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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Which of the following processes is responsible for weathering of rocks in the Karst region ?

  1. Scree formation

  2. Carbonation

  3. Oxidation

  4. Hydrolysis

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

"All history must be treated geographically and all geography must be treated historically." Who wrote this ?

  1. Herodotus

  2. Ratzel

  3. Blache

  4. Davis

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

When the wind is deflected due to the rotation of earth it is known as—

  1. Planetary wind

  2. Geostrophic wind

  3. Accidental wind

  4. Forced wind

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Salinity in water bodies increases with —

  1. Increase in evaporation and decrease in admixture of fresh water

  2. Decrease in evaporation and increase in admixture of fresh water

  3. Decrease in evaporation and no change in admixture of fresh water

  4. Increase in evaporation and increase in admixture of fresh water

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from codes given below—
Assertion (A) : The salinity in Dead Sea is very low.
Reason (R) : Dead Sea is located in tropical dry climatic region, where evaporation is high, precipitation is low and here drainage is internal.
Codes

  1. Both A and R are right

  2. Both A and R are wrong

  3. A is wrong, but R is right

  4. A is right, but R is wrong

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Which one of the following primary green house gases is not associated with global warming ?

  1. Water vapour

  2. Carbon dioxide

  3. Methane

  4. Hydrogen

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Which one of the following is a Taiga Biome ?

  1. Sub-Tropical Biome

  2. Sub-Arctic Biome

  3. Savanna Biome

  4. Sub-Sahara Biome

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Who among the following defined Geography as Discovery of Predictive Patterns during quantitative revolution period ?

  1. Haggett

  2. Harvey

  3. Stewart

  4. Bunge

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

In describing the patterns and processes of spatial interaction, geographers are most concerned with—

  1. Accessibility and Connectivity

  2. Density and Dispersion

  3. Diffusion and Pattern

  4. Pedestrain Cities

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Who founded the Humanistic School of Geography ?

  1. Wolpert

  2. Tuan

  3. Kirk

  4. Harvey

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Who amongst the following correlated colour of ocean water and its salinity ?

  1. Ibn-Khaldun

  2. Al-Masudi

  3. Ibn—Sina

  4. Al-Maqdisi

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Which school of thoughts developed the Science of Astronomy ?

  1. Greeks

  2. Chinese

  3. Roman

  4. Arabs

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Increase in temperature with increase in height is known as—

  1. Lapse rate

  2. Adiabatic lapse rate

  3. Inversion of temperature

  4. Normal rate

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Demographic transition is a framework that explores the historical sequence of changes in—
1.Fertility
2.Mortality
3.Mortality and migration
4.Age-structure and sex composition
Codes

  1. 1 and 4 are correct

  2. 3 and 4 are correct

  3. only 1 is correct

  4. 1 and 2 are correct

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

India's decadal population growth rate has been continuously declining since —

  1. 1971-81

  2. 1981-91

  3. 1991-2001

  4. 2001-2011

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Diego Garcia is an island in which of the following oceans ?

  1. Atlantic

  2. Pacific

  3. Indian

  4. Arctic

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and find the correct answer from the codes given below—
Assertion (A) : Urbanization is a defining phenomenon of this century and the developing countries are at the locus of this transformation.
Reason (R) : The urban shift has happened in the last few decades largely due to rapid mega cities growth in the developing countries.
Codes

  1. Both A and R are correct and R explains A

  2. Both A and R are correct but R does not explain A

  3. A is correct, but R is false

  4. A is false, but R is true

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Marquette range in U. S. A. is known for—

  1. Uranium

  2. Copper

  3. Gold

  4. Iron ore

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

To which racial groups the Eskimos belong to ?

  1. The Negroids

  2. The Mongoloids

  3. The Caucasoids

  4. The Australoids

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

The concept of 'Cultural landscape' was promoted by-

  1. Ratzel

  2. Anne Buttimer

  3. Carl Sauer

  4. Wilbur Zelinsky

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Which one of the following Islamic countries is predominantly of Shia sect ?

  1. Iraq

  2. Iran

  3. Pakistan

  4. Afghanistan

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Organic Theory of the State was propounded by —

  1. Mackinder

  2. Ratzel

  3. Haushofer

  4. Isaiah Bawman

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Quasi Federal form of Government is in—

  1. U.S.A.

  2. Great Britain

  3. Russia

  4. India

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Read out the following conditions—
1.Cloudy sky
2.Cold dry air
3.Strong winds
4.Long winter nights
Which of the above conditions promote inversion of temperature ?

  1. 1, 2 and 4

  2. 2, 3 and 4

  3. 1 and 4

  4. 2 and 4

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Bad-land Topography is the product of the combined action of—

  1. Wind and Glacier

  2. Wind and Water

  3. Water and Glacier

  4. Water and Temperature

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given—
List-I (Authors)
a.Woolridge and Morgan
b.Thornbury
c.Van Ricthofen
d.Steers
List-II (Books)
1.Principles of Geomorphology
2.Geomorphology
3.Spirit and purpose of Geography
4.Unstable Earth
Codes

  1. a=1, b=2, c=3, d=4

  2. a=2, b=3, c=1, d=4

  3. a=3, b=1, c=2, d=4

  4. a=4, b=2, c=1, d=3

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Who, among the following, propounded the concept of compage ?

  1. Minshull

  2. Blache

  3. Whittlesey

  4. Isard

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has divided India into how many seismic zones ?

  1. 4

  2. 5

  3. 6

  4. 7

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

Identify the correct sequence of the given processes regarding rainfall —

  1. Unsaturated air, condensation, dew point, precipitation

  2. Dew point, condensation, unsaturated air, precipitation

  3. Unsaturated air, dew point, condensation, precipitation

  4. Dew point, precipitation, condensation, unsaturated air

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By Radhika Viswas on 06 Aug 22

The climate of Southern Ganga plain in the Thornthwait classification is denoted by—

  1. BA 'W

  2. CA 'W

  3. AA 'W

  4. CW 'W

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