding attribute value is known as ............ (A)
(A) Geo-stitching (B) Geo-coding
(B)
(C) Geo-pairing
(C)
(D) Geo-pasting
(D) 32
AUG - 36315/III 71.
71. Measurement of areas under different landuses belongs to ............... scale of measurement.
(A)
(A) Nominal
(B)
(B) Ordinal
(C)
(C) Interval
(D)
(D) Ratio 72.
72. If the frequencies are concentrated at number of locations over the range of data it will be called .............. distribution.
(A) (A) Negatively skewed (B) (B) Laptokurtic (C)
(C) Multimodal
(D)
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techniques you will use for testing the validity of a categorisation of observed values of a variable ? (A)
(A) Students’ t-test (B) Analysis of variance
(B)
(C) Chi-square test
(C)
(D) Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) test
(D)
74. Which of the following techniques is
‘t’
(KS)
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best suited for the analysis of inequality of distribution ? (A)
(A) Lorenz curve (B) Scaling technique
(B)
(C) Rank order analysis
(C)
(D) Weighted score
(D)
75. A standard normal distribution will
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have : (A) Mean = 1 and Std. Dev. = 1
(A)
= 1
= 1
(B) Mean = 0 and Std. Dev. = 0
(B)
= 0
= 0
(C) Mean = 0 and Std. Dev. = 1
(C)
= 0
= 1
(D) Mean = 1 and Std. Dev. = 0
(D)
= 1
= 0
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