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1. Endogenetic forces cause relief to ………………
(A) Increase
(B) Decrease
(C) Get distributed
(D) Get concealed

2. Continental drift theory was not accepted because …………….
(A) The evidences cited were inadequate
(B) Explanation about force was not acceptable
(C) Jig-saw fit has gaps
(D) The evidences cited were not convincing

3. Which of the following is not true about the esker ?
(A) It is a depositional landform
(B) It is a landform of glacial action
(C) It is a long extending elevated form
(D) It is an egg shaped hill

4. Which of the following forms of transformation is not possible by wind ?
(A) Suspension
(B) Saltation
(C) Solution
(D) Drag

5. Which of the following landforms is predominently produced by weathering ?
(A) Abrasion platform
(B) Honeycomb and Taffoni
(C) Stack
(D) Geos

6. The gusty dry and warm winds of Rockies are :
(A) Foehn
(B) Loo
(C) Mistral
(D) Chinook

7. The greenhouse gas released by livestock is :
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Methane
(C) Ozone
(D) Nitrogen oxide

8. The average net radiation balance of atmosphere is ……………………. kilo langleys.
(A) Zero
(B) +79
(C) –79
(D) 66

9. The cyclone formed over Arabian Sea during June 2010 was named :
(A) Laila
(B) Aila
(C) Pheta
(D) Nargis

10. Concept of potential evapotranspiration was proposed first in :
(A) 1925
(B) 1931
(C) 1948
(D) 1955

11. Plants of monsoon region are called :
(A) Hydrophytes
(B) Hygrophytes
(C) Tropophytes
(D) Xerophytes

12. Blue mud results from disintegration of rocks containing :
(A) Iron oxide and ochreous matter
(B) Silicates of potassium and glauconite
(C) Skeletons and shells
(D) Sulphide and organic matter

13. The water body with highest salinity is :
(A) Lake Van
(B) Dead Sea
(C) Lake Sambhar
(D) Great Salt Lake

14. Which one of the following is the most important element of ecosystem ?
(A) Ecological succession
(B) Energy flow
(C) Food chain
(D) Food web

15. The warm current that flows along the Peruvian Coast is called :
(A) Peru
(B) El Nino
(C) La Nina
(D) Gulf Stream

16. Who is considered as the founder of human geography ?
(A) Humboldt
(B) Blache
(C) Ratzel
(D) Taylor

17. The term possibilism is coined by :
(A) Taylor
(B) Blache
(C) Hartshorne
(D) Febvre

18. Griffith Taylor promoted :
(A) Voluntarism
(B) Stop and go determinism
(C) Possibilism
(D) Determinism

19. Miss Semple was a disciple of :
(A) Ratzel
(B) Ritter
(C) Humboldt
(D) Blache

20. ‘‘Anthropogeographie’’ is authored by :
(A) Yi-Fu-Tuan
(B) Ratzel
(C) Spencer
(D) Blache

21. …………………. model appears similar to that of Von Thunen.
(A) Multiple nuclie
(B) Sector
(C) Concentric
(D) Distance decay

22. Settlement developing in dry elevated location surrounded by marshy area is called :
(A) Wet point settlement
(B) Dry point settlement
(C) Oasis settlement
(D) Hill top settlement

23. Who introduced the concept of Rank-size rule ?
(A) R.E. Dickinson
(B) G.K. Zipf
(C) A.E. Smailes
(D) W. Christaller

24. Natural increase in population refers to :
(A) Number of births minus number of deaths
(B) Number of births minus number of deaths minus number of outmigrants
(C) Number of inmegrants minus number of outmigrants
(D) Number of births plus number of inmigrants minus number of outmigrants

25. Migration of sheperds in hilly area is termed as ………………
(A) Commuting
(B) Seasonal migration
(C) Stepwise migration
(D) Transhumance

26. …………………. occupation is ‘‘Red Collar’’ job.
(A) Hotellier
(B) Beautician
(C) Research scientist
(D) Fisherman

27. Resources are :
(A) Natural endowments
(B) Valuable endowments
(C) Natural potentialities
(D) Exploited potentialities

28. Agglomeration economies are :
(A) Internal to firm
(B) Internal to industry
(C) External to industry
(D) Internal to region

29. The term ‘Range of goods’ refers to :
(A) Range of goods sold
(B) Spatial range of goods sold
(C) Maximum distance over which a consumer moves to purchase goods
(D) Range of customer drawn

30. Japan imports wood because she :
(A) Does not possess forests
(B) Wants to save its forests
(C) Has poor quality forests
(D) Has no accessible forests

31. Mackinder termed Eurasia as ‘‘World Island’’ because :
(A) It was surrounded by oceans
(B) It had the largest number of nations
(C) It was at the centre of the world
(D) It accounted for about 40% of land and 80% of world population

32. The worst form of Apartheid in the 20th century was in :
(A) Congo
(B) Kenya
(C) Ethiopia
(D) South Africa

33. Central Asia is a part of :
(A) Islamic culture realm
(B) East Asian culture realm
(C) Meso-African culture realm
(D) European culture realm

34. Which is the smallest minority religious group in Maharashtra ?
(A) Buddhists
(B) Christians
(C) Jains
(D) Sikhs

35. Garo and Khasi tribes are found in :
(A) Assam
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Manipur
(D) Meghalaya

36. ‘‘Functional’’ region is best described as an area with :
(A) Functional uniformity
(B) Functional superiority
(C) Functional nodality
(D) Common interest

37. …………………….. is the most refined technique for agglomerative regionalisation.
(A) Ranking
(B) Median and quartile
(C) Mean and standard deviation
(D) ‘Z’ score

38. India had annual plans in ………….
(A) Late 1960s
(B) Early 1970s
(C) Late 1970s
(D) Mid 1980s

39. Green Revolution aimed at :
(A) Enhancing farm production
(B) Increasing farm yield
(C) Reducing social disparities
(D) Reducing regional disparities

40. Chhattisgarh is a :
(A) Dynamic region
(B) Potential region
(C) Problem region
(D) Depressed region

41. The highest peak in India is :
(A) Mt. Everest
(B) Godwin Austin
(C) Kanchenjunga
(D) Nandadevi

42. Identify the pair that does not match :
(A) Regur—Basalt
(B) Red soil—Granite
(C) Clayey soil—Schist
(D) Laterites soil—Sandstone

43. The coast of Tamil Nadu has ………….. forests.
(A) Dry deciduous
(B) Moist deciduous
(C) Dry evergreen
(D) Evergreen

44. Maximum proportion of area under well irrigation is in :
(A) Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Punjab
(D) Rajasthan

45. Maximum production of bauxite in India comes from :
(A) Gujarat
(B) Jharkhand
(C) Orissa
(D) Maharashtra

46. For isopleth maps the locational data related to ………………………. is necessary.
(A) Points
(B) Lines
(C) Areas
(D) Time

47. Which of the following IRS satellite data can facilitate developing a true colour composite ?
(A) IRS 1A/B
(B) IRS 1C/D
(C) Resource sat 1
(D) Cartosat

48. A ratio of mean to the standard deviation is referred as …………..
(A) coefficient of variation
(B) coefficient of correlation
(C) coefficient of regression
(D) coefficient of concentration

49. Which two of the following are not parametric tests ?
(a) Students ‘t’test
(b) Chi-square test
(c) Snedecor’s ‘F’ test
(d) Kolmogrove-Smirnov test
(A) (a) and (b)
(B) (b) and (c)
(C) (b) and (d)
(D) (a) and (c)

50. Which of the following sampling techniques is recommended to draw a sample of villages, spread in a number of Talukas, from a district ?
(A) Systematic sampling
(B) Cluster sampling
(C) Stratified sampling
(D) Random sampling