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Q 1. Which system is designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyse, manage and present spatial or
geographic data_______?
A. Satellite
B. WEB
C. Database
D. GIS
Ans. D
Q 2. What are the two abstractions of Real Objects in GIS______?
A. Discrete, continuous
B. Integer, float
C. Char, String
D. CLOB,BLOB
Ans. A
Q 3. GIS stands for___________.
A. Generic Information System
B. Geographic Information System
C. Geological Information System
D. Geographic Information Sharing
Ans. B
Q 4. GIS deals with which kind of data___________.
A. Numeric data
B. Binary data
C. Spatial Data
D. Complex data
Ans. C
Q 5. By spatial data we mean data that has__________.
A. Complex values
B. Positional values
C. Graphic values
D. Decimal values
Ans. B
Q 6. Which of the following is related to GIS___________?
A. Euclidean Space
B. Ramanujan Space
C. Pythagorean Space
D. Einstein space
Ans. A
Q 7. Among the following which do not come under the components of GIS?
A. Hardware
B. Software
C. Data
D. Compiler
Ans. D

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Q 8. Which talks about scientific discipline of study in academia__________?
A. GIS science
B. GPS
C. Computer Science
D. Data Science
Ans. A
Q 9. Which are the two types of spatial data__________?
A. Integer, Char
B. float, string
C. BLOB,CLOB
D. Raw,Dervied
Ans. D
Q 10. What is DEM?
A. Discrete Elevation model
B. Data Elevation Model
C. Digital Elevation Model
D. Decision Enterprise Model
Ans. C
Q 11. A reference tool showing the outlines of selected natural and man-made features of the Earth
is___________.
A. Topographic Map
B. Thematic Map
C. World Map
D. Digital Map
Ans. A
Q 12. Which Database system offers the underlying database technology for geographic information
systems and other applications___________?
A. Relational DataBase System
B. Object Oriented DataBase System
C. Spatial Data Base System
D. Object Relational DataBase System
Ans. C
Q 13. What is SDT?
A. Special Data Types
B. Spatial data types
C. Specific Data types
D. selective Data Types
Ans. B
Q 14. Which are not phases of Spatial data base design__________?
A. Requirement Analysis
B. Logical Design
C. Physical Design
D. Manipulation of data
Ans. D

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Q 15. GIS uses the information from which of the following sources?
A. Non-spatial Information System
B. Spatial information System
C. Global Information System
D. Position Information System
Ans. B
Q 16. Which of the following doesn't determine the capability of GIS?
A. Defining a map
B. Representing cartographic feature
C. Retrieving data
D. Transferring data
Ans. D
Q 17. How many types of Geographic Phenomena are there?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. Four
Ans. C
Q 18. Which of the following is an example of Human Geographical phenomena?
A. River Overflow
B. Volcano eruption
C. Plague deforestation
D. Construction of Roads
Ans. D
Q 19. Properties of matter that are formed at scales below that of human perception, such as
temperature and soil moisture are known as____________.
A. Natural fields
B. Artificial fields
C. Aggregate fields
D. Fields of potential
Ans. A
Q 20. Tiling of the plane is a collection of plane figures that fills the plane with no overlaps and no
gaps are known as______________.
A. Topographic
B. Tessellation
C. contour
D. boundary
Ans. B
Q 21. Equilateral triangles, squares and hexagons are examples of___________.
A. irregular tessellations
B. Regular tessellations
C. Boundaries
D. Land parcels
Ans. B

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Q 22. Which data is comprised of lines or arcs__________?
A. Raster data
B. vector data
C. Raw data
D. discrete data
Ans. B
Q 23. In vector data, the basic units of spatial information are___________.
A. points, lines(arcs) and polygons
B. integer,float,char
C. sets, bags and Array
D. tuples,tables,structure
Ans. A
Q 24. Which is used to represent area?
A. ARC
B. line
C. point
D. polygon
Ans. D
Q 25. Which is fuzzy boundary between two ecological communities?
A. Ecotone
B. Temperature
C. Rainfall
D. elevations
Ans. A
Q 26. Which is a key GIS requirement for data management and integrity?
A. DBMS
B. RDBMS
C. TOPOLOGY
D. QUERY Management
Ans. C
Q 27. What is NHD in terms of spatial database__________?
A. Native hydro dataset
B. National Hydrography Dataset
C. Natural Hydrography Dataset
D. Numeric Hydrography Dataset
Ans. B
Q 28. Which are the two approaches to represent GIS___________?
A. Layer-Based, Feature-Based
B. Map based, boundary based
C. Line Based, Polygon based
D. Vector based, Raster Based
Ans. A

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Q 29. Which data is the change in characteristic of a place over time___________?
A. Discrete data
B. Raw data
C. Vector data
D. temporal data
Ans. D
Q 30. What is Metadata?
A. It is "data about data"
B. It is "meteorological data"
C. It is " oceanic data"
D. It is "contour data"
Ans. A
Q 31. House with respect to GIS is referred to as ____________.
A. Discrete objects
B. Continuous fields
C. Geographic object
D. GIS object
Ans. A
Q 32. Elevations with respect to GIS are referred to as___________.
A. Discrete Objects
B. Continuous fields
C. Geographic object
D. GIS object
Ans. B
Q 33. Which is the application of GIS?
A. Map generalisation
B. Banking Management
C. Hospital Management
D. Manufacturing Company Management
Ans. A
Q 34. A _________ might be interested in the impact of slash-and-burn practices on the populations of
amphibian species in the forests of a mountain range to obtain a better understanding of long-
term threats to those populations
A. biologist
B. geologist
C. gynaecologist
D. data analyst
Ans. A
Q 35. A _____ might want to identify the best localities for constructing buildings in an earthquake-
prone area by looking at rock formation characteristics
A. data engineer
B. geological engineer
C. builder
D. architect
Ans. B

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Q 36. The fundamental problem that we face in many uses of GIS is that of understanding_________.
Phenomena that have a ______ dimension, as well as a temporal dimension____________.
A. temporal
B. data
C. spatial or geographic
D. attribute
Ans. C
Q 37. A ____ is a computer-based system that provides the following four sets of
capabilities to handle georeferenced data:
1. Data capture and preparation
2. Data management, including storage and maintenance
3. Data manipulation and analysis
4. Data presentation
A. KIS
B. BIS
C. MIS
D. GIS
Ans. D
Q 38. ______is the scientific field that attempts to integrate different disciplines studying the methods
and techniques of handling spatial information.
A. Geo-Information Science
B. Geo-Information System
C. Geology Science
D. Life Science
Ans. A
Q 39. ____ is a computerized system that facilitates the phases of data entry, data management, and
data analysis and data presentation specifically for dealing with georeferenced data.
A. Geo-Information Science
B. geology science
C. geographic information system
D. Life Science
Ans. C
Q 40. The discipline that deals with all aspects of the handling of spatial data and Geoinformation is
called ____.
A. geographic life science
B. geographic information science
C. geographic information system
D. geographic information processing
Ans. B
Q 41. ____ contains positional values such as (x,y) co-ordinate values
A. Numeric
B. Spatial
C. Attribute
D. Metadata
Ans. B

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Q 42. The technique which refers to the spatial data which is geo-referenced is called as ____
A. geo-referenced data
B. geo-spatial data
C. geo-attribute data
D. meta data
Ans. A
Q 43. _____ is a specific type of information resulting from the interpretation of spatial data.
A. geo-referenced data
B. geospatial
C. Geoinformation
D. numeric data
Ans. C
Q 44. A representation of some part of the real world can be considered a _____ because the
representation will have certain characteristics in common with the real world.
A. Attribute
B. Data
C. Model
D. Metadata
Ans. C
Q 45. A _____ is a miniature representation of some part of the real world.
A. Model
B. Data
C. Attribute
D. Map
Ans. D
Q 46. _______models (as in a database or GIS) have enormous advantages over paper models (such as
maps).
A. Structural
B. Digital
C. Analog
D. data
Ans. B
Q 47. _____ is the science and art of map making, functions as an interpreter, translating real world
phenomena (primary data) into correct, clear and understandable representations for our use.
A. Cartography
B. Photography
C. Data Analyst
D. biologist
Ans. A
Q 48. A ______ is a repository for storing large amounts of data
A. structure
B. database
C. data
D. information
Ans. B

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Q 49. Spatial databases’ are also known as________.
A. Geodatabases
B. Monodatabases
C. Concurrent databases
D. Single database
Ans. A
Q 50. House, Rainfall amount_______.
A. Examples of Discrete objects
B. Examples of Continues objects
C. Examples of Real Objects
D. Examples of Unreal Objects
Ans. C

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Q 1. Components of GIS System_____________.
A. Space
B. Graph
C. Logic
D. Network
Ans. D
Q 2. GI Science majorly contributing _________.
A. Data
B. Computer Science
C. Factory
D. Coding
Ans. B
Q 3. Full Form of DEM is _______________.
A. . Design Electric Machine
B. Digital Elevation Model
C. Design Elevation Model
D. Digital Elevation Map
Ans. B
Q 4. _____________ refers to the shape of the surface.
A. Application Map
B. Thematic Map
C. Calligraphy
D. Topography Map
Ans. D
Q 5. _______________is a database system
A. Spatial Database
B. Special Database
C. Data warehouse
D. Geographical Database
Ans. A
Q 6. SDT means ________________
A. Specific data type
B. Special data type
C. Spatial data type
D. System data type
Ans. C
Q 7. Basic units of spatial information _______________.
A. Point, Line, Arc
B. Data
C. Graph
D. Design
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Q 8. Which interpolation technique is not used for continuous data?
A. Kriging
B. Trend surface fitting
C. Digitization
D. Triangulation
Ans. C
Q 9. What do mean by spatial data?
A. Interval Data
B. Positional Data
C. Ordinal Data
D. Ratio Data
Ans. B
Q 10. Which of the following statement is False?
A. Our World is dynamic
B. Positional data of non-geographic nature also exists
C. Hydrological does not require any spatial data
D. In GIS, professionals deal with questions related to Geographic space
Ans. C
Q 11. Which one of the following is not capability of GIS?
A. Data capture
B. Data management
C. Data presentation
D. Sharing files in the network
Ans. D
Q 12. _________ is not considered in a data capturing process.
A. Creating map
B. Using sensor
C. Manually collecting data
D. Buying data from some organization
Ans. A
Q 13. While presenting data ____ is not important.
A. Audience
B. Programming Language
C. Message
D. Rule of aesthetics
Ans. B
Q 14. Which one of the following is not related to GIS?
A. Geoinformatics
B. Geometrics
C. Zoology
D. Spatial information science
Ans. C

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Q 15. Which one of the following is not true in terms of data capture process?
A. Data can be collected from various sources
B. Data can contain errors
C. Gross errors need to be removed before using data
D. Data does not contain any variation in the measurement
Ans. D
Q 16. Which one of the following is not key component of spatial data quality?
A. Audience
B. Positional Accuracy
C. Completeness
D. Logical Consistency
Ans. A
Q 17. Modelling is also known as ______.
A. Analysing Data
B. Representation of real world
C. Finding errors
D. Data capture
Ans. B
Q 18. In order to better understand representation of phenomena and output from any analysis, we can
use GIS to create ____
A. Audio
B. Visualizations
C. Text information
D. Table
Ans. B
Q 19. In the complex real world our model can never be perfect, which one of the following is or a
reason for the same?
A. Limitation on amount of data that can be stored
B. Limitation on the detail we can capture
C. Lack of software capabilities
D. Limitation of time
Ans. C
Q 20. Choice of representing geographic phenomena depends on _______.
A. analysis performed on data
B. software and hardware components
C. developer
D. kind of data available and data manipulation required
Ans. D
Q 21. Which of the following is not the example of geographic fields?
A. Location of any building
B. Air temperature
C. Barometric pressure
D. Rainfall value
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Q 22. This of the following is not true about ‘Discrete fields’?
A. Discrete fields divide the study space in mutually exclusive, bounded parts, with all locations in
one part having the same field value
B. Land classification is an example of continuous fields
C. Land classification is an example of discrete fields
D. Discrete fields make use of ‘bounded’ features
Ans. B
Q 23. Which of the following is not true about ‘Ratio Data Values’?
A. They allow most, if not all, forms of arithmetic computation
B. They have a natural zero value
C. Multiplication & division of values can be performed
D. Continuous fields can have ratio data values
Ans. C
Q 24. Which of the following is true?
A. Fields are geographic phenomena that does not occur everywhere in the study area
B. Objects are geographic phenomena that occur everywhere over the study area
C. Fields can have only continuous values
D. Objects can be classified based on location, shape, size & orientation
Ans. D
Q 25. Various geographic objects can have same ______.
A. location
B. shape
C. size
D. orientation
Ans. A
Q 26. Geographic phenomena cannot be _____.
A. named
B. assigned orientation
C. georeferenced
D. assigned a time
Ans. B
Q 27. Output of visualization process cannot be _______
A. on computer screen
B. printed on paper
C. audio file
D. projected on screen
Ans. C
Q 28. GIS science is the scientific field that attempts to _________
A. create map
B. perform analysis on collected data
C. integrates different techniques to handle spatial information
D. handle only maintenance of spatial data
Ans. D

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Q 29. What is ‘Metadata’?
A. contour data
B. meteorological data
C. oceanic data
D. data about data
Ans. D
Q 30. Collection and maintenance of base data remain the responsibility of government agencies such
as______.
A. National Mapping Agencies
B. Central Bureau of Investigation
C. Reserve Bank of India
D. Nuclear Fuel Complex
Ans. A
Q 31. Quality can often define as ________.
A. accuracy
B. fitness for use
C. completeness
D. precision
Ans. B
Q 32. GIS tools are unable to help us making decision such as _____
A. finding area with high risk of flood
B. finding most likely sites for mosquito habitat
C. finding best bank for loan
D. finding area with variety of vegetation
Ans. C
Q 33. Maps are always ________.
A. representing ordinal data
B. Representation of nominal data
C. Representation of time series
D. Graphical representation of real world
Ans. D
Q 34. Which one of the following is not a function of database?
A. Creating a graph
B. Concurrent use
C. Data integrity
D. Query optimization
Ans. A
Q 35. Successful spatial analysis requires appropriate __________.
A. software, hardware and internet
B. software, hardware, and competent user
C. software and internet connection
D. only competent user
Ans. B

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Q 36. Which one of the following is not true?
A. geodatabase is not the same thing as a GIS
B. geographic phenomena can have point, line and area or image characteristics
C. geodatabase is the same thing as a GIS
D. GIS knows about spatial reference system
Ans. C
Q 37. Temporal attributes are related to _________.
A. temperature
B. temporary data
C. thematic data
D. time related data
Ans. D
Q 38. Which of the following relationship is correct?
A. Point : (1-simplex)
B. Line : (2-simplex)
C. Triangle : (0-simplex)
D. Tetrahedrons : (3-simplex)
Ans. D
Q 39. Boundary model is also known as _____.
A. topological data model
B. topological discrete model
C. temporal data model
D. temporal continuous model
Ans. A
Q 40. TIN stands for ___________.
A. Traffic Internet Network
B. Triangulated Irregular Network
C. Temperature Interface Node
D. Temporal Interface Node
Ans. B
Q 41. A geographic field is a geographic phenomenon for which, for every point in the study area
_______.
A. a value cannot be determined
B. a value is not relevant
C. a value can be determined
D. a value is missing
Ans. C
Q 42. Which of the following is related to GIS?
A. Pythagorean space
B. Ramanujan space
C. Hilbert space
D. Euclidean space
Ans. D

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Q 43. Which one of the following is not true?
A. A raster is an irregular tessellation with square cells (by far the most commonly used)
B. A raster is a regular tessellation with square cells (by far the most commonly used)
C. Tessellations partition the study space into cells & assign a value to each cell
D. Quad tree is a technique used for irregular tessellation
Ans. A
Q 44. Which of the following group of relationship does not belong to the eight spatial relationships?
A. Disjoint, meets, equals
B. Disjoint, neighbour
C. Inside, covered by
D. Contains, covers, overlaps
Ans. B
Q 45. Which of the following is not the rule of topological consistency in 2D space?
A. Every 1 - simplex must be bounded by two 0- simplexes
B. Every 1-simplex borders two 2 - simplexes
C. 1- simplexes can intersect anywhere
D. Around every 0 - simplex exists an alternating sequence of 1 and 2 simplexes
Ans. C
Q 46. Map scale can be defined as _________.
A. ration between number of pixel in column and row
B. ration between number of pixel in column and row
C. ration between the distance of stretch in the terrain and distance on paper map
D. ration between distance on paper map and the distance of same stretch in the terrain
Ans. D
Q 47. Which of the following is raster representation technique?
A. DEM
B. TIN
C. Point
D. Line
Ans. A
Q 48. Which one of the following, does not come under the components of GIS?
A. Compiler
B. Hardware
C. Software
D. Data
Ans. A
Q 49. Which of the following doesn’t determine the capability of GIS?
A. Generating a map
B. Transferring data
C. Retrieving data
D. Representing cartographic features
Ans. B

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Q 50. Which of the following can be considered as a benefit of GIS?
A. Data sharing
B. Accurate data information
C. Maintaining geo spatial data
D. Presence of data retrieval service
Ans. C

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