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WRITTEN TEST PAPER FOR TEACHERS SELECTION: 09 DEC 2012

PART-‘B’ : Geography (PGT) : SUBJECT CODE : (P22)
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WRITTEN TEST PAPER FOR SELECTION OF TEACHERS : CSB 2013
GEOGRAPHY(PGT) : SUBJECT CODE : P22
1. Which one of the following is not a plantation crop? 14. Which one out of the following South American nation is
a) Coffee b) Sugarcane apart of OPEC?
c) Wheat d) Rubber a) Brazil b) Venezuela
c) Chile d) Peru
2. In which one of the following countries co-operative farming
was the most successful experiment? 15. The Trans continental Stuart Highway runs between
a) Russia b) Denmark a) Darwin and Melbourne
c) India d) The Netherlands b) Edmonton and Anchorage
c) Vancouver and St’ John’s City
3. Growing of flowers is called: d) Chengdu and Lhasa
a) Truck farming b) Mixed farming
c) Factory farming d) Floriculture
16. Which country has the highest density of railway network?
4. Which one of the following types of cultivation was a) Brazil b) Canada
developed by European colonists? c) USA d) Russia
a) Kolkoz b) Mixed farming
c) Viticulture d) Plantation 17. The Big Trunk Route runs though
a) The Mediterranean Indian Ocean
5. In which one of the following regions is extensive b) The North Atlantic Ocean
commercial grain cultivation not practiced? c) The South Atlantic Ocean
a) American Canadian prairies d) The North Pacific Ocean
b) European Steppes
c) Pampas of Argentina 18. The Big Inch pipeline transports
d) Amazon Basin a) Milk b) Water
c) LPG d) Petroleum
6. In which of the following types of agriculture is the farming
of citrus fruit very important? 19. Which one pair of the following places is linked by Channel
a) Market gardening Tunnel?
b) Plantation agriculture a) London - Berlin b) Paris - London
c) Mediterranean agriculture c) Berlin - Paris d) Barcelona - Berlin
d) Co-operative farming
20. Which one of the following continents has the maximum flow
7. Which one type of agriculture amongst the following is also
of global trade?
called ‘slash and burn agriculture’?
a) Extensive subsistence agriculture a) Asia b) Europe
b) Primitive subsistence agriculture c) North America d) Africa
c) Extensive commercial grain cultivation
d) Mixed farming 21. Who coined the phrase - "Give me the matter and I will build
a world out of it"?
8. Which one of the following does not follow monoculture? a) Chamberlin b) James and Jefferys
a) Dairy farming b) Mixed farming c) Kant d) Laplace
c) Plantation agriculture d) Commercial grain farming
22. The Binary Star Hypothesis about the origin of the earth was
9. Which one of the following is a tertiary activity? propounded by
a) Farming b) Trading a) H. N. Russell b) R. A. Lyttelton
c) Weaving d) Hunting c) O. Schimdt d) Von Weizsacker

10. Which one of the following activities is NOT a secondary 23. Which one of the following has the largest number of
sector activity? satellites?
a) Iron Smelting b) Catching fish a) Jupiter b) Neptune
c) Marketing garments d) Basket weaving c) Saturn d) Uranus
11. Which one of the following sectors provides most of the 24. The concept of ‘Base-Level’ was developed by:
employment in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata? a) C.E. Dutton b) G.K. Gilbert
a) Primary b) Secondary
c) J.W. Powell d) W.M. Davis
c) Quaternary d) Service

12. Jobs that involve high degrees and level of innovations are 25. The theory of Isostasy was developed by:
known as: a) Dutton,C.E. b) Gilbert, G.K.
a) Secondary activities b) Quaternary activities c) Powell , J.W. d) Pratt
c) Quinary activities d) Primary activities
26. The most important process in the glacial erosion is:
13. Which one of the following activities is related to a) Ablation b) Abrasion
quaternary sector? c) Frosting d) Plucking
a) Manufacturing computers
b) University teaching 27. A sharp-edged glacially eroded ridge is known as:
c) Paper and Raw pulp production a) Arete b) Col
d) Printing books c) Horn d) Roche-Moutonnee
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28. Wind blowing from different directions in a desert forms: 43. Which one of the following is not a landlocked country?
a) Barkhan b) Seif a) Czech Rep. b) Hungary
c) Star-like sand-dune d) Transverse sand-dune c) Romania d) Slovakia

29. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? 44. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
a) Barkhan - Wind action b) Berg schrund - Glaciers a) Danube is the second longest river of Europe.
c) Cataract - River d) Tambolo - Underground water b) Danube merges into the Black Sea through an estuary
c) The Aegean Sea has about 1500 islands.
30. A lake in the course of a river is known as a : d) About 10 per cent of the Aegean Islands are uninhabited.
a) Depositional lake b) Erosional lake
c) Seasonal lake d) Transient lake 45. Which one of the following is the most busy navigable river?
a) Danube b) Rhine
31. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of ocean c) Thames d) Volga
bodies?
a) Greater evaporation 46. The Filipinos originally belong to:
b) Mobility and mixing of temperature a) Chinese b) Indonesians
c) Lower specific heat c) Malays d) Micronesians
d) Transparency
47. The main resource of Japan is:
32. The rate of change of pressure per unit distance is known as a) Coal b) Human
a) Change of pressure b) Decrease in pressure c) Iron d) Petroleum
c) Gradient of pressure d) Variation in pressure
48. The annual fish catch of Japan in the world is about:
33. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? a) 10% b) 12%
a) Purga - Siberia b) Bora - Adriatic coast c) 14% d) 16%
c) Mistral - France d) Samoo - Egypt
49. Which one of the following has the highest percentage of
34. Which one of the following local winds is not correctly urban population?
matched? a) Oman b) Qatar
a) Foehn - Central Europe b) Chinook - Rockies c) Saudi Arabia d) Syria
c) Khamsin - Nigeria d) Brick-fielder - Australia
50. Which one of the following has the highest birth rate?
35. Which one of the following clouds is an indicative of clear a) Afghanistan b) Iran
and dry weather? c) Oman d) Yeman
a) Altostratus b) Cirrus
c) Nimbus d) Nimbo-Cumulous 51. Which one of the following states has the highest area under
mustard?
36. Which one of the following clouds create more problems for a) Haryana b) Punjab
the pilots of aeroplane: c) Rajasthan d) Uttar Pradesh
a) Cirrus b) Cumulous
c) Nimbus d) Stratus 52. The highest per acre yield of mustard is found in:
a) Gujarat b) Punjab
37. The average annual rainfall recorded on the earth is about: c) Rajasthan d) Uttar Pradesh
a) 50 cm b) 75 cm
c) 100 cm d) 125 cm 53. Which one of the following in the leading producer of coffee?
a) Karnataka b) Kerala
38. Tornadoes are more frequent in the c) Maharashtra d) Tamil Nadu
a) Caribbean Sea b) North East USA
c) North West USA d) South East USA 54. Which one of the following states is the leading producer of
inland fish?
39. The Koppen’s classification of climate "BWh" stands for: a) Andhra Pradesh b) Bihar
a) Cold mid-latitude deserts c) Kerala d) West Bengal
b) Hot low-latitude desert
c) Monsoon climate 55. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
d) Savanna grasslands a) Parambilkulam - Kaveri
b) SardarSagar - Saryu
40. Which one of the following are known as ‘thermal winds’? c) Ghataprabha - Tungbhadra
a) Ascending winds b) Jet streams d) Maithon Dam - Damodar
c) Trade winds d) Westerlies
56. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
41. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? a) Panchet Dam - Damodar
a) Fortworth - Texas b) Birmingham - Arkansa b) Gobind B. Pant Dam - Rihand
c) Atlanta - Georgia d) Sacramento - California c) Hirakud Dam - Mahanadi
d) Rihand Dam - Son
42. Which one of the following is known as the "electronic city"
of USA? 57. Which one of the following is not correctly method?
a) Phoenix b) Portland a) Mayurakshi Dam - Subarnrekha
c) Salt Lake city d) Denver b) Indira Gandhi - Beas River Canal Project
c) Pochampad Project - Godavari River
d) Tehri Dam - Bhagirathi
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58. Which one of the following mines has the thickest coal-seam? 74. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Kargali b) Panchet a) TISCO - Jamshedpur b) IISCO - Burnpur
c) Damuda d) Talcher c) HSL - Coimbatore d) VSP - Vishakhapatnam
59. Which one of the following is the leading producer of gold? 75. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) was established in:
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Karnataka a) 1954 b) 1956
c) Maharashtra d) Tamil Nadu c) 1958 d) 1954
60. Which one of the following has the largest reserves of coal? 76. The city of Saharanpur is known for the:
a) Jharkhand b) Madhya Pradesh a) Chemical Industry b) Paper Industry
c) Orissa d) West Bengal
c) Leather Industry d) Textile Industry
61. Coal is found in:
a) Badgam b) Bhrauch 77. The most suitable site for Ocean (tidal) energy is:
c) Bikaner d) Garo a) Gulf of Khambat (Cambay)
b) Palk Strait
62. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? c) Mouth of Ganga
a) Bongaigaon - Assam b) Koyli - Gujarat d) Chilka Lake
c) Kochi - Karnataka d) Haldia - West Bengal
78. The Indian railway has been divided into:
63. Which one of the following states has a thermal power a) 14 zones b) 15 zones
station? c) 16 zones d) 17 zones
a) Assam b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Mizoram d) Tripura 79. Which one of the following states has the highest density of
population?
64. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? a) Bihar b) Punjab
a) Rawatbhata - Rajasthan c) Uttar Pradesh d) West Bengal
b) Kalpakkam - Tamil Nadu
c) Kakrapara - Orissa 80. Which one of the following is not having an airport?
d) Kaiga - Karnataka a) Jabalpur b) Jamshedpur
c) Nagpur d) Pune
65. Which one of the following has the largest deposits of
manganese?
81. Which one of the following is a plain tribe?
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Karnataka
c) Madhya Pradesh d) Orissa a) Apatani b) Bhutia
c) Kachari d) Kuki
66. Which one of the following is the leading producer of Copper?
a) Bihar b) Jharkhand 82. The northern boundary of the Indian Plate coincides with the
c) Orissa d) Madhya Pradesh southern margin of:
a) Karakoram b) Tibet
67. Which one of the following is not having mica deposit? c) Tien Shan d) Zanskar
a) Hazaribagh b) Koderma
c) Nellore d) Warangal 83. Which one of the following is the cheapest mode of service?
a) Railways b) Roadways
68. Uranium is not found in? c) Inland waterways d) Seaways
a) Jharkhand b) Kullu-Valley
c) Garhwall (Uttrakhand) d) Meghalaya 84. The Boarder Road Organisation was setup in:
a) 1955 b) 1960
69. Which one of the following states has the largest area under b) 1965 d) 1970
canal irrigation?
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Maharashtra 85. The Indian INSET system was established in:
c) Punjab d) Uttar Pradesh a) 1981 b) 1982
c) 1983 d) 1984
70. Which one of the following is the largest producer of cotton
cloth?
86. Which one of the following statement is not correct?
a) Gujarat b) Maharashtra
c) Punjab d) Tamil Nadu a) Aristotle followed the inductive approach.
b) Herodotus was the follower of Ionian School of thought
71. Which one of the following is the most underdeveloped tribe c) Plato followed the deductive approach
of India? d) The "geocentric concept" was developed by Ptolemy
a) Birhor b) Munda
c) Oraon d) Zarawa 87. Who out of the following was the first teleologist?
a) Aristotle b) Anaximander
72. Which one of the following is not having iron ore deposits? c) Polybious d) Ptolemy
a) Aridongri b) Bailadila
c) DhalliRajhara d) Koraput 88. Hecateaus is known as the "Father of Geography" because:
a) He conceived the Earth as a Circular Plane
73. Which one of the following statements is not correct? b) He published the first systematic description of the Earth
a) Bagrupahar (Lohardaga) is rich in bauxite. c) He gave a detailed description of the Mediterranean Sea
b) Kharagpur Hills of Munghyr are rich in copper. d) He wrote the coastal survey of the world
c) Banswara is rich in iron-ore deposits.
d) Phutkar-Pahar and Laddhi-Pahar (Bilaspur) are rich in
bauxite deposits.
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89. "Geography is the science which deals with the art of map
making". This definition of Geography was given by:
a) Eratosthenes b) Hipparchus
c) Polybius d) Ptolemy

90. The concept of spherical Earth was denied by:

a) Firmanus b) Heidelus
c) Pomponius d) Solinus

91. The main contribution of AI-Idrisi was in the field of:

a) Astronomy b) Cartography
c) Historical Geography d) Physical Geography

92. "Indian Ocean is a closed sea". This statement was made by:
a) Eratosthenes b) Hecataeus
c) Herodotus d) Ptolemy

93. Who out of the following paid attention to the deflection of

wind direction resulting from the Earth’s rotation?
a) Humboldt b) Kant
c) Ritter d) Varenius

94. The logical and physical classification of geographical

phenomena was given by:
a) Kant b) Humboldt
c) Ritter d) Varenius

95. The daylight saving time is not applied in:

a) Canada b) France
c) Sweden d) Turkey

96. Which one of the following is the most suitable scale for a
map to be included in a book?
a) Statement of scale b) R.F. method
c) Graphic method d) Comparative scale

97. The wall maps are generally reduced with the help of:
a) Camera Lucida b) Ediograph
c) Pantograph d) Square method

98. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

a) Bar diagrams may be horizontal or vertical
b) Bar diagrams may be simple or compound
c) Labels of vertical bars can be read more easily
d) Simple bars have no subdivisions

99. Which one of the following is the most suitable projection

for the Cairo-Capetown Railway Line?
a) Cylindrical Equidistant
b) Gall’s
c) Mollweid
d) Sinusoidal

100. In a conical projection the pole is shown by:

a) Dot b) Circle
c) Arc d) Straight Line

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