Geography: Questions Asked inUKPSC Lectures exam 2018
1.
In which of the following regions is the 'Bassein
oil field' located?
(a) Bombay High (b) Brahmaputra Valley (c) Gujarat
Coast (d) Eastern Coast
2.
Rural Energy Co-operative at Sagar Island in Sunderban Delta is related to
(a)
Wind energy (b) Water energy (c) Solar energy
(d) Tidal energy
3.
'Punga Valley' of Jammu & Kashmir is
known for
(a) Geothermal energy
(b) Natural gas (c) Tertiary coal deposits (d) Wind energy
4.
Asia's largest wind energy farm, Lamba, is
located in
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b)
Gujarat (c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu
5.
The east-west corridor of the Golden Quadrilateral super highway connects the
cities of
(a) Silchar and Porbandar
(b) Delhi and Kolkata (c) Srinagar and Kolkata (d) Kolkata and Kanyakumari
6.
Pygmies are the dwellers of
(a)
Amazon Basin (b) Congo Basin (c) Kalahari
Desert (d) Sri Lanka
7.
In which year was the multidimensional poverty index included in Human
Development Report?
(a)
2008 (b) 201 C) (c) 2013 (d) 2015
8.
Which of the following countries is not included in
NAFFA?
(a)
Canada (b) Mexico (c) Cuba (d) U.S.A.
9.
Who said: 'Man is the product of earth surface'?
(a)
Carl Ritter (b) E.C. Semple (c) F. Ratzel
(d) Vidal de la Blache
10.
By which tribe 'sledge' is used as a means
of transport?
(a)
Bushman (b) Eskimos (c) Nagas (d) Pygmies
11.
In which of the following latitudinal belts more
than 50% of the world's population is settled ? (a) 00 — 20° North (b) 00 — 20° South (c) 20° — 40° North (d) 40° — 60° North
12.
Which of the following regions is not included in densely
populated regions of the world?
(a)
South-East Asia (b) South-West Africa (c)
North-West Europe (d) North-East America
13.
Panama Canal connects:
(a) Caribbean Sea — Bay of Mexico (b) Atlantic
Ocean — Indian Ocean (c) Pacific Ocean — Indian Ocean (d)
Pacific Ocean — Atlantic Ocean
14.
Which of the following factors affect the human
beings the most?
(a) Landforms (b) Soil (c) Climate (d) Minerals
15.
Which of the following is the busiest oceanic route?
(a) North Atlantic Route
(b) Suez Canal Route (c) Panama Canal Route (d) Cape of Good Hope Route
16.
Dogger Bank is situated: (a) East of England (b) Near Sri Lanka (c) Near
Newfoundland (d) Near Japan Sea
17.
The problem of over-population may be solved
by
(a)
Agricultural production (b) Family planning (c) Industrial development (d) All of these
18.
By which name is the equatorial forest of Brazil
known?
(a)
Chaparal (b) Fezenda (c) Pampas (d) Selvas
19.
Which country's iron and steel production region is known as 'Black Country' ?
(a)
China (b) Great Britain (c) India (d) Russia
20.
Which one of the following is not a founder members
of OPEC?
(a) Australia
(b) Iran (c) Iraq (d) Saudi Arabia
21.
Which of the following is shown by isohalines?
(a)
Temperature (b) Pressure (c) Salinity (d)
Cloudiness
22.
Which of the following is the length of the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
(a) About 800 km (b) About 10,000 km (c) About
12,000 km (d) About 15,000 km
23.
In which of the following areas diatom ooze occurs?
(a)
Low latitudes (b) High latitudes (c)
Equatorial areas (d) Sub-tropical seas
24.
Along the coast of which country does El-Nino
current appear in the summer months?
(a)
Brazil (b) Maxico (c) Peru (d) Norway
25.
Which of the following causes tides?
(a) Attraction of sun
and moon
(b) Attraction of sun (c) Attraction of earth (d) Attraction of Jupiter
26.
In which of the following directions generally warm
currents flow?
(a) Equator to Poles
(b) Poles to equator (c) North Pole to South Pole (d) None of these
27.
Which of the following is a cold current?
(a)
Aguihas (b) Brazil (c) Canaries (d) Gulf
Stream
28.
An area where a particular plant or animal lives is
called its: (a) Ecology (b) Habitat (c)
Hadal (d) Hook
29.
Which of the following is/are the reasons for ecological
crisis?
(a)
Rapid growth in population (b) Rapid industrialization (c) Mechanisation (d) All of these
30.
Which one of the following is not a threat to
biodiversity?
(a)
Killing wild life (b) Establishment of national
parks (c) Building big dams (d) Industrialization
31.
Which of the following is an abiotic component of
an ecosystem?
(a)
Plants (b) Bacteria (c) Fungi (d) Light
32.
Who of the following proposed the term 'ecosystem'?
(a)
A.G. Tansley (b) A.O. Wilson (c) E. Haeckel
(d) E.P. Odum
33.
How many biosphere reserves are there in
India?
(a)
10 (b) 13 (c) 18 (d) 20
34.
Which of the following is/are the effect(s) of
deforestation?
(a)
Soil erosion (b) Landslide (c) Environmental imbalance (d) Allof these
35.
Which of the following atmospheric layers absorbs
ultraviolet (UV) rays?
(a)
Exosphere (b) Ionosphere (c) Ozonosphere (d)
Stratosphere
36.
The atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves
is called
(a)
Ozonosphere (b) Ionosphere (c) Homosphere
(d) Exosphere
37.
In which of the following areas does the Intertropical
Convergence Zone (ITCZ) normally occur?
(a)
Near the tropic of cancer (b) Near the equator
(c) Near the arctic circle (d) Near the tropic of Capricorn
38.
Trade winds are found in which of the following latitudinal
belts?
(a)
5° N to 5° S latitude (b) 5° N - 30° N and 5° S -
30° S latitude (c) 30° N to 60° N latitude (d) 300 S to 60° S latitude
39. 'Horse Latitudes' is situated between which
global wind circulation belts/cells?
(a) Hadley Cell and
Ferrel Cell
(b) Ferrel Cell and Polar Cell (c) NE Trade Winds and SE Trade Winds (d)
Westerlies and Polar Easterlies
40.
Which of the following atmospheric layers is not included in Homosphere?
(a)
Troposphere (b) Mesosphere (c) Ionosphere
(d) Stratosphere
41.
How much time do the rays of the sun take to reach
the earth?
(a)
25 minutes (b) 18 minutes (c) 15 minutes (d) 8
minutes
42.
Which of the following is the main reason for upper
atmospheric inversion of temperature? (a)
Presence of ozone gas (b) Earth radiation (c) Convective uplift of warm
air (d) Jet Stream
43.
Which of the following are thermally induced
pressure belts?
(a)
Sub-polar and temperate (b) Equatorial and polar
(c) Polar and sub-polar (d) Equatorial and sub-polar
44.
The standard value of solar constant is (a)
1.50 calories per minute per cm2 (b) 1.94 calories
per minute per cm2 (c) 2.94 calories per minute per cm2 (d) 3.54
calories per minute per cm2
45.
The most important factor in thunderstorm
development is
(a)
Atmospheric stability (b) Atmospheric instability
(c) Abundance of moisture (d) Temperature inversion
46.
What is inversion of temperature?
(a)
Temperature decrease with attitude (b) Temperature decrease with latitude (c) Temperature increase with altitude (d) Uniform
temperature
47.
Which of the following methods is used to show air
pressure distribution on a map?
a) Isobars
(b) Isogonic lines (c) Isohyets (d) Isonephs
48.
What is Santa Ma? (a)
A local wind (b) A bird (c) An Island (d) A Volcano
49.
The average slope of a warm front is within
the range of
(a)
1:l0tol:20 (b) 1:20to 1:30 (c) 1:50to1:100 (d)
1:l0Otol:400
50.
The largest number of temperate cyclones originate
mostly over the
(a)
Arctic Ocean (b) Indian Ocean (c) North Atlantic
Ocean (d) South Pacific Ocean
51.
Which one of the following is not included in the element
of climate?
(a)
Air pressure (b) Temperature (c) Water flow
(d) Rainfall
52.
The 'carbon dioxide theory' of climate change
was proposed by
(a)
Chamberlin (b) Holmes (c) Kennelly (d)
Solberg
53.
Much of the rainfall along the Western Ghats belongs
to which category?
(a)
Convectional (b) Cyclonic (c) Orographic (d)
None of these
54.
Which of the following is the upper-most layer of
the atmosphere?
(a)
Exosphere (b) Ionosphere (c) Ozonosphere (d)
Troposphere
55.
Which of the following instruments is used to
measure the speed of wind?
(a)
Altimeter (b) Anemometer (c) Barometer (d)
Thermometer
56.
The planet nearest to the sun is
(a) Mars (b)
Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Venus
57. In which of the following areas the Chinook winds blow?
(a)
Rhone Valley of France (b) North Australia (c)
Eastern slopes of Rocky Mountain in North America (d). Sahara Desert
58. 'Isobar' is associated with
(a) Air Pressure
(b) Humidity (c) Rainfall/Precipitation (d) Temperature
59. The highest
diurnal range of temperature is recorded in the (a) Equatorial region (b) Hot deserts (c) Mediterranean Region (d)
Savanna grasslands
60.
The main cause of high pressure belt in the
sub-tropical latitudes is
(a)
Air divergence (b) Air subsidence (c) High
temperature (d) Low temperature
61.
What is 'Caldera' associated with?
(a)
Glacial erosion (b) Tides (c) Volcanoes (d)
Work of river
62.
Which of the following topographies is made by
glacial erosion?
(a) Blind Valley (b) Bolson (c) Cavern (d)
Hanging Valley
63. The name of
W.M. Davis is associated with
(a)
Cycle of erosion (b) Earthquack(c) Origin of
earth (d) Tides-Neap
64.
Richter Scale is related to
(a)
Volcanoes (c) Interior of the earth (b) Earthquake (d) Tides (b) Tides (d) Earthquakes
65.
Which of the following is associated with the
planetesimal hypothesis of the origin of earth? (a) Buffon (b) Chamberlin & Moulton (c) Jean and Jeffrey
(d) Laplace
66.
Which of the following theories has been propounded
by A. Wagener?
(a) Continental drift
(b) Cycle of erosion (c) Geosynclinal (d) Isostasy
67.
Which of the following is the most recent period of
geological history?
(a)
Cambrian (b) Permian (c) Quaternary (d)
Tertiary
68.
'P' and 'S' waves are related to
(a) Earthquakes
(b) Ocean Currents (c) Radiation (d) Tides
69. 'NiFe' refers to
(a) Outermost layer of the Earth (b)
Intermediate layer of the Earth (c) Innermost layer
of the Earth (d) None of these
70.
Where are 'drip-stones' found?
(a)
In glacial region (b) In karst region (c) In
desert region (d) In flood plain
71.
Which of the following denotes the ratio between
the total population and arable land of region?
(a)
Agricultural density (b) Physiological density
(c) Economic density (d) Arithmetic density
72.
Who of the following is associated with 'Nebular
hypothesis' ?
(a) Laplace
(b) Kant (c) Jean & Jaffery (d) Buffon
73.
By which agent of erosion is 'doline'
constructed?
(a)
Glacier(b) River (c) Underground water (d)
Wind
74.
What type of rock is 'conglomerate' ?
(a) Igneous (b)
Sedimentary (c) Metamorphic (d) None of these
75.
Which of the following soils develops on
crystalline igneous rocks in areas of low rainfall?
(a)
Alluvial soils (b) Black soils (c) Laterite soils (d)
Red and yellow soils
76.
Which one of the following rivers of India forms
Dhuandhar waterfalls?
(a)
Ganga (b) Kaveri (c) Krishna (d) Narmada
77.
Which of the following is the highest point in
Southern India?
(a) Anamudj
(b) Cardamom (c) Dodabeta (d) Nilgiri
78.
Which of the following water bodies separates Daman
and Diu?
(a) Gulf of
Khambat (b) Gulf of Kutchh (c) Narmada River (d) Tapi River
79.
Which one of the following is the largest fresh
water lake in India?
(a)
Dal Lake (b) Sambhar Lake (c) Wular Lake (d)
None of these
80.
Which one of the following causes rainfall during
winters in North-Western part of India?
(a)
South-West Monsoon (b) Retreating Monsoon (c)
Western Disturbances (d) None of these
81.
Which one of the following rivers flows in a rift
valley?
(a)
Luni river (b) Narmacla river (c) Son river
(d) Yamuna river
82.
How many states of India the Tropic of Cancer
passes through?
(a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 8
(d) 6
83.
The Andaman and Nicobar are separated by
(a)
Sixteen Degree Channel (b) Fourteen Degree Channel (c) Twelve Degree Channel (d) Ten Degree Channel
84.
Which of the following map is not a thematic map?
(a) Topographical map
(b) Population growth map (c) Mineral distribution map (d) Map showing fibre
crops
85.
Which of the following coasts is a part of the
Eastern Coast of India?
(a) Coromandal Coast
(b) Konkan Coast (c) Malabar Coast (d) Southern Coast
86.
What is the difference between the Indian Standard
Time (1ST) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)?
(a) 6½ hours (b)
5½ hours (c) 4½ hours (d) None of these
87.
Which of the following is the largest tributary of
the Indus river?
(a)
Jhelum (b) Ravi (c) Satluj (d) None of these
88.
Which of the following separates India and Sri
Lanka?
(a) Java Strait (b)
Palk Strait (c) Sunda Strait (d) Ten Degree Channel
89.
Who proposed the 'stop and go' determinism?
(a) G. Taylor
(b) Demangeon (c) C. Ritter (d) Vidal de la Blache
90. Griffith
Taylor is associated with
(a)
Determinism (b) Neo-determjnjsm (c)
Possibilism (d) Probabjlism
91.
Which of the following states of India produced the
maximum foodgrains in the year 2016-17?
(a)
Bihar (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Punjab (d) Uttar
Pradesh
92.
Which of the following is not included in the Kolkata-Hugli
Industrial Region?
(a) Budge Budge (b)
Durgapur (c) Shibpur (d) Titagarh
93.
Which of the following geographers divided India into agricultural regions?
(a)
A. Ahmad (b) M. Shafi (c) P. Sen Gupta (d)
M.S. Swaminathan
94. Which of the following states of India is the leading producer of cotton?
(a) Gujarat (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Maharashtra
(d) Taniil Nadu
95.
Which of the following ports is the deepest
land-locked and well-protected port along the east coast of India?
(a) Chennai (b) Kolkata (c) Tuticorin (d) Vishakhapatnam
96.
Majority of the farmers in the Gangetic Plain
practice the kind of agriculture known as
(a) Extensive agriculture (b) Intensive agriculture (c) Plantation
agriculture (d) Shifting agriculture
97.
'Bharatmala Pariyojana' is a new umbrella
programme for
(a)
Agriculture sector (b) Banking sector (c) Economic sector (d) Highways sector
98.
Which of the following products is usually not
exported from India?
(a) Pulses
(b) Rice Cc) Sugar (d) Wheat
99.
Which of the following pairs is not correct?
(a)
Green Revolution — Foodgrains Production (b) Yellow Revolution — Oilseed
Production (c) Black Revolution — Iron Production (d)
Blue Revolution — Fish Production
100.
Which of the following centres is not related with
Indian Space Programme?
(a)
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (b) Survey of India
Department (c) Physical Research Laboratory (d) Indian Institute of
Remote Sensing Centre
