Public Service Commission conducted Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services (Pre) Exam-2011 on 26 June 2011.

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UPPCS Pre Geography Question Paper

Sub: Geography Max. Marks : 300 Time: 2 Hours

1. The Cuddapah system of rocks belong to (a) Archaen Group (b) Aryan Group (c) Dravidian Group (d) Purana Group 2. The alluvial soils found along the banks of the rivers in the Ganga Plain are called (a) Khadar (b) Bhangar (c) Bhur (d) Loess 3. Which one of the following districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of sugar mills? (a) Mahrajganj (b) Deoria (c) Kushinagar (d) Gorakhpur 4. The State of India having almost monopoly in the production of chromite is

(a) Bihar (b) Orissa (c) Kamataka (d) Maharashtra 5. Which one of the following States of India has the largest forest cover? (a) Uttarakhand (b) Jharkhand (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Jamm & Kashmir 6. Which one of the following countries is known as the 'land of Rjce- Revolution' ? (a) China (b) India (c) Japan (d) Philippines 7. The theory of cumulative causation and spatial interaction was propounded by (a) W. Rostow (b) F. Perroux (c) G. Myrdal (d) W. Isard 8. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ? (a) Donetz Basin - Russia (b) Lancashire - U.K. (c) Shansi - China

(d) Saar - Germany 9. Of the following whose loeational theory of economic activities is based on the premise that natural resources are ubiquitous whereas economic resources occur at locales? (a) Yon Thunen (b) Alfred Weber (c) Edger Hoover (d) John Weaver 10. Largest industrial gas reserves are found in (a) Iran (b) Iraq (c) Qatar (d) Russia 11. When the total population is divided by arable land, the density thus obtained is called (a) Physical density (b) Agricultural density (c) Nutritional density (d) Arithmetic density 12. Tertiary activities include: 1. Agriculture 2. Construction 3. Services 4. Trade

Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 3 and 4 (b) 1 and 2 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 3 13. Noon rays of the Sun fall perpendicular on 21st June at (a) Kolkata (b) Ranchi (c) Allahabad (d) Ahmedbad 14. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the code given below: List - I (Landform) A. Pothole B. Sinkhole C. Stack D. Tafoni Codes: A (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1 List - II (Agent of erosion) 1. Underground water 2. Sea water 3. Wind 4. River

B 3 1 1 2

C 2 3 2 4

D 1 4 3 3

15. Which one of the following layers denotes rapid change. of sea water density in the depth zone of 300 m - 1000 m? (a) Halocline (b) Thermocline (c) Pycnocline

(d) Ecocline 16. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (a) Pediplain - W.Penck (b) Peneplain - W.M. Davis (c) Panplain - C.H.Crickmay (d) Panfan - A.C.Lawson

17. Among the following volcanoes which is known as the light house of the Mediterranean Sea? (a) Stramboli (b) Kotopaxi (c) Visuvious (d) Elburz 18. Who devised the Index of development based on principal component analysis? (a) O.E. Baker (b) J. Fried-mann (c) R.P. Mishra (d) C.D. Harris 19. Who of the following advanced the theory of law of Retail Gravitation? (a) P.O. Converse (b) A.E. Smailes (c) W.J. Reilly (d) R.E. Dickinson 20. The concept of probabilism is associated with

(a) G. Taylor (b) P. Hartshorne (c) D. Harvey (d) O.H.K. Spate 21. The limit of photic zone is determined by (a) Density of sea water (b) Salinity of sea water (c) Penetration of sunlight (d) Temperature of sea water 22. Which of the following statements regarding bio- fuels are correct? 1. It is obtained from maize and sugarcane crops. 2. It is a cost effective fuel. 3. It does not affect food security. 4. It is an eco-friendly source of fuel. (a) 1 and 2 are correct. (b) 2, 3 and 4 are correct. (c) 1 and 4 are correct. (d) 3 and 4 are correct. 23. The correct sequence of languages in descending order in terms of their number of speakers in the world is (a) Spanish, English, Chinese, Hindi (b) English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish (c) Hindi, Chinese, Spanish, English

(d) Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish 24. Who of the following said "Climate was the fundamental factor in the rise of civilization" ? (a) Ellsworth Huntington (b) Carl Saver (c) E.C. Semple (d) Griffith Taylor 25. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (a) Aetas - Philippines (b) Inuits - Greenland (c) Hottentat - Zambia (d) Masai - Kenya 26. Kalpsar project fur the supply of sweet water is located in (a) Haryana (b) Kamataka (c) Rajasthan (d) Gujarat 27. The Ganga Action Plan was initiated in (a) 1984 (c) 1988 (b) 1986 (d) 1990 28. Which one of the following is not covered in 8 missions under the Climate Action Plan of the Government of India?

(a) Afforestation (b) Solar power (c) Nuclear power (d) Waste to energy conversion 29. Assertion (A): Ecological productivity decreases from the equator towards the poles. Reason (R): Insolation rapidly decreases from the equator towards the poles. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) Both (A) and (R) arc true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). (b) Both (A) and (R) arc true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). (c) (A) is true but (R) is false. (d) (A) is false but (R) is true. 30. Assertion (A): Conservation IS a basic element of envirorunental planning. Conservation and development are complementary to each other. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). (b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). (c) (A) is true but (R) is false. (d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

31. Which of the following is correctly matched? (a) Biodiversity hot spots - Areas of rich biodiversity. (b) Leopold Matrix - Morphometry of drainage basins

(c) Acid rains - Carbon dioxide (d) Coral bleaching - Decrease in the temperature of sea water 32. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer USing the code given below: List - I A. E. Huntington B. G. Taylor C. F. Ratzel D. O.H.K. Codes: A 3 2 4 1 B 4 1 3 4 C 1 3 2 3 D 2 4 1 2 List -II 1. Social Darvinism 2. Probabilism 3. Scientific determinism 4. Stop and Go determinism

(a) (b) (c) (d)

33. The terms longitude and latitude were first used by (a) Herodotus (b) Eratosthcnese (c) Posidonius (d) Ptolemy 34. Who of the following devised behavioural matrix? (a) I. Burton (b) I. Flex (c) A. Pred (d) A. Peet 35. Who of the following propounded the 'Principle of least effort' ? (a) J.Q. Stewart (b) W.l. Reilly

(c) W. Leo (d) G.K. Zipf 36. Who of the following is known for the work 'Spaces of Hope' ? (a) D.Harvey (b) J.B.Harley (c) G.Taylor (d) P.Taylor 37. The concept of 'ecumene' was advanced by (a) Alexander von Humboldt (b) Eratosthenese (c) J.R. Forster (d) Strabo 38. Who of the following propounded the 'organic theory of State'? (a) Ratzel (b) Humboldt (c) Richthofen (d) Mackinder 39. The concept of map projections was first advanced by (a) Aristotle (b) Hippacartus (c) Posidonius (d) Ptolemy

40. "Geobrraphy in itscl f is a philosophy of the world of man." The above statement is contributed to (a) Albert Dcmangcon (b) Jean Brunhes (c) Camille Vallaux (d) P.E. James 41. The chorological approach in Geography was enunciated by (a) Alfred Hettner (b) Carl Saver (c) Jean Brunhes (d) Richard Hartshorne

42. following was the Who among the first map maker? (a) Crates (b) Ptolemy (c) Anexirnander (d) Eratosthenese

43. Which one of the following methods of representation of height on maps is most suitable for flat regions? (a) Hachure (b) Formline (c) Spot height (d) Bench Mark (B.M.) 44. Which one of the following characteristics is represented by Mollweide Projection?

(a) Equidistant (b) Orthomorphic (c) Azimuthal (d) Homolographic

45. Who of the following made extensive corrections to the world map of Ptolemy? (a) Al-Edrisi (b) Al-Masudi (c) Al-Biruni (d) Ibn-Batuta 46. The leading producer of milk in the world is (a) China (b) India (c) U.S.A. (d) Russia 47. Identify the correct seq uence of the population of States (2011 provisional) In descending order: (a) Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar (b) Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal (c) Uttar Pradesh. Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra (d) Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal

48. Match List - I with List - II and select and the correct answer from the given below: List- I (Graph) A. Hythergraph List - II (Major Use) 1. RepresentatIon of tern perature and rainfall

B. Pyramid C. Cartogram D. Hypsographic Codes: A (a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

2. Representation of Age & Sex structure 3. Representation of data on maps 4. Representation of height of land and depth of ocean

B 2 3 1 2

C 3 2 4 1

D 4 4 3 4

49. Which of the following countries has the lowest infantile mortality? (a) China (b) India (c) Pakistan (d) Sri Lanka 50. Arrange the following States of India is descending order of their reserves of coal. Select the correct answer from the code given below: 1. Chhattisgarh 2. Jharkhand 3. Orissa 4. West Bengal Codes: (a) 1,2,3,4 (b) 2,3,1,4 (c) 4,3,1,2 (d) 2,4, 3,1 51. In India the largest producer of marine fish is (a) Gujarat

(b) Kerala (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Maharashtra 52. In India more than half of the production of soyabean comes from (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Rajasthan 53. The Deccan trap was formed by the (a) Dharwar Vulcanicity (b) Mesozoic Vulcanicity (c) Cretaceous Vulcanicity (d) Palaeozoic Vulcanicity

54. The correct sequence of States In terms of population density (2011) in descending order is (a) West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala (b) Kerala, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh (c) Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala 55. Which one of the following statements is incorrect? (a) Sustained life on earth is a characteristic of ecosystem. (b) Nature has spent millions of years to refine a stable ecosystem (c) Ecosystem functions mainly through the input of solar energy

(d) The relative loss of energy due to respiration decreases with higher trophic levels

56. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the code given below: List - I List - II (Biosphere Reserve) (State) A. Dehang-Debang 1. Orissa B. Manas 2. Meghalaya C. Nokrek 3. Assam D. Similipal 4. Arunachal Pradesh Codes: (a) (b) (c) (d) A 4 1 4 1 B C D 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 3 1 3 2 4

57. The concept of 'ecological niche' was first introduced by (a) C.C.Park (b) E.P.Odum (c) J. Grinel (d) G.E.Hutchinson 58. On which of the following livers of Bhutan is Chukha Hydel Project located? (a) Raidak (b) Amochu (c) Mochu (d) Dongmechu 59. Presently the largest producer of cow milk in the world is (a) China (b) U.S.A.

(c) India (d) Russia

60. The driest area of the world is located In (a) Thar Desert (b) Mongolia (c) Sudan (d) Chile 61. Which one of the following countries is the least urbanized country in the world? (a) Uganda (b) Sri Lanka (c) Papua - New Guinea (d) Burundi 62. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the code given below: List - I List - II A. Largest city by population in the world 1. Hulum Buir B. Smallest city by population in the world 2. Vatican City C. Largest city by area in the world 3. Tokyo D. Smallest city by area in the world 4. Hum

Codes: A (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4

B 4 3 2 1

C D 1 2 1 4 4 3 3 2

63. In a climograph high relative humidity and high wet bulb temperature denotes (a) Keen climate

(b) Muggy climate (c) Raw climate (d) Scorching climate 64. The border of Ethiopia does not touch which one of the following countries? (a) Uganda (b) Sudan (c) Somali Republic (d) Kenya 65. Which one of the following countries is devoid of copper resource? (a) Peru (b) Poland (c) Zambia (d) Portugal 66. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the code given below: List - I (Tribe) A. Semang B. Kirghiz C. Bushman D. Pygmies List - II (Region) 1. Congo Basin 2. Malaysia 3. Central Asia 4. Kalahari Desert

Codes: A (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 2

B C 2 3 3 2 1 4 3 4

D 1 4 3 1

67. Zambia docs not have a common border with (a) Tanzania

(b) Mozambique (c) Botswana (d) Angola 68. Arrange the following countries in ascending order of their population. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: 1. Bangladesh 2. Brazil 3. Indonesia 4. Pakistan Codes: (a) 1,4,2,3 (b) 1,2,3,4 (c) 2,4,1,3 (d) 4,3,2,1 69. Which one of the following is characterised with maximum of wild life and plant diversity? (a) Temperate grasslands (b) Temperate deciduous forests (c) Tropical moist forests (d) Deserts and Savannas 70. The largest group of Arctic people is formed by (a) Yakuts and Lapps (b) Lapps and Zyrians

(e) Zyrians and Eskimos (d) Yakuts and Zyrains 71. The North Pole is always in the light (a) From September 23 to March 21 (b) From March 21 to September 23 (c) From June 21 to December 22 (d) From December 22 to March 21 Assertion (A) : Sugarcane is considered a tropical crop and yet it is grown extensively outside the tropics in India. Reason (R) The extra-tropical areas in India have tropical temperature due to the presence of Himalayas in the North. 72. Select the correct answer from the code given below: a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). c) (A) is true but (R) is false. d) (A) is false but (R) is true. 73. The Canterbury grasslands are not like: (a) Downs (b) Pampas (c) Campas (d) Veld 74. Formosa Sea lies between (a) China and Philippines (b) China and Taiwan

(c) China and North Korea (d) China and South Korea 75. Kalahari Desert is located in 1. Botswana 2. Namibia 3. Zambia 4. Zimbabwe Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 3 and 4 76. The largest part of the dry continental type of climate is found in (a) South America (b) Africa (c) Eurasia (d) North America 77. Which one of the following is not a pastoral nomad ? (a) Masai (b) Kirghiz (c) Kazak (d) Pygmies

78. Which of the following volcanoes are active volcanoes? 1. Aconcagua 2. Etna 3. Fujiyama 4. Vesuvius Select the correct answer from he codes given below: Codes: (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 2 and 4 (d) 3 and 4

79. The essential feature of shifting cultivation is the (a) Rotation of crops (b) Mono-cropping (c) Intensive cropping (d) Rotation of fields 80. Assertion (A) : Aridity is the distincti ve characteristic of the deserts. Reason (R) They receive low rainfall and have high evaporation. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). (b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). (c) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(d) (A) is false but (R) is true. 81. Which of the following soils are not insitu soils? (a) Chernozem (b) Laterite (c) Alluvial (d) Chestnut 82. Assertion (A) The circum-pacific belt is the most vulnerable zone of Tsunamis. Reason (R) It is tectonically most active area and generates world's major earthquakes. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). (b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). (c) (A) is true but (R) is false. (d) (A) is false but (R) is true. 83. Which one of the following seas is the largest in area? (a) Sea of Okhotsk (b) Sea of Japan (c) Sea of China (d) Bering Sea 84. Which one of the following is the main geo-thermal energy producing country ? (a) China (b) U.S.A. (c) Japan

(d) India 85. Which one of the following is an example of a block mountain? (a) Aravalli (b) Andes (c) Black Forest (d) Caucasus 86. The largest reserves of coal in the world are found in (a) U.S.A. (b) Russia (c) China (d) Australia 87. The most famous million city of Siberia is (a) Chelyabinsk (b) Gorky (c) Vladivostok (d) Novosibirsk 88. Which one of the following representative fraction (R.F.) represents the scale 6" = 1 mile ? (a) 1: 63,360 (b) 1: 1,26,720 (c) 1: 10,560 (d) 1: 2,53,440

89. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

90: Match List - I with List - II and Select the correct answer from the codes given below: List - I A. Anemometer B. Sextant C. Clinometer D. Radar Codes: A BCD (a) 2 3 4 1 (b) 4 1 2 3 (c) 3 2 1 4 (d) 3 4 1 2 List - II (Use) 1. Measuring angle of slope / dip of rock strata 2. Locating object space 3. Measuring speed of wind 4. Measuring heights of celestial bodies from ships

91. If the R.F. is 1:40 which of the following distances can be correctly shown by using a diagonal scale ? (a) 2.0 metre (b) 2.3 metre (c) 2.33 metre (d) 2.333 metre 92. Which of the'. following amount of rainfall is depicted by the symbol , on the Indian Daily Weather Maps ? (a) -0.15 cm (b) -0.25 cm (e) - 0.75 cm (d) - 1.50 cm 93. The symbol represents which one of the following status of clouds in Indian Daily Weather Maps?

(a) 5/8 low clouds (b) 3/4 high clouds (c) 7/8 low clouds (d) overcast high clouds 94. The three point problem in geological maps is faced when (a) An outcrop is fully visible at only one point (b) An outcrop is partly visible only at one point (c) An outcrop is partly visible at many points (d) None of the above 95. In which of the following map projections, all latitudes are standard parallel? (a) Polyconic projection (b) Simple conic projection (c) Bonne's projection (d) Mercator's projection 96. Which one of the following symbols is used on the Weather Map of India to indicate a wind speed of 15 knots/hour ?

97. On the given diagram the shape of the slope profile along A-B line will result in a slope profile showing

(a) Convex slope (b) Concave slope (c) Undulating slope (d) Terraced slope

98. Which one of the following South-East Asian countries predominantly consists of Christian community population? (a) Thailand (b) Indonesia (c) Malaysia (d) Philippines 99. Which one of the foIlowing is different from the others? (a) Prairies (b) Selvas (c) Sundarban (d) Pampas 100. Which one of the following is the more stable trait for the classi fication of human races? (a) Nasal Index (b) Cephalic Index (c) Hair Structure (d) Skin colour 101. following scholars the concept of Which one of the has propounded Humanism? (a) Yi-Fu-Tuan (b) R. Hartshorne (c) David Harvey (d) Peter Haggett 102. Who of the following has used the world Geopacifics?

(a) T. Griffith Taylor (b) Mackindcr (c) Hartshorne (d) Huntington 103. Which one of the following is the port city of Sooth Africa? (a) Bloemfontein (b) East London (c) Johannesburg (d) Kimberley 104. Assertion (A) Chernozems are black soils. Reason (R) They are deficient in organic matter. Select the correct answer from the code given below: Codes: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). (b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). (c) (A) is true but (R) is false. (d) (A) is false but (R) is true. 105. The 'zone and strata' theory about the evolution of human races was propounded by (a) A.C.Haddon (b) A.L.Krober (c) J.H. Hutton (d) G.Taylor 106. Which one of the following is called marine snowfall ?

(a) Fall of snow flakes on sea surface (b) Fall of hail on sea surface (c) Continuous fall of snow pillets on ocean floors (d) Continuous fall of tiny marine sediments on ocean floors. 107. Which one of the following is correctly matched ? (a) Rossbx Waves - Jet stream (b) EI Nino - Strong Monsoon (c) Index cycle - Walker circulation (d) Hadley cell - Mid-Latitude cell 108. The 'Spice Park' has been established by Spice Board of India at (a) Haridwar (b) Valley of Flowers (c) Silent Valley (d) Kashmir Valley 109. The biggest island of the Indian Ocean is (a) Maldives (b) Madagascar (c) Lakshadweep (d) Sumatra 110. In which of the following States of India is Ghana Bird Sanctuary located ? (a) Rajasthan (b) West Bengal (c) Orissa

(d) Karnataka 111. The largest wind energy farm of India is located in (a) Kerala (b) Gujarat (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Madhya Pradesh 112. Which one of the following inland waterways in India is shortest In length? (a) Kollam - Kottapuram (b) Sadia - Dhubri (c) Kakinada - Marakkam (d) Allahabad - Haldia 113. Which one of the following is the first indigenous nuclear power plant of the country? (a) Kaiga (b) Kalpakkarr (c) Kota (d) Kakrapar 114. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched '? (a) Green Revolution Agriculture (by White Revolution - Milk Production (c) Yellow Revolution - Sericulture (d) Blue Revolution - Pisciculture 115. Which of the following / Union Territory of the country does not have a railway line?

(a) Pondicherry (b) Tripura (c) Nagaland (d) Meghalaya 116. Which one of the following represents the correct sequence of Himalaya Mountain passes from East to West? (a) Shipki La - Lipulekh - Nathu La - Bomdilla (b) Lipulekh - Shipki La - Nathu La - Bomdilla (c) Bomdilla - Nathu La - Lipulekh - Shipki La (d) Nathu La - Lipulekh - Shipki La - Bomdilla 117. Which one of the following districts of U.P has the highest ratio of literacy in the census of 2011 ? (a) Ghaziabad (b) Lucknow (c) Varanasi (d) Raebareilly 118. Which one of the following States of India receives lowest average annual rainfall ? (a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Jammu & Kashmir (c) Orissa (d) Madhya Pradesh

119. The largest reserve of crude oil In India is found in (a) Assam (b) Gujarat

(c) Eastern Offshore (d) Western Offshore 120. In India Koppen's 'Amw' climatic type is found in (a) Eastern Coast (b) Western Coast (c) Chotanagpur (d) Western Himalaya Note: The authentic answers of the questions will be available shortly on jagranjosh.com

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