UGC NET · Geography — practice MCQs
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Climatology 250
- Which one of the following phenomena is correctly shown in the sketch given below?
- Arrange the following major gases as per their volume in the atmosphere in increasing order: Carbon Dioxide, Argon,…
- In Koppen's classification, the Cs type of climate represents which of the following?
- The incoming solar radiation is known as
- Match List-I (Local names of tropical cyclones) with List-II (Countries) and select the correct answer from the codes…
- Arid conditions are caused by a number of factors. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- What is true about Rossby waves? Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which among the following statements are NOT true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which among the following statements are correct regarding Jet Streams? Choose the correct answer from the options given…
- Identify the local winds which are hot. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- Identify the correct statements with reference to insolation. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which layer of the ionosphere is also known as the Kennelly Heaviside layer?
- The frequency of tornadoes in the USA is highest in the months from which one of the following?
- Steeper slopes and faster movements provide the explanation for more intense weather phenomena associated with which one of…
- Arrange the following surfaces of the Earth on the basis of albedo, the percentage reflected, in descending order:…
- Thornthwaite did not use which one of the following in the criteria of his first scheme of classification…
- Identify the correct statements with reference to the heat budget of the Earth. Choose the correct answer from…
- Arrange the following gases in descending order of their share in the composition of the atmosphere: (1) Carbon…
- Match List-I (Climate) with List-II (Letter symbol by Koppen) and select the correct answer from the codes given…
- The origin and mechanism of the South West Monsoon is not associated with which one of the following?
- The present trend of global warming is mainly a result of which one of the following?
- The blueness of the sky is the result of
- Match List-I (Symbol) with List-II (Koppen's climate type) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Which of the following laws gives an insight about the amount of radiation radiated by an object in…
- Arrange the following surfaces in descending order of their albedo.
- Identify the correct statements with reference to tropical cyclones. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- The mean annual precipitation at the global level is about how many centimetres?
- Thunderstorms are most frequent in the
- Arrange the following cities in descending length of daylight in the summer season.
- Identify the correct statements with reference to tornadoes. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Match List-I (Humidity) with List-II (Expressed as) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Consider the following statements related to insolation. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which one of the following is the weight of water vapour per unit weight of air?
- Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select…
- Which of the following sets of two cyclones rotate or spin in a counter-clockwise direction?
- Match List-I (Classified codes of air masses) with List-II (Source region properties) and select the correct answer from…
- Given below are two statements regarding katabatic winds. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which of the following chemical zones of the atmosphere is located in the outermost sphere from the earth's…
- Which of the following statements is or are correct about tropical cyclones? Choose the correct answer from the…
- Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the effects of global warming? Choose the correct…
- Which of the following are sources of proxy data for climate change studies? Choose the correct answer from…
- Which type of scattering is responsible for red sunsets?
- The Beaufort Scale is a measure of which one of the following?
- In the three-cell circulation model, the energy that drives the Hadley cell is supplied by which one of…
- Which one of the following is not correct about Koppen's climate classification?
- Which one of the following factors is not correct about the development of a tropical cyclone?
- Identify the sequence of clouds in the sky from first to last as a warm front approaches an…
- Which is the correct sequence of radiation from longest to shortest wavelength?
Cultural, Social and Political Geography 194
- How does climate change impact global geopolitics?
- Which among the following statements are correct with regard to geopolitics? Choose the most appropriate answer from the…
- Which of the following statements are correct for language? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given…
- Several international boundaries follow large and small rivers. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which of the following electoral reforms in India introduced the NOTA option in electronic voting machines?
- Arrange the following indigenous people of India on the basis of their primary habitat from South to North:…
- In the context of federalism in India, which of the following constitutional amendments granted more financial and administrative…
- In contrast to Mackinder's Heartland Theory, Spykman's Rimland Theory emphasises the strategic importance of which region?
- Why is the Indian Ocean region geopolitically significant?
- Richard Hartshorne recognized four distinct approaches to the study of the political geography of a State. Choose the…
- Which one among the following religions belongs to the traditional form of religion?
- The geopolitics of world natural resources is influenced by all of the following factors except which one?
- Identify the statements which are not correct about frontiers and boundaries. Choose the correct answer from the options…
- The book Geography of Peace laid the foundation of which concept?
- Which one of the following is often referred to as the marginalised cultural realm?
- Arrange the headquarters of the following regional organisations from the Equator towards the North Pole: (1) SAARC, (2)…
- Match List-I (Language) with List-II (Linguistic family) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Identify the correct statements about the geo politics of the Indian Ocean. Choose the most appropriate answer from…
- The situation when people from a certain social background are denied a particular facility is called what?
- Which one of the following is not a determinant of voting behaviour in India?
- In the Occidental cultural realm which religion holds an important influence?
- Match List-I (Tribe) with List-II (Race) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Which of the following was most emphasized by Spykman in the Rimland theory?
- According to which scholar is culture that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and…
- Identify the correct statements about the Heartland. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Identify the correct statements. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Match List-I (Regional organization) with List-II (Country) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Social geography has always been committed to integrate the social with the
- The international boundary of USA and Canada does NOT pass through which one of the following lakes?
- Arrange the following religions in descending order on the basis of number of adherents in the world: Hindus,…
- Identify the WRONG statements about geopolitical concepts. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Who among the following pointed out that a major underlying weakness of voting geography has been the failure…
- Match List-I (Regional Block) with List-II (Headquarter) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Match List-I (Ethnic Group) with List-II (Country) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- The zone and strata theory of racial classification was propounded by
- Given below are two statements. In the light of the statements, choose the correct answer from the options…
- Arrange the following concepts of political geography in chronology from oldest to latest: (1) Functional approaches in political…
- Arrange the following language families in descending order by the percentage of people speaking them: (1) Sino-Tibetan, (2)…
- Match List-I (Concept) with List-II (Characteristics) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Which of the following statements are correct about land owning and agrarian castes? Choose the most appropriate answer…
- Which one of the following parameters is not proposed by Kristof to distinguish frontiers and boundaries?
- Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select…
- Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select…
- Arrange the following regions in descending order in terms of the proportion of non-religious population in the world.
- Match List-I (Major language) with List-II (Sub-language) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Which of the following correctly represent the main foci of geographical interest in electoral studies? Choose the correct…
- Which of the following criteria is used to study a state by political geographers? Choose the correct answer…
- Which of the following represent the main attributes of jati? Choose the correct answer from the options given…
Geographic Thought 258
- Arrange the following Greek geographers in chronological order from earlier to latest: Herodotus, Eratosthenes, Hippocrates and Ptolemy.
- Who wrote the book Mainsprings of Civilization?
- Who named his new scientific geography as Erdbeschreibung?
- The subordination of women by men as the primary inequality in human society is the main tenet of…
- Match List-I (Geographical concept) with List-II (Geographer) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Who propounded the concept of Innovation Diffusion as a Spatial Process?
- Kates behavioural approach to Geography is based on which of the following assumptions? Choose the correct answer from…
- Match List-I (Concept) with List-II (Geographer) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Arrange the following Indian scholars in the correct chronological order of their birth: (1) Bhaskaracharya, (2) Varahamihira, (3)…
- The statement that all history must be treated geographically and all geography must be treated historically was given…
- Which one of the following was not associated with the behavioural movement in Geography?
- Identify the statements which are not correct about Dualism in Geography. Choose the most appropriate answer from the…
- The statement that the supreme achievements of civilizations in any region were always bound up with a particular…
- Which of the following perspectives of geography emerged as a part of the radical Marxist orientation of human…
- Identify the correct statements about the Schaefer Hartshorne debate. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Match List-I (Scholar) with List-II (Achievement) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- An account describing a naturalist equipped with Hadley and Troughton sextants, barometers standardized with the Paris observatory, a…
- The credit of originating the literary tradition in geography goes to
- The concept of mental map was more closely associated with
- Match List-I (Books or paper) with List-II (Authors) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- The word nomothetic stands for
- Which of the following geographical concept was inspired by Darwin's Origin of Species?
- Which one of the following universities of the United States around 1950 was NOT among the centres with…
- Which of the following statements are correct about the impact of Darwin on geographical thought? Choose the correct…
- Stoddart suggested four main themes from Darwin's work that contributed to contemporary geographical thought. Which of these themes…
- Consider the following statements related to feminism and identify the correct statements. Choose the correct answer from the…
- Identify the correct statements about the idiographic versus nomothetic dualism in geography. Choose the correct answer from the…
- Arrange the following geographical publications in chronological order: Alternative Geographies, Mapping Desires, General History of the Nature of…
- Who among the following suggested that since man could not be put to scientific analysis, the study of…
- Which one of the following was the first formal book on Geography?
- Match List-I (Scholar) with List-II (Book) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Match List-I (Approach) with List-II (Focus) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Who among the following was the first to point out the difference in the amount of heat received…
- Arrange the following approaches in chronological order: (1) Feminism, (2) Quantitative revolution, (3) Behaviouralism, (4) Determinism. Choose the…
- Match List-I (Thinker) with List-II (Contribution or thought) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Which of the following statements are correct about the Chinese contribution to geographical thought? Choose the most appropriate…
- The principle of 'terrestrial whole' was advocated by which one of the following experts?
- Which one of the following is accused of leaving 'Ge' out of geography?
- Which one of the following is remembered for the prediction of an eclipse of the Sun and a…
- Which one of the following contains principles of trigonometry?
- Given below are two statements about structuralism. In light of the statements, choose the most appropriate answer from…
- Arrange the following publications in chronological order.
- Match List-I (Statement) with List-II (Expert) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Which of the following statements are correct about the impact of Darwin on geographical thought? Choose the correct…
- Which of the following statements are not true about spatial analysis? Choose the correct answer from the options…
- Which one of the following sets of book and author is wrongly matched?
- The actual labour productivity of farms was compared with what could have been achieved under optimizing decision-making by…
- Which of the following is not a humanistic geographer?
Geographical Techniques 267
- Match List-I (Formula or Equation) with List-II (Purpose) as shown in the given figure and select the correct…
- Which one of the following connectivity matrices is correct to show the given network of six nodes?
- The figure given below shows four settlement patterns marked A, B, C and D. Match each pattern with…
- Consider the map of an area given below in which eight numbered regions show school, hospital, railway station…
- For the network shown in the figure, which one of the following codes correctly shows the number of…
- How many number of intersecting links between six nodes are shown in the given figure?
- Which one of the following frequency distributions shown in the figure is negatively skewed?
- What will be the median of the distribution represented in the given graph?
- Consider the figures X and Y shown below. Figure X has an RF of 1 to 2,000 with…
- From the transport network graph shown in the figure, select the code that correctly depicts the Diameter Index…
- Consider the road network diagram of an area given below. Select the correct connectivity matrix for the above…
- Consider the road network diagram of an area given below. Select the correct connectivity matrix for the above…
- Consider figures X and Y shown below. Which one of the following statements is correct?
- In the transport network shown in the figure given below, which one of the locations has the maximum…
- The Indian navigation system known as NavIC, meaning Navigation with Indian Constellation, is designed with a constellation of…
- Which one of the following is the most suitable diagram to represent the decadal growth of population?
- Which one of the following is an advantage of the vector data model?
- Among the given definitions, choose the correct one that precisely defines standard deviation.
- The Geographic Information System has many important components. Identify the one which is NOT an important component.
- Name the instrument which is used to measure horizontal and vertical angles more precisely.
- The horizontal air photos are also called as
- Arrange the following maps on the basis of their scale in descending order, from large to small scale:…
- Based on the passage on colour patch maps, which of the following is not a qualitative method of…
- Based on the passage on colour patch maps, in the topographical maps of India, a plateau is shown…
- Based on the passage on colour patch maps, a political map of India is an example of which…
- Based on the passage on colour patch maps, which of the following is a characteristic of the Simple…
- Based on the passage on colour patch maps, a map showing the major mining centres of India for…
- Match List-I (Spectral resolution in micrometre) with List-II (Band utility) and select the correct answer from the codes…
- Which of the following spectral bands of Landsat 1 is generally not used for production of a colour…
- Geometrical figures shaping the raster cell and completely covering a flat surface are called what?
- The road width on the ground is 60 feet while it is 2 inches on the aerial photograph.…
- Identify the correct statements about the Chi square test. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given…
- Which of the following is used to identify the sphere of influence of towns or cities?
- Identify the correct statements about techniques used in mapping the terrain. Choose the correct answer from the options…
- Arrange the following developments in remote sensing in chronological order from earliest to latest: (1) Google Earth serves…
- Identify the instrument which is used to measure humidity.
- The Hadley sextant is used for
- Which instrument is used to measure height above the mean sea level, as in the account of a…
- Match List-I (Navigation system) with List-II (Country) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Match List-I (Terms of gravity model) with List-II (Description) and select the correct answer from the codes given…
- Arrange the following satellites and sensors in ascending order of their spatial resolution.
- Which of the following statements about alternative dot methods is correct?
- Identify the statements which are NOT correct. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Arrange the following toposheets in order from larger to smaller scale: 47D/11, 63, 55J, 63K/7/2.
- A histogram like display and cumulation aside, which one of the following measures the dispersion equal to the…
- As per the remote sensing passage, which one of the following is NOT an airborne platform?
- As per the remote sensing passage, the atmospheric path length is shortest in the case of which one…
- As per the remote sensing passage, the red band is an example of which one of the following?
Geography of Economic Activities and Regional Development 354
- The given figure shows the regional consumption pattern of energy from various sources for six world regions, where…
- The given figure shows the regional consumption pattern of energy from various sources for six world regions, where…
- The given figure shows the regional consumption pattern of energy from various sources for six world regions, where…
- The given figure shows the regional consumption pattern of energy from various sources for six world regions, where…
- The given figure shows the regional consumption pattern of energy from various sources for six world regions, where…
- In the diagram given below showing profitability in different spatial cost and revenue situations, which one of the…
- Which one of the following codes is correct to show the optimal location to profitability in different spatial…
- Consider the costs and revenue lines of four firms located in a region shown below. Select the best…
- On the map of Mexico given below, at which point is a 'maquiladora' most likely to be found?
- On the basis of the given map of an area, which one of the following is the most…
- Which of the following economic activities is an example of the quaternary group of economic activities?
- Identify the physical factors which affect the supply of energy in the world. Choose the most appropriate answer…
- Ullman's model of spatial interaction does NOT introduce which of the following concepts?
- Match List-I (Fundamental concept) with List-II (Theory or scholar) and select the correct answer from the codes given…
- Arrange the following zones of land use around the central city based on Von Thunen's theory, from centre…
- Which is the specialised form of tourism in which people experience relatively untouched natural environments?
- The process of cumulative causation was put forward by which author?
- Which of the following regions are known for large scale agro industrialisation? Choose the most appropriate answer from…
- Identify the wrong statements about the World Trade Organization. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which of the following statements about Weber's theory of industrial location is not correct?
- Identify the wrong statements with reference to Losch's central place theory. Choose the correct answer from the options…
- Which of the following was not a characteristic of the core periphery model of development?
- Which of the following statements about Von Thunen's model of agricultural land use is not correct?
- The workers engaged in secondary activities are also called what?
- Which of the following statements about energy resources are not correct? Choose the correct answer from the options…
- Identify the correct statements about the World Trade Organization. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which of the following activities are not tied to resources, affected by the environment or necessarily localized by…
- Which of the following will improve the economic life of rural areas in developing countries, reduce environmental pollution,…
- Arrange the following countries in ascending order on the basis of their percent share in exports of commercial…
- Friedmann's model is known as the
- Arrange the following products from the market to the peripheral zone as per Von Thunen's model of land…
- Which of the following was NOT assumed by Weber in his industrial location theory?
- Identify the correct statements about agricultural systems of the world. Choose the correct answer from the options given…
- Identify the correct statements about Myrdal's model. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Match List-I (Expert) with List-II (Basis of location theory) and select the correct answer from the codes given…
- Arrange the following industrial location theories in chronological order: Alfred Weber's theory, Allen Pred's theory, Edgar Hoover's theory…
- Arrange the following adopters of innovations in descending order on the basis of their percentage share of all…
- Identify the correct statements about Myrdal's cumulative causation theory. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Air transport plays an important role in most parts of Canada, Alaska, large parts of Russia and most…
- Given below are two statements regarding trade. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Who among the following modified Von Thunen's model of land use in 1925?
- Identify the correct statements about knowledge based industries. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which one of the following is NOT among the five criteria adopted by Whittlesey in the classification of…
- Arrange the following ICT companies in descending order of their market valuation in 2023: Tata Consultancy Services, HCL…
- Identify the correct statements about Friedmann's core-periphery model. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which one of the following refers to a collaboration between a government, private firms and universities, which may…
- Identify the correct statements about iron and steel plants of India. Choose the correct answer from the options…
- Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select…
Geography of Environment 184
- The concept of ecological niche was first introduced by
- Match List-I (Components of ecosystem) with List-II (Related to) and select the correct answer from the codes given…
- In which year did India become a signatory to the Ramsar Convention for conserving potential wetlands?
- Match List-I (Local names of grasslands) with List-II (Countries) and select the correct answer from the codes given…
- Among the following statements, choose the correct ones with reference to the Mediterranean Biome. Choose the correct answer…
- The first concrete step to protect the ozone layer was
- Identify the correct statements about Deep ecology. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Which one of the following is the broad transition between two different ecosystems of mainly plant communities?
- In which of the following phases are plant seeds established in the newly created bare area through germination…
- Which type of ecosystem has the highest mean net primary productivity in dry grams per square metre per…
- Which of the following is associated with an understanding of our place in the world based on human…
- In 1995, the Basel Convention was amended to do what, regarding hazardous waste moving from industrialized to developing…
- Identify the wrong statements with reference to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6. Choose the correct answer from…
- The decade of 2021 to 2030 has been declared as the United Nations decade on
- Match List-I (Organism) with List-II (Example) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Arrange the following anthropogenically induced gases causing global warming in descending order of their relative contribution.
- Which of the following introduced the concept of clean development mechanisms?
- Identify the correct statements with reference to the biogeochemical cycle. Choose the correct answer from the options given…
- The pyramid of numbers is inverted in which ecosystem?
- Arrange the following ecosystems in descending order of net primary productivity in kilogram per square metre per year.
- Arrange the following Acts of India in chronological order.
- The phenomenon of energy loss in successive trophic levels is approximated as which rule?
- Match List-I (Disease) with List-II (Cause) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Identify the correct statements about UN-REDD+. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Identify the correct statements about primary production in ecosystems. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- The study of an ecocline representing the changing conditions across an ecosystem boundary is known as
- Given below are two statements regarding constitutional provisions for the protection of the environment in India. Choose the…
- Which one of the following shows an inverted pyramid of biomass?
- Which of the following is NOT correct evidence for global warming?
- The headquarters of the UNFCCC is located at which one of the following places?
- Identify the correct sequence of organisms in the following food chain: Barnacle Larva, Diatoms, Herring and Arrow Worm.
- Who among the following divided the world ecosystems on the basis of use of harvest method and net…
- Kelp forests are which one of the following types of ecosystems?
- According to a passage on water pollution, every year how many Americans contract health issues such as skin…
- According to a passage on water pollution, which one of the following messages is conveyed through the passage?
- According to a passage on water pollution, why are low-income communities at high risk from water pollution?
- According to a passage on water pollution, which disease is a severe form of pneumonia contracted from water…
- According to a passage on water pollution, the lead contamination crisis in Flint was a consequence of which…
- Given below are two statements. In the light of the statements, choose the correct answer from the options…
- Arrange the following in chronological order from first to last: (1) Kyoto Protocol, (2) Brundtland Commission, (3) Paris…
- Match List-I (Approach to environmental ethics) with List-II (Meaning) and select the correct answer from the codes given…
- Match List-I (Term) with List-II (Coined or first used by) and select the correct answer from the codes…
- Consider the following statements related to man-nature interaction. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- Which of the following are correct statements about energy? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given…
- Which of the following organic molecules contain nitrogen? Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which of the following is or are non-structural measures used to mitigate floods? Choose the correct answer from…
- Which one of the following mineral nutrients is not a macro-nutrient required by plants?
Geography of India 298
- The map given below shows the passes of the Kashmir Himalayas marked with numbers. Which one of the…
- Arrange the following tributaries of River Ganga from West to East: Sarda, Gandak, Gomati and Ghaghara.
- Arrange the following important peaks in ascending order of altitude: Nanda Devi, Badrinath, Kanchenjunga and Namcha Barwa.
- Match List-I (Minerals) with List-II (Reserves) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Arrange the following health care policies of India in chronological order on the basis of their launch year:…
- Which Ministry of the Government of India looks after the census operations in India?
- Arrange the following major ports of India from North to South: Marmagao, Vishakhapatnam, Paradwip, Kandla and Mangalore.
- Identify the important components of the Green Revolution in India. Choose the correct answer from the options given…
- Arrange the following natural hazards and disasters of India in chronological order from earlier to latest: Tsunami off…
- Which of the following statements are NOT correct for the Indian Jute Industry? Choose the most appropriate answer…
- Match List-I (Lake) with List-II (Type) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Among the public sector dockyards in India, which shipyard has the highest capacity for ship repairing?
- Which of the following is the oldest Indian rock system?
- The Government of India approved the Bharatmala Pariyojana covering a length of 34,800 kilometres in which year?
- The Annual Plans were formulated in between which two Five Year Plans in India?
- Match List-I (Glaciers) with List-II (Locations) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- The city of Mumbai is located in the centre of which region?
- Match List-I (Passes) with List-II (States) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Arrange the following states on the basis of their total area in ascending order: Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Telangana and…
- The crop region of which one of the following is not confined to the region of high rainfall…
- Among the following, the percentage share of which commodity group was highest in the major imports of India…
- Which monument was the second highest visited by domestic visitors during 2022 to 2023?
- At present, in total foodgrain production, which includes cereals and pulses, the share of Kharif and Rabi crops…
- Among the following, which one has the highest peak?
- Arrange the following forest cover types of India in descending order of their areal extent: (1) Tropical Wet…
- Match List-I (Hazard) with List-II (Prone area) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Which of the following is not a characteristic of the National Health Policy, 2017?
- Identify the correct statements with reference to transportation in India. Choose the correct answer from the options given…
- Arrange the following development plans of India in descending order of their launch year, latest first: (1) Desert…
- Land reforms in India did not address which one of the following issues?
- The Government of India has replaced the Planning Commission with NITI Aayog, which stands for
- The democratic decentralization by introduction of the Panchayati Raj Act via the 73rd Constitutional Amendment was based on…
- Which one of the following is the oldest goal of planned development in India?
- Which of the following was NOT one of the objectives of planning in India around 1950?
- In which Five Year Plan was the National Rural Health Mission initiated?
- Which of the following is NOT included in the 15 agroclimatic regions of India classified by the Planning…
- Match List-I (Species) with List-II (Forest type) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Among the following cities, which one lies in the most seismic sensitive zone?
- Which of the following mountain ranges of Peninsular India has the highest peak?
- The rays of the Sun are vertical over Jhansi how many times in a year?
- Arrange the following centres of paper industry from North to South.
- Which one of the following is NOT a tributary of the river Krishna?
- Which one of the following sets of two passes are located in Sikkim?
- In 2011, among the Scheduled Indian languages, which one was at rank 4 in terms of total number…
- Identify the WRONG statements with reference to natural disasters in India. Choose the correct answer from the options…
- Identify the correct statements about the climatic conditions of India. Choose the correct answer from the options given…
- Identify the correct statements about forest resources of India. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- The Maski Band of Dharwar and Champion reefs bear significant reserves of which one of the following mineral…
Geomorphology 256
- The given figure shows a drainage network in which one stream is enclosed by a circle. Identify the…
- The hypsometric curve in the given diagram expresses different stages of basin development by plotting percentage of basin…
- Based on the passage on earth movements, what is the primary cause of seismicity?
- Based on the passage on earth movements, why is the study of earth movements crucial for human societies?
- Based on the passage on earth movements, a reverse fault occurs when
- Based on the passage on earth movements, what type of fault is created due to horizontal displacement of…
- Based on a passage on earth movements caused by tectonic forces, folding and faulting, what is the primary…
- Which of the following statements are correct with reference to the Circum Pacific belt? Choose the most appropriate…
- Choose the correct statements with reference to the geographical cycle of Davis. Choose the correct answer from the…
- Match List-I (Theories of mountain building) with List-II (Propounded by) and select the correct answer from the codes…
- The concept of sea floor spreading was first propounded by
- Match List-I (Volcanoes) with List-II (Countries) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- In the graphic illustration of the geographical cycle of Davis, the gap between the two curves, the upper…
- The next Hawaiian island that will come into being, already named Loihi, is building on the ocean floor…
- The Davisian concept of the cycle of erosion was inspired by the central idea of a book published…
- Identify the correct statements with reference to weathering. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- In the Absteigende Entwickelung phase of the landscape development model of Penck, which one of the following occurs?
- Identify the correct statements with reference to landforms and plate tectonics. Choose the most appropriate answer from the…
- Who presented evidence in support of continental drift in his book Our Wandering Continents?
- Arrange the four distinct elements of a standard hill slope from ridge to valley: (1) Free face slope,…
- Match List-I (Landform) with List-II (Earth movement) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Which one of the following groups represents only erosional landforms?
- Match List-I (Process) with List-II (Landform) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- A talus slope is genetically which type of slope?
- Hawaii's Kilauea active volcano is situated at a
- Identify the correct statements with reference to the theory of sea floor spreading. Choose the correct answer from…
- Arrange the following relief features on the basis of their genesis chronology.
- Arrange the following folds based on position of axial plane from horizontal to vertical.
- Identify the correct statements with reference to the geomorphic cycles of Davis and Penck. Choose the correct answer…
- The earthquakes on the Pacific coast of Mexico are associated with the subduction boundary of which plate?
- Arrange the following processes of mass wasting based on movement from slow to fast.
- As per the plate tectonics passage, which one of the following is located on a divergent plate boundary?
- As per the plate tectonics passage, the Andes mountains are located at the convergent zone of which one…
- As per the plate tectonics passage, which one of the following is NOT an evidence in support of…
- As per the plate tectonics passage, the movement of plates is gradually increasing the distance between which one…
- As per the plate tectonics passage, the San Andreas fault is an example of which one of the…
- Which one of the following represents a degree of metamorphism between slate and schist?
- The outer core is differentiated from the inner core on the basis of variations in the velocity of…
- Consider the following statements with regard to the soil profile. Choose the correct answer from the options given…
- Match List-I (Pedogenic regimes) with List-II (Climate) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Which one of the following is NOT a glacio-fluvial landform?
- Match List-I (Scale) with List-II (Application) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- The Black Forest mountain belongs to which one of the following orogenies?
- Match List-I (Type of volcanic eruption) with List-II (Characteristics) and select the correct answer from the codes given…
- Identify the correct statements from the following. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which of the following statements is or are correct about plate tectonics? Choose the correct answer from the…
- Which of the following statements are true about seismic waves? Choose the correct answer from the options given…
- In which one of the following collision zones do plates permanently unite with no further tectonic activity?
Oceanography 146
- The Albatross plateau is located in which ocean?
- Choose the cold currents among the given ocean currents of the world. Choose the correct answer from the…
- Which among the following salts constitutes the highest percentage of salt in the oceans?
- Match List-I (Theories) with List-II (Propounded by) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- The primary cause of vertical movements of water in the oceans is which one of the following?
- The fastest and deepest geostrophic currents are found at which boundaries of ocean basins?
- Match List-I (Deep trench) with List-II (Ocean) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- As the tsunami crest approaches the shore, which one of the following happens?
- Identify the correct statements about the relief features of the oceans. Choose the correct answer from the options…
- The Ekman spiral effect explains which one of the following?
- Arrange the following trenches of the Pacific Ocean from North to South direction: (1) Tonga, (2) Kuril, (3)…
- Identify the correct statements with reference to the temperature and salinity of the oceans. Choose the correct answer…
- Which one of the following is a cold ocean current?
- Arrange the following strategic straits of the Indian Ocean from East to West.
- Match List-I (Trench) with List-II (Ocean) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- The fastest and deepest geostrophic currents are found at which boundaries of ocean basins?
- Identify the correct statements with reference to oceanic salinity. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Identify the correct statements about tsunamis. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which of the following is NOT correct about the density of ocean water?
- Arrange the following theories of the origin of tides chronologically.
- The global mean sea level is rising mainly due to
- Which one of the following is located in the Indian Ocean?
- Identify the correct statements about tides and ocean deposits. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Identify the correct statements about ocean currents. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which of the following statements about the impact of climate change on oceans are not true? Choose the…
- Which of the following trenches have a depth of less than 10,000 metres? Choose the correct answer from…
- The Irminger current flows in which one of the following ocean waters?
- Which one of the following is most prone to tsunami strikes?
- Which ocean has the largest continental slope area?
- Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select…
- Given below are two statements about ocean salinity. In light of the statements, choose the correct answer from…
- Identify the correct sequence of the major salts in ocean waters, by percentage, in descending order.
- Match List-I (Theory about the origin of tides) with List-II (Scholar) and select the correct answer from the…
- Two of the following ocean currents are responsible for reducing the temperature of the bordering coastal zones. Choose…
- Arrange the four Indian oceanic relief features in order of their location from north to south direction.
- Match List-I (Relief features) with List-II (Name of oceans) and select the correct answer from the codes given…
- As a wave approaches the coast, the wave form changes radically. Which one of the following is the…
- Which one of the following exerts the maximum tide producing force on the ocean water?
- Which of the following statements are correct about sea water? Choose the correct answer from the options given…
- Which one of the following is vastly absorbed by the ocean surface?
- The sea plains are almost absent between
- Which of the following statements are correct about the vertical distribution of temperature in oceans? Choose the most…
- The process of evaporation in ocean water is affected by. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options…
- Which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Consider the following statements about currents in the Indian Ocean and choose the correct answer from the options…
- Which of the following are methods of load movement in sediment transportation in the ocean? Choose the most…
- Match List-I (Theories of origin of tides) with List-II (Propounded by) and select the correct answer from the…
- What is the total duration of time required to complete the two cycles of high and low tides…
Population and Settlement Geography 296
- The given figure shows the model of Downtown and Edge cities. Identify what the symbol numbered 9 in…
- Which one of the following is the propounder of the shown model?
- Which one of the following is correct sequence of urban land uses in respect of ab, bc and…
- In the given graph of population against rank, which one of the following patterns of distribution of population…
- Which one of the following models is explained by the given figure showing Market, Threshold and Range?
- The given figure showing Market, Threshold and Range explains which one of the following models?
- In the given graph of economic rent against distance, each of the following categories of urban land use…
- Which one of the following principles is represented by the given figure of Christaller's model, in which a…
- Locate the following land uses in the multiple nuclei theory of urban structure shown in the figure and…
- Based on the passage on migration, which of the following is an example of involuntary migration?
- Based on the passage on migration, which of the following best describes the phenomenon where migration leads to…
- Based on the passage on migration, which of the following best describes remittance dependency in migration studies?
- Based on the passage on migration, according to Lee's Push Pull theory, which of the following is NOT…
- Based on a passage on migration and its socio economic impacts, the concept of brain drain is most…
- Arrange the following theories related to urban settlement in chronological order by the year they were proposed, from…
- Match List-I (Author) with List-II (Name of book) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Due to the practice of head hunting in the past, compact settlements developed at the tops of hills…
- Who gave the concept of City Region?
- Arrange the following stages of growth of cities as propounded by Mumford from earliest to latest: Polis, Metropolis,…
- Arrange the following states of India in ascending order on the basis of sex ratio as per the…
- Arrange the following world cities in descending order on the basis of their size of population: Delhi, Dhaka,…
- Consider the following statements regarding the National Population Register and choose the correct answer from the options given…
- A marginal worker is one who has worked for less than how many days in a year?
- The concept of urban agglomeration in India was adopted for the first time in which census year?
- Match List-I (Terms) with List-II (Explanation) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Based on the passage on towns and cities, which of the following cities was not a million city…
- Based on the passage on towns and cities, the term conurbation was coined by whom?
- Based on the passage on towns and cities, the term megalopolis was popularised by whom?
- Based on the passage on towns and cities, in the Census of India, which criterion is not used…
- Based on the passage on towns and cities, the urban landscape stretched from Boston to Washington in the…
- Identify the correct statements about counter urbanisation. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- The units locally called panna, para, palli, nagla and dhani are associated with which of the following types…
- Arrange the following census years in descending order on the basis of the decadal growth rates of the…
- The term Edge City was coined by whom?
- Which stage can be defined as a small market town where traditional values are still upheld while modern…
- Which model is based on the basic assumption of urban ecology?
- Which term refers to a site that has previously been used and has become derelict, and has to…
- Match List-I (Book) with List-II (Author) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- Identify the correct statements with reference to the population composition of India, based on Census of India 2011.…
- Arrange the following land uses from the central business district to the periphery as proposed by Burgess.
- Which type of rural settlement pattern is formed where several roads converge?
- Identify the correct statements about central place theory. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Arrange the following regions in ascending order on the basis of the share of population that is undernourished…
- Arrange the following States in descending order on the basis of total Scheduled Tribes population in 2011.
- Arrange the following countries in descending order on the basis of level of urbanization.
- The population explosion in Asia, Africa and Latin America is associated with the
- Match List-I (Country) with List-II (Characteristics) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- As per the Census of India 2011, which State holds the highest percentage share of Scheduled Castes population?