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GENERAL STUDIES (P) 2018 – Test–2431

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1. Consider the following statements regarding 4. Which among the following road categories
the wheat cultivation in India: has the highest percentage of total road
1. It is cultivated in rabi season in India. length in India?

2. It is primarily a crop of tropical zone. (a) National Highways

(b) State Highways
3. It increases the natural fertility of soils
(c) District Roads
through nitrogen fixation.
(d) Rural Roads
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? 5. Which of the following activity/activities
(a) 1 and 3 only can be classified as „primary activities‟?
(b) 2 only 1. Forestry
(c) 2 and 3 only 2. Mining and quarrying
(d) 1 only 3. Food processing
Select the correct answer using the code
given below.
2. The development of inland waterways is
(a) 1, 2 and 3
dependent on which among the following
(b) 1 and 2 only
factors?
(c) 1 only
1. Depth of channel (d) 2 only
2. Transport technology in use
3. Continuity in water flow 6. Which amongst the following defines the
Select the correct answer using the code metropolitan city as per the census of India?
given below. (a) Cities with more than 75% of the
(a) 1 and 2 only population engaged in primary sector.
(b) Cities accommodating population size
(b) 2 and 3 only
more than five million.
(c) 3 only
(c) Cities with population density of 500
(d) 1, 2 and 3
persons per sq km.
(d) Cities accommodating population size
3. “They are not dependent on any specific raw between one to five million.
material, weight losing or otherwise. They
largely depend on component parts which 7. Which of the following statements is/are
can be obtained anywhere. These are correct regarding the Gondawana rock
generally not polluting industries. The system?
1. More than 90% of the Indian coal
important factor in their location is
reserves are found in these rocks
accessibility by road network”.
2. Anthracite is prominently found in
Which of the following industries is
Gondwana coal fields
correctly represented by the above Select the correct answer using the code
paragraph? given below.
(a) Household Industry (a) 1 only
(b) Cottage industry (b) 2 only
(c) Manufacturing industry (c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Footloose industry (d) Neither 1 nor 2
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8. Which of the following is/are the benefits of 11. If you travel by road from Dispur to
rainwater harvesting methods? Udaipur, what is the minimum number of
1. It leads to rise of ground water table States within India through which you can
level. travel, including the origin and the
2. It improves the quality of groundwater destination?
through dilution of contaminants. (a) 5
3. It checks salt water intrusion. (b) 6
Select the correct answer using the code (c) 7
given below. (d) 8
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only 12. What is the correct sequence of occurrence
(c) 2 and 3 only of the following cities in West Asia as one
(d) 1, 2 and 3 proceeds from North to South?
1. Baghdad
9. A port that is used as collection centres 2. Riyadh
where the goods are brought from different 3. Kuwait city
countries for export is: 4. San‟a
(a) Naval Port Select the correct answer using the code
(b) Entrepot Port given below.
(c) Oil Port (a) 3-2-1-4
(d) Inland Port (b) 1-3-2-4
(c) 1-2-4-3
10. India is not a member of which among the
(d) 1-2-3-4
following regional trade blocs?
1. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
13. Which of the following techniques can be
Countries (OPEC)
used for rainwater harvesting?
2. Association of Southeast Asian Nations
1. Guiding the rainwater to bore wells.
(ASEAN)
2. Using the surface storage bodies like
3. Commonwealth of Independent States
irrigation tanks.
(CIS)
3. Using rooftops for water collection.
Select the correct answer using the code
Select the correct answer using the code
given below.
given below.
(a) 1 and 2 only
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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14. Which among the following types of rural 18. Consider the following statements regarding
settlement develops where several roads the North–South and East–West Corridor
converge?
Highway:
(a) Linear Pattern
1. The North-South corridor connects
(b) Circular Pattern
(c) Star like Pattern Srinagar to Kanyakumari and East–West
(d) None of the above Corridor connects Porbandar to Silchar.
2. The project is managed by National
15. Kurds, an ethnic group predominantly Highways Authority of India.
inhabit the region around
Which of the statements given above is/are
1. Syria
2. Turkey correct?
3. Iran (a) 1 only
4. Yemen (b) 2 only
Select the correct answer using the code (c) Both 1 and 2
given below.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 2, 3 and 4 only
(c) 1, 3 and 4 only 19. Which of the following statements best
(d) 1, 2 and 4 only describes Environmental Determinism?
(a) It is the study on how the physical
16. Consider the following pairs:
environment predisposes societies and
Waterways Continent
states towards particular development
1. Rhine Waterway : Europe
2. Danube Waterway : Australia trajectories.
3. Volga Waterway : Asia (b) It is an evolutionary theory describing
Which of the pairs given above are correctly the mechanism of natural selection.
matched?
(c) It is the study of interdependence
(a) 1 and 2 only
between two biological communities due
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only to extreme climatic factors.
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) None of the above

17. Which of the following economic activities 20. Which of the following best describes
are undertaken extensively in Steppe type of
the Warabandi system?
grasslands?
1. Nomadic herding (a) It is a system of equitable distribution of
2. Mechanized wheat cultivation water in the canal irrigation regions.
3. Pastoral farming (b) It is a system of creation of bunds to
Select the correct answer using the code direct the agricultural runoff.
given below.
(c) It is a system of soil conservation by
(a) 2 and 3 only
creation of small check dams.
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) It is a method of grass cultivation in the
(d) 1, 2 and 3 regions of soil erosion.
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21. Arabica, robusta and liberica are the types 25. Commercial livestock rearing is practiced
of: mainly in western cultures. With respect to
(a) local winds in North East Africa. this, which of the following is/are features of
commercial livestock rearing?
(b) Genetically Modified varieties of
1. Only one type of animal is reared.
sugarcane.
2. Emphasis is laid on breeding and
(c) coffee cultivated across the world genetic improvement.
(d) native buffalo breeds in North India. 3. Animals products are exported in the
world market.
22. International trade is based on the principle Select the correct answer using the code
given below.
of:
(a) 1 only
1. Comparative advantage
(b) 2 and 3 only
2. Specialization (c) 1 and 3 only
3. Transferability of goods and services (d) 1, 2 and 3
Select the correct answer using the code
given below. 26. Consider the following statements with
(a) 1 and 2 only regard to cropping seasons in India:
1. Kharif season in India largely coincides
(b) 2 and 3 only
with Southwest Monsoon.
(c) 1 and 3 only
2. The rabi season begins with the onset of
(d) 1, 2 and 3 winter.
3. Zaid is a short duration summer
23. Korea strait is a sea passage between cropping season beginning after
(a) Japan and South Korea harvesting of rabi crops
(b) Japan and China Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
(c) North Korea and China
(a) 1 only
(d) North Korea and South Korea
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 3 only
24. Which of the following is/are considered as (d) 1, 2 and 3
core industries?
1. Fertilizer 27. Which among the following factors affect
2. Coal the location of rural settlements?
3. Petroleum Refinery 1. Water supply
2. Fertile Land
4. Steel
3. Building Material
Select the correct answer using the code
Select the correct answer using the code
given below. given below.
(a) 1 and 3 only (a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 4 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only (c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 3

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28. Which of the following factors affect the 31. With reference to modern industry, the term
location of an industry in a region? 'Quinary activities' refer to:

1. Access to sources of energy (a) activities involving highest level of

decision and policy making.
2. Government Policy
(b) activities involving production of goods
3. Access to labour supply
and factory processes.
Select the correct answer using the code
(c) activities involving transforming raw
given below.
materials into valuable products.
(a) 1 and 3 only (d) None of the above
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 only 32. Consider the following statements regarding
(d) 1, 2 and 3 Shaft Mining method:
1. It is done when ore lies deep below the
earth‟s surface.
29. Consider the following pairs:
2. Overhead costs such as safety
Trans Continental Connects
precautions and equipment is relatively
Railway Lines
low in this method.
1. Trans Siberian line : St. Petersburg
3. It is safer than the open-cast mining.
to Vladivostok Which of the statements given above is/are
2. Trans Canadian line : Vancouver to not correct?
Halifax (a) 1 only
3. Australian Trans- : Perth to (b) 1 and 2 only

Continental Sydney (c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 3 only
Which of the pairs given above are correctly
matched?
33. Minerals are generally concentrated in three
(a) 1 and 3 only
broad belts in India. The South-Western
(b) 1 and 2 only
Plateau Region, one of the belts, contains
(c) 2 and 3 only which of these minerals in abundance?
(d) 1, 2 and 3 1. Manganese
2. Coal
30. Which one of the following is not a 3. Iron Ore

plantation crop? Select the correct answer using the code

given below.
(a) Oil Palm
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) Wheat
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) Sugarcane
(c) 3 only
(d) Bananas
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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34. As per the land revenue records of India, the 37. Which of the following can help to control
barren land is defined as: population?
(a) wasteland which normally cannot be 1. Access to family planning services
brought under cultivation with the 2. Free availability of contraceptives

available technology. 3. Tax incentives for large families

(b) cultivable land which is left uncultivated Select the correct answer using the code

for more than a year but less than five given below.
(a) 1 and 3 only
years.
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) cultivable land which is left uncultivated
(c) 1 and 2 only
for more than five years.
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) land which is left uncultivated for more
than five years and can be brought under
38. Consider the following statements
cultivation after improving it through
regarding energy resources:
reclamation practices.
1. Geothermal energy is generated from the
magma in the mantle and lower crust of
35. Consider the following pairs: the earth.
Region Industry 2. Tidal energy is dependent on position of
1. Mumbai-Pune : Cotton Textile the Moon and Sun with respect to the
Industrial Region Industry Earth.
2. Hugli Industrial : Jute Industry Which of the statements given above is/are
Region correct?
3. Chotanagpur : Heavy (a) 1 only
Industrial Region Metallurgical (b) 2 only
Industries (c) Both 1 and 2
Which of the pairs given above is/are (d) Neither 1 nor 2

correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only 39. Coal reserves in India occur in which of the

(b) 1 only following river valleys?

1. Damodar
(c) 2 and 3 only
2. Godavari
(d) 1, 2 and 3
3. Mahanadi
4. Son
36. Which among the following cities is an
Select the correct answer using the code
industrial centre of Leather, Jute and Cotton?
given below.
(a) Jaipur
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) Srinagar
(b) 2 and 4 only
(c) Kanpur
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only
(d) Hyderabad (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
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40. Which of the following are the characteristic 44. 'It is widely practised by many tribes in the
features of plantation agriculture? tropics, especially in Africa, south and
1. Single crop specialisation central America and south east Asia. The
2. Cheap labour
vegetation is usually cleared by fire, and the
3. Scientific methods of cultivation
ashes add to the fertility of the soil'.
Select the correct answer using the code
Above passage describe which of the
given below.
following type of cultivation?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 only (a) Extensive subsistence agriculture

(c) 1 and 3 only (b) Shifting cultivation

(d) 2 and 3 only (c) Extensive commercial grain cultivation
(d) Mixed farming
41. Surfactant Intermediates are a product of
which of the following industries?
45. A near constant population growth is
(a) Sugar Industry
reflected by which of the following types of
(b) Knowledge based Industry
population pyramid?
(c) Petrochemical Industry
(d) Iron and Steel Industry (a) Triangular shaped with a wide base
(b) Bell shaped and tapered towards the top
42. Which of the following are the issues (c) Narrow base and a tapered top
faced by the cotton textile industry in India? (d) None of the above
1. Obsolete machinery
2. Scarcity of raw cotton
46. In context of India, which of the following
3. Erratic power supply
parameters is/are used while calculating
4. Scarcity of labour
literacy rate?
Select the correct answer using the code
1. The ability to both, read and write with
given below.
(a) 1 and 4 only understanding in any language

(b) 2 and 3 only 2. Persons aged 7 years and above

(c) 1, 2 and 3 only 3. Persons who have completed primary
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 schooling
Select the correct answer using the code
43. Clustered Settlements can be found in which
given below.
of the following regions?
(a) 1 only
(a) Fertile alluvial Plains
(b) 2 and 3 only
(b) Arid regions
(c) Remote forested areas (c) 1 and 2 only

(d) Hilly terrain (d) 1 and 3 only

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47. Consider the following pairs: 50. Petroleum refinery is located in which of the
Town Functional following cities?
Classification 1. Koyali
1. Jamshedpur : Industrial Town 2. Mathura
2. Kolkata : Commercial Town 3. Haldia
3. Agra : Transport City Select the correct answer using the code
Which of the pairs given above is/are given below.
correctly matched? (a) 1 and 2 only
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(b) 2 only (c) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
51. Consider the following pairs:
48. Which of the following are represented in a Tribes Region
population pyramid? 1. Bushmen : Australia
1. Female population 2. Zulus : Brazil
2. Population size 3. Maoris : New Zealand
3. Age group of population Which of the pairs given above is/are
Select the correct answer using the code correctly matched?
given below. (a) 1 and 2 only
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only (c) 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
52. Which among the following are the major
49. Which of the following statements best determinants of density of roads in India?
describes crude birth rate (CBR)? 1. Nature of terrain
(a) Absolute number of children born over a 2. Population
period of time. 3. Level of economic development
(b) Number of live births in a year per Select the correct answer using the code
thousand of population. given below.
(c) Estimated number of live births in a (a) 1 and 2 only
country in a month. (b) 1 and 3 only
(d) Number of live births in which delivery (c) 2 and 3 only
was not institutional. (d) 1, 2 and 3
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53. Which of the following regions are famous 57. Which of the following leads to an increase
for iron and steel industry? in arsenic and fluoride concentration in
1. Pittsburgh, USA
ground water?
2. St. Petersburgh, Russia
(a) Soil salinisation
3. Bhadravati, India
4. Dusseldorf, Germany (b) Release of untreated industrial effluents
Select the correct answer using code given into rivers
below. (c) Lowering of ground water table
(a) 1 and 3 only (d) Agricultural run off into water sources
(b) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only
58. „Aus‟ , „aman‟, „boro‟ are the
(d) 2 and 4 only
(a) different varieties of wheat in Assam.
54. Which among the following sea routes is (b) three crops of rice grown in different
known as the Big Trunk Route? season in West Bengal.
(a) Cape of Good Hope Sea Route (c) local winds in North India.
(b) Mediterranean–Indian Ocean Sea Route
(d) harvest festivals in the state of Punjab.
(c) Northern Atlantic Sea Route
(d) North Pacific Sea Route
59. Which of the following is the correct
55. Consider the following statements regarding arrangement of Indian sectors in the
the irrigation pattern in India: decreasing order of their share in surface
1. Canal irrigation is widespread in water utilization?
northern plains.
(a) Agriculture - Domestic use - Industry
2. Deccan plateau has predominance of
(b) Industry - Agriculture - Domestic use
tank irrigation.
Which of the statements given above is/are (c) Agriculture - Industry - Domestic use
correct? (d) Industry - Domestic use- Agriculture
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only 60. Consider the following statements with
(c) Both 1 and 2
regard to inputs used during Green
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Revolution in India:

56. Which of the following areas tend to have 1. The High yielding varieties (HYVs)
more population density? seeds that were used could grow easily
1. Areas which have fertile loamy soils. in dry lands.
2. Areas with harsh climate and more 2. Organic fertilizers were widely used.
seasonal variation.
Which of the statements given above is/are
Select the correct answer using the code
correct?
given below.
(a) 1 only (a) 1 only
(b) 2 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
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61. Consider the following statements : 64. Consider the following pairs:
1. Physiological density refers to the ratio Iron rich region Country
of total agricultural population and net 1. Lorraine : Japan

cultivated area. 2. Ruhr : Russia

2. Agricultural density is the ratio of total 3. Great Lakes : USA

population and net cultivated area. Which of the pairs given above is/are

Which of the statements given above is/are correctly matched?

correct? (a) 1 and 2 only

(a) 1 only (b) 3 only

(c) 2 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
65. 'It is one of the oldest ports on the eastern
coast of India. It is an artificial harbour. It is
62. Which of the following statements is/are
not much suitable for large ships because of
correct regarding Uranium and Thorium?
the shallow waters near the coast.'
1. Unlike Uranium, Thorium alone cannot
The above passage best describes which
be directly used as nuclear fuel in a
among the following ports?
reactor.
(a) Chennai
2. Thorium is more abundant in nature than
(b) Marmagao
Uranium.
(c) Haldia
Select the correct answer using the code
(d) Paradip
given below.
(a) 1 only
66. Who among the following form part of the
(b) 2 only
working population of India?
(c) Both 1 and 2 1. 16 year old boy
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. 60 year old man
3. 21 year old girl
63. Which of the following best describes the 4. 14 year old girl
term Kolkhoz? Select the correct answer using the code
(a) Rice cultivation in Middle East region given below.
(b) Tribe found in colder region of Russia (a) 1 and 2 only
(c) Collective farming system introduced by (b) 2 and 3 only
erstwhile USSR (c) 1 and 3 only
(d) Irrigation technique in Southern India (d) 2, 3 and 4 only
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67. Consider the following statements regarding 70. Consider the following pairs regarding
growth and development: phases of population growth in India:
1. While growth is a quantitative change, Period Phase
development is a qualitative change.
1. 1901-21 : Population Explosion
2. While growth is always positive,
2. 1921-51 : Steady population growth
development can be either positive or
3. 1951-81 : Stationary phase of growth
negative.
Which of the pairs given above is/are
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? correctly matched?

(a) 1 only (a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 only (b) 1 and 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (c) 2 only
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) 2 and 3 only

68. In comparison to temperate regions,

71. Human Development Index (HDI) combines
commercial extraction of timber resources is
which of the following dimensions?
low in tropical forests due to which of the
1. Life expectancy at birth
following reasons?
1. Trees do not occur in homogenous stands. 2. Total fertility rate

2. Absence of frozen surfaces. 3. Mean years of schooling

3. Tropical hardwoods are too heavy to float 4. Gross National Income (GNI) per capita
on water. Select the correct answer using the code
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
given below. (a) 1 and 3 only
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 4 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1, 3 and 4 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

69. Which of the following are approaches to 72. Which of the following is/are the
measure human development? characteristics of the Indian coal?
1. Income approach 1. Low ash content
2. Welfare approach 2. High sulphur content
3. Capability approach 3. Low calorific value
4. Basic need approach
Select the correct answer using the code
Select the correct answer using the code
given below.
given below.
(a) 1 and 2 only
(a) 1, 3 and 4 only
(b) 3 only
(b) 2 and 4 only
(c) 1 and 3 only (c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 3

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73. Which of the following is/are characteristics 76. Viticulture is prominent in which of the
of mixed farming? following region?
1. High capital expenditure
(a) Sahara region
2. Extensive use of chemical fertilisers
(b) Mediterranean region
3. Crop cultivation and animal husbandry
Select the correct answer using the code (c) Central Asia

given below. (d) Amazon region

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
77. Which of the following is the correct
(c) 1 and 3 only
arrangement of the sources of irrigation in
(d) 1, 2 and 3
the decreasing order of their total area

74. With reference to the mineral resources of covered?

India, consider the following pairs: (a) Tube wells and other wells > Tanks >
Mineral Highest Reserves
Canals
1. Copper : Karnataka
(b) Tube wells and other wells > Canals >
2. Bauxite : Gujarat
3. Chromite : Odisha Tanks

Which of the pairs given above is/are (c) Canals > Tanks > Tube wells and other
correctly matched? wells
(a) 1 and 2 only
(d) Canals > Tube wells and other wells >
(b) 1 and 3 only
Tanks
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
78. With reference to the location of radioactive
75. Which of the following climatic and mineral ore in India, Uranium is found in
physiographic conditions are suitable for tea
which of the following locations?
cultivation?
1. Chhattisgarh
1. Mild winters
2. Thick soil cover with high organic 2. Andhra Pradesh

content 3. Rajasthan
3. Steep slope Select the correct answer using the code
Select the correct answer using the code
given below.
given below.
(a) 1 only
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only (b) 1 and 2 only

(c) 1 and 3 only (c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

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79. With reference to water transport, consider 82. Which of the following are the Push factors
the following statements: of Migration?
1. The energy cost of water transportation 1. Poor living conditions
is higher than that of land transport. 2. Political turmoil
2. Compared to land and air, ocean 3. Better job opportunities
transport is a costlier means of transport
4. Epidemics
of bulky material between continents.
Select the correct answer using the code
Which of the statements given above is/are
given below.
correct?
(a) 1 and 4 only
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1, 2 and 4 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

80. Extensive commercial grain cultivation is 83. With reference to the hamleted settlements
practiced in which of the following regions? in India, consider the following statements:
1. Pampas of Argentina 1. They are fragmented into several units
2. Velds of South Africa physically separated from each other.
3. Australian Downs 2. They are found in lower Ganga plain.
Select the correct answer using the code 3. They are locally called as panna, para,
given below. palli.
(a) 1 only Which of the statements given above is/are
(b) 1 and 2 only
correct?
(c) 2 and 3 only
(a) 1 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
81. Consider the following pairs:
(d) 2 and 3 only
National Waterways Location
1. NW 1 : Sadia to Dhubri
2. NW 3 : West Coast 84. With reference to the streams of migration,
Canal consider the following statements:
3. NW 5 : Delta River 1. Females predominate rural to rural
Systems of migration in intra-state migration.
Mahanadi & 2. Males predominate rural to urban
Brahmani migration in inter-state migration.
Which of the pairs given above is/are Which of the statements given above is/are
correctly matched? correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only (a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 3 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
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85. Which among the following ports lies in the 89. Which among the following could be the
southern hemisphere? reasons for low livestock farming in
(a) Rotterdam equatorial regions?
(b) Maputo 1. Poor growth of meadow grass.
(c) Shanghai 2. Cattle prone to diseases.
(d) Istanbul 3. Scanty rainfall.
Select the correct answer using the code
86. The tribes Bedouins and Bindibu are given below.
associated with which of the following (a) 1 and 3 only
climatic region? (b) 1 and 2 only
(a) Monsoon (c) 2 only
(b) Polar (d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) Equatorial forest
(d) Mid-latitude desert 90. The term Sub urbanization refers to the trend
of:
87. Consider the following land use categories in (a) people moving away from congested
India: urban areas to cleaner areas outside the
1. Culturable waste land city.
2. Current Fallow (b) people moving away from rural areas to
3. Net area sown semi urban areas for jobs.
Which of the above categories have (c) people moving to rural areas after
increased as a percentage of total land after retirement.
Independence? (d) migrants settling in slums in urban areas.
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only 91. With reference to natural vegetation types,
(c) 3 only Selvas refers to:
(d) 2 and 3 only (a) tropical rain forest in Amazon lowlands.
(b) scrub vegetation found in arid and semi-
88. Which amongst the following best describes arid regions.
'transhumance'? (c) large area of flat temperate grasslands.
(a) Migration from mountains to plains and (d) type of natural region or biome that does
vice versa with change in seasons. not contain trees.
(b) Primitive form of hunting practiced in
very cold regions. 92. Which of the following regions is known as
(c) The process of shift from primitive the Big Game Country?
subsistence agriculture to extensive (a) African Savannah
commercial grain cultivation with (b) Brazillian equatorial forests
development of technology. (c) Arctic Siberia
(d) None of the above (d) Tropical Monsoon Forests

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93. With reference to modern agriculture, „Truck 97. Consider the following pairs:
farming‟ refers to: Crops Cropping Season
(a) usage of heavy machinery for ploughing 1. Mustard : Rabi
and distribution of seeds. 2. Watermelon : Zaid
(b) specialised vegetables farming. 3. Cotton : Kharif
(c) livestock farming in specialised stalls Which of the pairs given above is/are
and pens. correctly matched?
(d) specialised grape cultivation. (a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
94. Consider the following statements regarding
(d) 2 and 3 only
Demographic transition theory:
1. It shows the changing pattern of birth
98. The disputed region of Abyei is located
and death rates as society progress from
along the border of
agrarian to industrial.
(a) Israel - Palestine
2. It can be used to describe and predict the
(b) Tunisia - Algeria
future population of an area.
(c) Sudan - South Sudan
Which of the statements given above is/are
(d) Syria - Turkey
correct?
(a) 1 only 99. Arrange the following water bodies critical
(b) 2 only to the world's oil trade from west to east:
(c) Both 1 and 2 1. Strait of Hormuz
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. Suez Canal
3. Bab al Mandeb
95. The term Conurbation refers to Select the correct answer using the code
(a) a large area of urban development that given below.
resulted from the merging of originally (a) 1-2-3
separate towns or cities. (b) 1-3-2
(b) a city with a population less than a (c) 2-3-1
million. (d) 3-1-2
(c) re-ruralization of urban areas.
(d) A large area of urban development that 100. Negative growth rate of population can be
resulted from the split of a large town. caused by
1. higher death rate than the birth rate
96. Which among the following is the largest 2. emigration of people
Select the correct answer using the code
container port in India?
given below.
(a) Vishakhapatnam
(a) 1 only
(b) New Mangalore
(b) 2 only
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru Port
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Paradip
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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