This is the official Question Paper and Answer Key for the Paper 2 geography exam held on October 20, 2022, as obtained from the nta ugcnet website.
This paper comprises 100 multiple-choice questions, each worth two (2) points. Try each of them.
Q.1. Which of the following is correct about the Raster data model in GIS?
(A) Raster data model is a simple data structure
(B) All pixels are of same size and shape
(C) Smaller file size
(D) Raster data model is compatible with remote sensing imageries
(E) Difficult overlay operations
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (B) and (D) only
(2) (A) and (C) only
(3) (C) and (E) only
(4) (A), (B) and (E) only
Answer: 1
Q.2. Which of the following statement is/are correct?
(A) Denudation involves weathering, mass wasting and erosion
(B) Physical Weathering and Mechanical Weathering process differ only in scale
(C) In dry climates, salt-crystal growth and weathering lead to the formation of distinctive hollowed-out near the bases of sandstone cliff
(D) Exfoliation occurs when temperature changes cause minerals to expand and contract at different rates
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (B) only
(2) (A) and (C) only
(3) (B) and (D) only
(4) (A) only
Answer: 2
Q.3. Given below are two statements: one is labeled as Assertion A, and the other is labeled as Reason R
Assertion (A): In terrestrial ecosystems (grassland, forests) the pyramid of biomass is upright with broad base
Reasons (R): In terrestrial ecosystems the biomass increase from primary to tertiary consumers
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(3) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
(4) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct
Answer: 3
Q.4. Match List I with List II:
List I (Wind Type)
(A) Bores
(B) Eurus
(C) Notus
(D) Zephyrus
List II (Wind Characteristics)
(I) Warm and gentle
(II) Advancing storm
(III) Strong and cool with clear skies
(IV) Dreaded and balmy
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
(3) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
(4) (A)-(I), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
Answer: 2
Q.5. The report entitled ‘Our Common Futured’ was submitted in 1987 by:
(1) Food and Agricultural Organization
(2) World Meteorological Organization
(3) Intergovernmental Panel on climate change
(4) Brundtland Commission
Answer: 4
Q.6. Match List I with List II:
List I
Minerals/Power resources
(A) Manganese
(B) Copper
(C) Bauxite
(D) Coal
List II
Name of mines
(1) Dungarpur, Malanjkhand
(II) Balaghat, Chhindwada
(III) North Karnpur, Jhilmili
(IV) Bolangir, Udgeri
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
(1) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
(2) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(3) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
(4) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
Answer: 1
Q.7. In the expansion of tourism industry, which events played a significant role in a chronological order
(A) Advent of wheel
(B) End of World War I
(C) Thomas Cook arranged the first package tour between Leicester and Loughborough in U.K.
(D) Usage of Jet planes for movement of passengers
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (C), (B) and (D) only
(2) (A), (B), (C) and (D) only
(3) (A), (D) (B) and (C) only
(4) (A), (D), (C) and (B) only
Answer: 1
Q.8. Match List I with List II:
List I
Places of Earthquakes
(A) Bam (Iran)
(B) Mexico City
(C) San Francisco
(D) Java
List II
Tectonic Environment
(I) Subduction zone
(II) Transform boundaries
(III) Under sea subduction
(IV) Blind faults
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)
(2) (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
(3) (A)-(I), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
(4) (A)-(I), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)
Answer: 2
Q.9. Which ministry of Government of India looks after Census operations in India?
(1) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
(2) Ministry of Education
(3) Ministry of Home Affairs
(4) Ministry of Finance
Answer: 3
Q.10. The proper sequence of ridges from South to North in the Indian Ocean is
(A) Kergelen-Gausserberg ridge : Chagos- Saint Paul ridge : Socotra-Chagos ridge : Laccadive-Chagos ridge
(B) Kergelen-Gausserberg ridge : Chagos- Saint Paul ridge : Socotra-Chagos ridge : Andaman-Nicobar ridge
(C) Chagos-Saint Paul ridge : Kergelen- Gausserberg ridge: Socotra-Chagos ridge : Laccadive-Chagos ridge
(D) Chagos-Saint Paul ridge : Kergelen- Gausserberg ridge: Socotra-Chagos ridge : Andaman-Nicobar ridge
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (B) and (D) only
(2) (A), (B) and (C) only
(3) (A) and (B) only
(4) (B), (C) and (D) only
Answer: 3
Q.11. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Shafi calculated agricultural productivity through ranking co-efficient method in the year 1990.
Statement II: Agricultural productivity as an input-output ratio was calculated by Khusro in the year 1964.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
(2) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
(3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Answer: 4
Q.12. Which of the following are methods of linear contrast image enhancement?
(A) Minimum – maximum stretch
(B) Histogram equalisation
(C) Density slicing
(D) Histogram normalisation
(E) Saturation stretch
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (B) only
(2) (A) and (C) only
(3) (B) and (D) only
(4) (A) and (E) only
Answer: 4
Q.13. Which one of the following fault has greater risk of landslides?
(1) Strike-slip or Transcurrent fault
(2) Normal fault
(3) Reverse fault
(4) Over thrust fault
Answer: 3
Q.14. Arrange top five wheat producing states of India (in 2020-21) in descending order.
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Haryana
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Punjab
(E) Madhya Pradesh
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (D), (B), (E), (C)
(2) (A), (D), (E), (B), (C)
(3) (A), (E), (B), (D), (C)
(4) (D), (A), (B), (E), (C)
Answer: 1
Q.15. Crop Diversification Index = Σx²/(Σx)² In the above formula. ‘x’ refers to:
(1) Gross cropped area
(2) Total cropped area by each crop
(3) Net sown area
(D) Net sown area occupied by each crop
Answer: 2
Q.16. Which of the following are defining features of positivism?
(A) Metaphysics
(B) Empiricism
(C) Normative values
(D) Unification of Scientific laws
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (B) and (D) only
(2) (A) and (B) only
(3) (A) and (C) only
(4) (C) and (D) only
Answer: 1
Q.17. Which of the following statements are True?
(A) Estimates for Life expectancy can be obtained from Life table
(B) Improvement in Life expectancy is one of the causes of population ageing
(C) Infant Mortality Rate is defined as the number of deaths of children below one year per 1000 mid year population theory
(D) Malthus proposed demographic transition
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (B) only
(2) only (C)
(3) (C) and (D) only
(4) (A) (R) and (C) only
Answer: 1
Q.18. Which two of the following alphabetical symbols represent ‘the wet tropics’ climate according to Koppen’s climate classification?
(A) BHw
(B) Af
(C) Dfc
(D) Am
(E) BSh
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (E) only
(2) (B) and (D) only
(3) (B) and (C) only
(4) (A) and (C) only
Answer: 2
Q.19. The dating and study of annual rings of trees is called:
(1) Morphology
(2) Eccentricity
(3) Precession
(4) Dendrochronology
Answer: 4
Q.20. Five Indian metros with respect to total population are arranged in descending order, which of the following sequence is correct?
(1) Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru
(2) Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai,
(3) Bengaluru c Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai
(4) Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru
Answer: 1
Q.21. An ecological succession which begins on a place rich in inorganic contents but poor in organic contents is called:
(1) Autogenic succession
(2) Allogenic succession
(3) Induced succession
(4) Autotrophic succession
Answer: 4
Q.22. A Scholar of which origin coined the term permafrost to explain the frozen characteristics of the Siberian Soils?
(1) American
(2) British
(3) French
(4) German
Answer: 4
Q.23. According to Census of India, 2011 which are the top-three states in descending order with the largest size of Scheduled Tribe (ST) population.
(A) Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra
(B) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha
(C) Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan
(D) Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) only
(2) (B) only
(3) (C) only
(4) (D) only
Answer: 2
Q.24. Which of the following statement is not correct?
(A) More than one-half of the global population reside in areas below 200 meteres and above mean sea level
(B) More than 50% of the global population lives on 25% of the land surface
(C) 90% of the global population reside in the northern hemisphere
(D) The margins of continents are highly populated than interiors Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (C) only
(2) (B) only
(3) (D) only
(4) (A) only
Answer: 2
Q.25. Map is showing the passes of Kashmir Himalayas. Which of the sequence of labelled passes in ascending order is correct
(1) 1. Karakoram 2. Qura Tag 3. Lanak La 4. Chang La 5. Umasi La 6. Banihal 7. Pir Panjal 8. Zoji La
(2) 1. Karakoram 2. Qura Tag 3. Chang La 4. Lanak La 5. Umasi La 6. Banihal 7. Pir Panjal 8. Zoji La
(3) 1. Karakoram 2. Aghil 3. Lanak La 4. Umasi La 5. Chang La 6. Banihal 7. Pir Panjal 8. Zoji La
(4) 1. Karakoram 2. Saser La 3. Lanak La 4. Chang La 5. Umasi La 6. Pir Panjal 7. Qura Tag 8. Zoji La
Answer: 1
Q.26. Match List I with List II:
List I
Transport Network Measures and Connectivity
(A) Eta Index
(B) Theta Index
(C) Beta Index
(D) Alpha Index
List II
Definition
(I) Measures the level of connectivity in a graph and is expressed by the relationship between the number of links over the number of nodes
(II) Average length per link
(III) Average amount of traffic per intersection
(IV) It evaluates the number of cycles in a graph in comparison with the maximum number of cycles
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(2) (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
(3) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
(4) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
Answer: 4
Q.27. As per Census of India. 2011 arrange the following Union Territories in a descending order according to the recorded literacy rates.
(A) Chandigarh, Puducherry, Daman & Diu, Dadar Nagar Haveli
(B) Puducherry, Chandigarh, Dadar Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
(C) Chandigarh, Dadar Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Daman & Diu
(D) Daman & Diu, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Dadar Nagar Haveli
(E) Daman & Diu, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Dadar Nagar Haveli
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) only
(2) (A) and (E) only
(3) (A), (B) and (E) only
(4) (E) only
Answer: 4
Q.28. Match List I with List II:
List I
Scholar
(A) Gaylord Nelson
(B) A.E. Douglas
(C) Charles Elton
(D) Ernst Haeckel
List II
Concept/Term/Contribution
(I) Ecology
(II) Ecological Niche
(III) Earth day
(IV) Dendrochronology
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(1), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(1)
(3) (A)-(11), (B)-(III), (C)-(1), (D)-(IV)
(4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(1), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)
Answer: 2
Q.29. Ammonification is an important process in:
(1) Phosphorus cycle
(2) Carbon cycle
(3) Nitrogen cycle
(4) Oxygen cycle
Answer: 3
Q.30. To examine the state world of environment and development beyond 2000. UN General Assembly set up World Development (WCED) in 1983. which is also known as:
(1) Commission on Sustainable Development
(2) Brundtland Commission
(3) Agenda-21
(4) Chipko Commission
Answer: 2
Q.31. Match List I with List II:
List I
Thematic Maps
(A) Qualitative
(B) Semi-Quantitative
(C) Quantitative
(D) Special
List II
Data Type represented: Example
(I) Interval and Ratio Data: Chropleth maps
(II) Virtual maps generated digitally using computers: Landform maps
(III) Nominal Data: Chorochromatic maps
(IV) Symbolization/Ordinal data: choroschematic map
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(3) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(4) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
Answer: 3
Q.32. Given below are two statements: one is labeled as Assertion A and the other is labeled as Reason R
Assertion (A): During an equinox the length of daylight is 12 hours everywhere on Earth
Reasons (R): On equinox the circle of illumination passes directly through the poles dividing the latitudes in half
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(3) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct (A)
(4) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct (A)
Answer: 1
Q.33. Which one of the following/statistical technique is used to analyse the interdependence of the variables?
(1) Location Quotient
(2) Standard Score
(3) Co-efficient of variability
(4) Principal Components Analysis
Answer: 4
Q.34. Which of the following are characterized by stratovolcanoes?
(A) Basaltic magma
(B) Involves inter layered strata
(C) Magma is gassy and highly viscous
(D) Magma emerges under low pressure
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (D) only
(2) (B) and (D) only
(3) (A) and (C) only
(4) (B) and (C) only
Answer: 4
Q.35. In 2020-21. India exported poultry products to which of the following countries?
(A) Oman
(B) Maldives
(C) Pakistan
(D) Indonesia
(E) Thailand
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) only
(2) (A) and (B) only
(3) (C) and (E) only
(4) (A), (B) and (D) only
Answer: 4
Q.36. Arrange the following trace gases in correct sequence of their concentration in atmosphere in descending order:
(A) Methane
(B) Krypton
(C) Helium
(D) Neon
(E) Hydrogen
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (E), (B), (D), (A), (C)
(2) (D), (B), (E), (A), (C)
(3) (D), (C), (A), (B), (E)
(4) (D), (E), (B), (A), (C)
Answer: 3
Q.37. Niche Market tour operators have increased in number to satisfy specialist holiday, which includes
(A) Theme Parks
(B) Cruise
(C) Sports tourism
(D) Family Gathering tourism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (B) and (C) only
(2) (A), (B) and (D) only
(3) (A), (C) and (D) only
(4) (D) only
Answer: 1
Q.38. Given below are two statements: one is labeled as Assertion A and the other is labeled as Reason R
Assertion (A): Any lack of water to satisfy the normal needs of agriculture, livestock, industry or human population may be termed as a drought
Reasons (R): Drought is a distress situation caused by lack of rainfall
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(3) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
(4) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct
Answer: 1
Q.39. Cambay Graben is associated with which one of the following earthquake?
(1) Bhuj earthquake
(2) Latur earthquake
(3) Jabalpur earthquake
(4) Quetta, Baluchistan earthquake
Answer: 1
Q.40. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(1) Cherry Blossoms – Karnataka
(2) Norwesters – West Bengal, Assam and Odisha
(3) Loo-North India
(4) Mango showers Maharashtra
Answer: 4
Q.41. A regressive population age structure is likely to be encountered in a country:
(1) which has completed the demographic transition
(2) where the young and old population are balanced
(3) Which has young population
(4) which is in the early expanding stage of demographic transition
Answer: 1
Q.42. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
(A) The BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand) of sewage water is very high
(B) The aerobic organisms rapidly increase in sewage water due to low content of dissolved oxygen
(C) Ecology is the study of interrelationship between the organisms and their physical environment
(D) Parasites are those organisms, which do not depend on other living organisms for their food
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) only
(2) (C) only
(3) (A) and (C) only
(4) (B) and (D) only
Answer: 3
Q.43. Which of the following is/are not the cause/causes in Brahmaputra river system?
(A) Tributaries of Brahmaputra bring huge quantity of water and silt. heavy deposit of silt has raised the river bed
(B) Faulty agricultural practices
(C) Occasional earthquakes have brought about changes in the course of river
(D) Broadness of the Brahmaputra Valley
(E) Very high population pressure has forced the population to live in the flood prone area
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) only
(2) (B) and (C) only
(3) (B) and (D) only
(4) (E) only
Answer: 3
Q.44. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
(A) Carl Ritter – Continentality concepts
(B) Alexander Von Humboldt – Teleological Approach
(C) Oscar Peschel – Das Ausland
(D) Varenius – Critique of Pure Reason
(E) Immanuel Kant General History of – Nature of the Heavens
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (C) only
(2) (B) and (E) only
(3) (D) and (E) only
(4) (C) and (E) only
Answer: 4
Q.45. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is a raster format
Statement II: All pixels are of different shape and size in DEM
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
(2) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
(3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Answer: 3
Q.46. Two of the following ocean currents are responsible for reducing the temperature of bordering coastal zones:
(A) Benguela current
(B) Kurosiwo current
(C) Brazil current
(D) Canaries current
(E) Gulf stream
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (B) only
(2) (A) and (C) only
(3) (A) and (D) only
(4) (D) and (E) only
Answer: 3
Q.47. Which one of the following local wind is a Katabatic wind?
(1) Chinook.
(2) Foehn
(3) Santa Ana
(4) Mistral
Answer: 4
Q.48. Which agency is associated with IKONOS remote sensing data?
(1) Digital Globe
(2) imageSat International Inc.
(3) Digital Image
(4) ORB Image
Answer: 1
Q.49. Arrange the following continents of the world in descending order on the basis of curtent population density (persons per km²)
(A) Asia
(B) North America
(C) Africa
(D) Europe
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (C), (B), (A), (D)
(2) (A), (C), (D), (B)
(3) (B), (A), (C), (D)
(4) (D), (A), (B), (C)
Answer: 2
Q.50. Match List I with List II:
List I
Iron and Steel Plants
(A) TISCO. Jamshedpur
(B) VISL. Bhadravati
(C) HSL. Bhilai
(D) BSL. Bokaro
List II
Source of Iron ore
(I) Kemmangundi mines
(II) Noamundi. Gurumahisani mines
(III) Kiriburu mines
(IV) Dalh-Rajhara range
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
(2) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(3) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
(4) (A)-(I), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
Answer: 3
Q.51. Match List I with List II:
List I
Name of soil
(A) Calcareous clayey soil
(B) Red loamy soil
(C) Podzolic soil
(D) Soil with low organic matter. low nitrogen and other plant nutrients
List II
Area
(I) Chotanagpur highlands
(II) Mid-altitudinal zones of Himalaya
(III) Desert soil
(IV) Khadar
Choose the corect answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
(2) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
(3) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
(4) (A)-(11), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
Answer: 1
Q.52. Identify the type of universe origin as discussed in the cosmology of Vedas.
(A) Philosophical origin
(B) Artistic origin
(C) Instrumental origin
(D) Chemical origin
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (C) only
(2) (B) and (D) only
(3) (A), (B) and (C) only
(4) (C) and (D) only
Answer: 3
Q.53. Knock-knee syndrome (outward bending of legs from knees) is mainly caused due to:
(1) Fluoride pollution
(2) Lead pollution
(3) Mercury pollution
(4) Carbon-di-oxide pollution
Answer: 1
Q.54. Match List I with List II:
List I
Name of the Scholar
(A) Sadler
(B) Ricardo
(C) Thompson
(D) Stouffer
List II
Principle/Law/Model
(I) Net impact of population growth on economy
(II) Intervening opportunity model
(III) Fertility varies inversely with density
(IV) Demographic Transition model
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(2) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
(3) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
Answer: 3
Q.55. What is true about the Heartland theory?
(A) It was published thrice in 1904, 1914 and 1943
(B) It was put forward by a German geographer HJ Mackinder
(C) It was based on land versus sea power struggle in world History
(D) The predictions of the theory came to be true and Germany became the superpower in the world
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) only
(2) (A) and (C) only
(3) (C) only
(4) (C) and (D) only
Answer: 3
Q.56. Arrange the following left bank tributaries of The Ganga from west to east
(A) Ram Ganga
(B) Gomti
(C) Gandak
(D) Ghaghra
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (B), (D), (C) and (A) only
(2) (A), (C), (D) and (B) only
(3) (A), (B), (D) and (C) only
(4) (A), (C), (B) and (D) only
Answer: 3
Q.57. Identify two Swedish scholars who contributed in the field of climatology
(A) Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
(B) Anders Celsius
(C) Vilhelm Bjerknes
(D) Tor Bergeron
(E) Gaspard Gustav Coriolis
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (E) only
(2) (B) and (C) only
(3) (B) and (D) only
(4) (B) and (E) only
Answer: 3
Q.58. Which one of the following is not a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)?
(1) Vantangia
(2) Marram Nagas
(3) Seharias
(4) Reangs
Answer: 1
Q.59. Which of the following oil field/fields of India is/are correctly matched?
(A) Assam – Moran – Huegrijan oil field
(B) Gujrat-Lunej, Kalol oil fields
(C) East Coast offshore oil fields – Olkad, Asjol
(D) West Coast offshore oil fields – Bassein, Aliabet
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (B) only
(2) (A), (B) and (D) only
(3) (A), (B) and (C) only
(4) (B) and (D) only
Answer: 2
Q.60. In India National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (NAAQM) programme initiated by: was
(1) National Environmental Research Institute
(2) Central Pollution Control Board
(3) India Meteorological Department
(4) National Institute of Urban Affairs
Answer: 2
Q.61. Which perspective in geography is associated with Ferdinand de Saussure?
(1) Positivism
(2) Behaviouralism
(3) Feminism
(4) Structuralism
Answer: 4
Q.62. Which of the following is associated with international agreement on ‘substances that deplete the ozone layer’
(1) Paris Agreement
(2) Marrakech Accord
(3) Kyoto Protocol
(4) Montreal Protocol
Answer: 4
Q.63. Which of the following pairs match correctly?
(A) Wall map – 1:1,980
(B) Large scale plan – 1: 100
(C) Topographical map – 1:250,000
(D) Atlas map – 1:250
(E) Cadestral map – 1:3,960
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (E) only
(2) (A) and (C) only
(3) (B), (C) and (E) only
(4) (B) and (D) only
Answer: 3
Q.64. How does Gunnar Mrydal (1957) describe the generation of regional inequalities at the national and international levels in his theory of Circular Cumulative Causation?
(1) Forward and backward linkages
(2) Push and pull factors
(3) Backwash and spread effects
(4) Balance and unbalanced growth
Answer: 3
Q.65. Which term is used by W. Penck to denote waning development of landforms?
(1) Primarumpf
(2) Aufsteigende entwickelung
(3) Gleichformige entwickelung
(4) Absteigende entwickelung
Answer: 4
Q.66. In which one of the following fronts, warm air is completely displaced from the ground surface?
(1) Occluded front
(2) Cold front
(3) Warm front
(4) Stationary front
Answer: 1
Q.67. Who among the following authors have proposed ‘Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC)’ model illustrating How tourism develops and changes over time in a region?
(1) John Glasson, 1956
(2) Richard Butler, 1980
(3) David Harvey, 1945
(4) Robert Prosser, 1982
Answer: 2
Q.68. Identify the correct statement from the following:
(1) Wind is deflected to its right in the southern hemisphere
(2) Geostrophic wind blows parallel to the isobars
(3) Wind speed increases with friction
(4) Wind speed is inversely proportional to pressure gradient force
Answer: 2
Q.69. Match List I with List II:
List I
(A) Von Thunen
(B) August Losch
(C) Doi
(D) Christaller
List II
(1) Central Place Theory
(II) Agricultural Location
(III) Theory of Industrial Location
(IV) Crop combination
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
(2) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
(3) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
(4) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
Answer: 3
Q.70. Proper sequence of Wilson cycle is:
(A) Continental rupture and formation of wide ocean basin with passive margins
(B) Formation of Island arcs and arc- continent orogen
(C) Oceanic lithosphere fractures and new subduction boundaries take shape
(D) Plate reverse their motion, and the ocean basin begins to close
(E) Formation of continental suture
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (C), (D), (B), (E)
(2) (A), (D), (C), (B), (E)
(3) (A), (D), (C), (E), (B)
(4) (A), (C), (E), (D), (B)
Answer: 2
Q.71. As per the Nearest Neighbourhood analysis, an index value of 2.5 suggests that the settlements are:
(1) Clustered
(2) Highly clustered
(3) Randomly distributed
(4) Evenly spaced
Answer: 4
Q.72. Which one of the following is the boundary line between India and Pakistan?
(1) Durand Line
(2) Blue Line
(3) Radcliffe Line
(4) McMohan Line
Answer: 3
Q.73. Which one of the following model of the internal structure of the city emphasizes the importance of transport routes?
(1) Concentric model
(2) sector model
(3) Multiple nuclei model
(4) Urban social area model
Answer: 2
Q.74. Match List I with List II
List I
Scale system
(A) Nominal
(B) Ordinal
(C) Interval
(D) Ratio
List II
Data type measured
(I) Altitude from mean sea level
(II) Soil type
(III) Monthly income (in Rs.)
(IV) Town size
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(1), (D)-(III)
(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(1), (D)-(IV)
(3) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(1), (D)-(II)
(4) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(1), (D)-(IV)
Answer: 1
Q.75. Which of the following countries have adopted pro-natal population policy?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Spain
(C) Malayasia
(D) Myanmar
(E) Japan
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) only
(2) (A) (C) and (D) only
(3) (C), (D) and (E) only
(4) (C) and (E) only
Answer: 4
Q.76. How is ‘Cultural Hearth’ defined?
(1) It is concerned with the power of spreading of various cultural phenomena on the earth from a source or sources of origin
(2) The birth place of a cultural group associated with a particular cultural landscape
(3) Cultural parameter that specify learned behaviour
(4) Cultural regions showing showing cultural complexes and landscapes
Answer: 2
Q.77. Arrange the following in the correct sequence of detritus food chin described by Odum (1970) based on mangrove leaves:
(A) Detritus
(B) Small Fish
(C) Mangrove leaves
(D) Large Fish
(E) Crabs and Shrimps
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (C), (B), (A), (E), (D)
(2) (C), (E), (B), (A), (D)
(3) (C), (E), (A), (B), (D)
(4) (C), (A), (E), (B), (D)
Answer: 4
Q.78. Which one of the following term is not related to Continental Drift Theory?
(1) Panthalasa
(2) Paleoclimate
(3) Sea floor spreading
(4) Jig saw fit
Answer: 3
Q.79. Which of the following statements are true?
(A) A country achieves replacement level of fertility when it attains a Total Fertility Rate of 2.1
(B) Fecundity refers to the capacity of women to bear children.
(C) According to Malthus, war is a preventive check
(D) Crude death rate refers to the number of deaths per 1000 mid-year population
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (C) and (D) only
(2) (B) and (C) only
(3) (A), (B) and (C) only
(4) (B), (D) and (A) only
Answer: 4
Q.80. Who has authored the famous book, ‘Muqaddimah’?
(1) ibn Batuta
(2) Al Biruni
(3) Al-Idrisi
(4) Ibn-Khaldun
Answer: 4
Q.81. What is Debt Service Ratio?
(1) It is the proportion of a country’s export earnings that it needs to use to meet its debt repayment
(2) It is the proportion of a country’s total national income that it needs to use to meet its debt repayment
(3) It is the proportion of a country’s Income from services sector that it needs to use to meet its debt repayment
(4) It is the proportion of a country’s total income from manufacturing sector that it needs to use to meet its debt repayment
Answer: 1
Q.82. The elements-site, situation and association fall in which order of Aerial image interpretation?
(1) Primary
(2) Secondary
(3) Tertiary
(4) Higher
Answer: 4
Q.83. Which one of the following stage in demographic transition model describes the situation of high and stable birth rate along with high and fluctuating death rate?
(1) Early expanding stage
(2) Late expanding stage
(3) High stationary stage
(4) Low stationary stag
Answer: 3
Q.84. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(1) Devprayag – Bhagirathi + Alaknanda
(2) Rudraprayag – Mandakini + Alaknanda
(3) Karnprayag – Bhagirathi + Pindar
(4) Vishnuprayag – Dhauliganga + Alaknanda
Answer: 3
Q.85. Who is the first person to coin the term ‘Geopolitik’?
(1) Friedrich Ratzel
(2) Rudolf Kjellen
(3) Karl Haushofer
(4) Peter Kropotin
Answer: 2
Q.86. Which are the three component indicators used by M.D Morris (1979) to calculate the Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI)?
(1) Infant Mortality Rate, Life Expectancy at age One, Basic Literacy at age 15
(2) Maternal Mortality Rate, Literacy at age 7 years, Life Expectancy
(3) Neo-natal Mortality Rate, Women Literacy Rate, Life Expectancy at age one
(4) Infant Mortality Rate, Out of School Children, Life Expectancy at age one
Answer: 1
Q.87. The geometrical shape formed by a group of buildings is termed as:
(1) Site
(2) Pattern
(3) Location
(4) Situation
Answer: 2
Q.88. Which of the following are cumulative atmospheric disasters?
(A) Tornado disaster
(B) Flood disaster
(C) Tsunami disaster
(D) Heat wave disaster
(E) Landslide disaster
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (B) only
(2) (B) and (C) only
(3) (A), (B) and (D) only
(4) (B) and (E) only
Answer: 3
Q.89. A point data is:
(1) OD- Dimensionless
(2) 1D-1 dimensional
(3) 2D-2 dimensional
(4) 3D-3 dimensional
Answer: 1
Q.90. Which of the following statements are incorrect about Weber’s theory of Industrial Location?
(1) To determine where the location of industry lie. Weber calculated the ratio between the weight of localised material and the weight of the product
(2) He designated this as the Material Index
(C) If the index is less than one (1) the location is oriented towards the consumption centre
(D) If the index is more than (1) the location is material oriented
(E) If the index is more than one (1) the location is oriented towards the consumption centre
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (B) and (E) only
(2) (C) and (E) only
(3) (D) and (E) only
(4) (E) only
Answer: 4
Q.91. Read the following passage carefully and answer questions: (91-95)
Movements of people, goods and information have always been fundamental components of human societies. Contemporary economic processes have been accompanied by a significant Increase in Mobility and accessibility. Although this trend can be traced back to the industrial revolution, it significantly accelerated in the second half of the twentieth century as trade was liberalized. economic blocs emerged and the comparative advantages of global labor and resources were used more efficiently. Societies have become increasingly dependent on their transport systems to support a wide variety of activities ranging, among others, from commuting, supplying energy needs, to distributing parts between manufacturing facilities and distribution centers. The unique purpose support among there of transportation is to overcome space, which is shaped by a variety of human and physical constraints such as distance, time, administrative divisions and topography. Jointly, they confer a friction to any movement, commonly known as the friction of space. There would be no transportation without geography and there would be no geography without transportation. The goal of transportation is thus to transform the geographical attributes of freight, people or information, from an origin to a destination, conferring on them an added value in the process. The convenience at which this can be done – transportability varies considerably. Transportability refers to the ease of movement of passengers. freight or information. It is related to transport costs as well as to the attributes of what is being transported (fragility, perishable, price). Political factors can also influence transportability such as laws, regulations, borders and tariffs. The specific purpose of transportation is to fulfill a demand for mobility, since transportation can only exist if it moves people, freight and information around. Otherwise it has no purpose. This is because transportation is dominantly the outcome of a derived demand.
Q.91. Given below dare two statements:
Statement I: The specific purpose of transportation is to fulfill a demand for mobility. Since transportation can only exist if it moves people, freight and information.
Statement II: Transportation is dominantly the outcome of a derived demand.
In the light of the above statements, chose the correct answer from the options given below
(1) Both Statement I and Statement are true
(2) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
(3) Statement | is true but Statement II is false
(4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Answer: 1
Q.92. What is understood by the term ‘friction of space’?
(1) Human and physical constraints that creates a friction to any movement of people, freight and information.
(2) Human constraints that create a friction to any movement of people, freight and information.
(3) Physical or natural constraints that create a friction to any movement of people. freight and information.
(4) Human and physical constraints that create a friction to any movement of information only.
Answer: 1
Q.93. What Is ‘transportability’?
(1) The ease of movement of passengers, freight or information.
(2) The difficulty of movement of passengers, freight or information.
(3) The outcome of movement of movement of passengers, freight or information.
(4) The laws and regulations governing the movement of passengers.
Answer: 1
Q.94. The world has witnessed a significant acceleration in movement of people. goods and information after the second half of the 20th Century. Which among the following are the reasons for this?
(A) Liberalised trade
(B) Emergence of Economic Blocs
(C) Low labour productivity
(D) Efficient use of resources
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A) and (B) only
(2) (A), (B) and (D) only
(3) (A), (B) and (C) only
(4) (C) and (D) only
Answer: 2
Q.95. Societies have become increasingly dependent on their transport systems for which of the following reasons?
(A) Commuting
(B) Supplying energy needs
(C) For manufacturing and distribution
(D) All of the above
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (D) only
(2) (A) and (B) only
(3) (B) and (C) only
(4) (A) and (C) only
Answer: 1
Q.96. Read the following passage carefully and answer questions: (Q.96-100)
The Greek scholar Eratosthenes, who lived in the third century B.C., was the first to use the word geography. But humans were investigating geographic questions long before this. The Greek geographers credit the beginning of geographical writings to Homer, but the earliest known map was made by the Sumerians in about 2700 BC. The study of geography goes back to the beginnings of human scholarship. The first amazing period of intellectual ferment that is part of the written tradition of the Western world took place in ancient Greece, culminating in the fourth and third centuries B.C. The Greeks developed the procedures we describe as the scientific method. Plato, who developed the deductive procedures, is the most often quoted by those who prefer to give theory the position of chief importance. Aristotle, who developed the inductive procedures, preferred to formulate his concepts as generalizations of observed facts. Aristotle insisted on the importance of direct observation, instead of making logical deductions from theory. Among the ancient Greek Philosophers, two basic traditions of geographic study are to be found. One is the mathematical tradition, starting with Thales, including Hipparchus known for locating things and summarized by Ptolemy. The second is the literary tradition, starting with Homer, including Hecataeus and summarized by Strabo. A long period of decline set in during the Middle Ages, when geographic horizons contracted and observations piled up in Christian monasteries. Then the Age of Exploration began in the late 15th century, and the geographic horizons were again pushed bock. The arrival of all these new innovations and observations in Europe was enormously stimulating and started a sequence of events that continues to the present. In the first place, the concepts derived from a literal reading of the scriptures were challenged, and the battle to establish the principles of what we call academic freedom began. This is the right of professionally qualified scholars to seek answers to questions, to publish their findings, and to teach what they believe to be the truth. free from any controls except the standards of scholarly procedure established within their own professions.
Q.96. The earliest investigation of geographic questions starts with:
(1) Eratosthenes
(2) Homer
(3) Maps prepared by Sumerians
(4) Origin of hitman scholarship
Answer: 4
Q.97. Inductive approach is related with –
(1) Deduced knowledge
(2) Empirically observed knowledge
(3) Philosophical knowledge
(4) Theological knowledge
Answer: 2
Q.98. Which one of the followings is not a feature of the Age of Exploration?
(1) Promotion of search for truth
(2) Formulation of new interpretations
(3) Academic restrictions
(4) Underming religious beliefs
Answer: 3
Q.99. Who belongs to the mathematical traditions of locating places?
(1) Homer
(2) Strabo
(3) Hecataeus
(4) Hipparchus
Answer: 4
Q.100. Who promoted the logic of general to particular procedures?
(1) Eratosthenes
(2) Homer
(3) Aristotle
(4) Plato
Answer: 4