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UP TGT 2016 — Social Science: Geography (Series A)

8 or 9 March 201949 of the paper’s 63 questions+3.4 for a correct answer, −0 for a wrong one

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Geography

1. If an observer stands with his back to the wind in the northern hemisphere, pressure is lower on his left hand than on his right and in the southern hemisphere, pressure is lower on his right. This law is known as
- (a) Buys Ballot law
- (b) Coriolis force
- (c) Ferrel’s law
- (d) Law of the maximum
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Answer: (a)
2. Fishing comes under
- (a) Primary activity
- (b) Secondary activity
- (c) Tertiary activity
- (d) Quaternary activity
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Answer: (a)
3. Aswan project was a project of
- (a) Egypt
- (b) Sion
- (c) Sao Paolo
- (d) Holbu
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Answer: (a)
4. Alfalfa is
- (a) A town
- (b) A tribe
- (c) One type of grass
- (d) A mineral
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Answer: (c)
5. Coromandel coast is located in
- (a) Karnataka
- (b) Tamil Nadu
- (c) Andhra Pradesh
- (d) Odisha
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Answer: (b)
6. Among the following planets, which one is outer planet ?
- (a) Venus
- (b) Mars
- (c) Uranus
- (d) Earth
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Answer: (c)
7. According to the theory of continental drift, there was only one continent and one ocean about 250 million years ago, the name of the ocean was
- (a) Pangea
- (b) Panthalasa
- (c) Laurasia
- (d) Australasia
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Answer: (b)
8. The earth completes a rotation in approximately
- (a) 24 hours
- (b) 22 hours
- (c) 26 hours
- (d) 20 hours
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Answer: (a)
9. To measure the intensity of earthquake, we use
- (a) Mercalli scale
- (b) Richter scale
- (c) Both
- (d) Barometer
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Answer: (a)
10. In urban and industrial centers, when fog is mixed with smoke, it is known as
- (a) Smog
- (b) Mist
- (c) Dew
- (d) Frost
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Answer: (a)
11. Which of the following is more responsible for winter rainfall in the eastern coast of India ?
- (a) Temperate cyclone
- (b) Tropical cyclone
- (c) North-east monsoon
- (d) None
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Answer: (c)
12. What is the average salinity found in oceans and seas ?
- (a) 33 per thousand
- (b) 35 per thousand
- (c) 37 per thousand
- (d) 40 per thousand
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Answer: (b)
13. Stationary wave theory was propounded by
- (a) Laplace
- (b) Harris
- (c) Davis
- (d) Dally
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Answer: (b)
14. Which one of the following is not bio- degradable ?
- (a) Organism
- (b) Plants
- (c) Plastic materials
- (d) None of these
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Answer: (c)
29. Coral reefs are made up of
- (a) Coral polyps
- (b) Radiolarian ooze
- (c) Diatom ooze
- (d) Calcareous ooze
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Answer: (a)
30. Which one of the following word is related to Homo Sapiens ?
- (a) Herbivore
- (b) Carnivore
- (c) Omnivore
- (d) Autotroph
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Answer: (c)
31. ‘Erdkunde’ book was written by
- (a) Humboldt
- (b) Ritter
- (c) Ratzel
- (d) Vidal Dala Blache
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Answer: (b)
32. Concept of “lebensraum” was developed by
- (a) Taylor
- (b) Ratzel
- (c) Hettner
- (d) Richtofen
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Answer: (b)
33. “An essay on the principles of population” was written by
- (a) Marx
- (b) Malthus
- (c) Adam Smith
- (d) Ricardo
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Answer: (b)
34. Which canal joins Pacific and Atlantic Ocean ?
- (a) Kiel
- (b) Suez
- (c) Panama
- (d) St. Soo Mary
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Answer: (c)
35. Highest coffee producing country in the world is
- (a) India
- (b) Brazil
- (c) West Indies
- (d) Ethiopia
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Answer: (b)
36. Which river flows through the Kashmir valley ?
- (a) Jhelum
- (b) Teesta
- (c) Ravi
- (d) Beas
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Answer: (a)
37. Wind blows from the Alps over France towards the Mediterranean Sea through Rhone valley is known as
- (a) Harmattan
- (b) Sirocco
- (c) Foehn
- (d) Mistral
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Answer: (d)
38. International date line passes through Mid-Pacific Ocean, follows roughly
- (a) 180 degree longitude
- (b) 0 degree longitude
- (c) 40 degree west longitude
- (d) 90 degree east longitude
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Answer: (a)
39. Which one is not a endogenic force ?
- (a) Tension
- (b) Compression
- (c) Faulting
- (d) Erosion
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Answer: (d)
40. Magma penetrating and solidifying in the vertical joints are known as
- (a) Dykes
- (b) Sills
- (c) Lopolith
- (d) Batholiths
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Answer: (a)
41. When warmer and lighter air mass move against a cold and more dense air mass, the former rides up over the later, such front is known as
- (a) Cold front
- (b) Warm front
- (c) Occluded front
- (d) Stationary front
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Answer: (b)
42. Polar front theory was propounded by
- (a) V. Bjerkness
- (b) Fitzroy
- (c) Shaw
- (d) Lampfert
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Answer: (a)
43. Depth of photic zone is between
- (a) 800 – 1000 meter
- (b) Up to 200 meter
- (c) 500 – 1000 meter
- (d) Up to 1.5 km
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Answer: (b)
44. Kuroshio current is observed in
- (a) Atlantic Ocean
- (b) Pacific Ocean
- (c) Indian Ocean
- (d) None
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Answer: (b)
45. Thermal power project do not produce any impact on which one of the following ?
- (a) Air pollution
- (b) Land pollution
- (c) Noise pollution
- (d) Water pollution
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46. The gross primary production minus losses in an ecosystem is indicated as
- (a) Net energy
- (b) Secondary production
- (c) Net storage
- (d) Net primary production
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Answer: (d)
47. Agricultural land use model is an economic model given by
- (a) Von Thunen
- (b) Weaver
- (c) Weber
- (d) Penck
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Answer: (a)
48. Negative growth of population was observed in India from
- (a) 1921 – 1951
- (b) 1911 – 1921
- (c) 1981 – 2001
- (d) 2001 – 2011
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Answer: (b)
49. Which State in India is the highest producer of coffee ?
- (a) Kerala
- (b) Assam
- (c) West Bengal
- (d) Karnataka
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Answer: (d)
50. One of the criteria for urban settlement in India is
- (a) 5000 or more population
- (b) 3000 or more population
- (c) 4000 or more population
- (d) 7500 or more population
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Answer: (a)
51. Detroit is famous for
- (a) Automobile industry
- (b) Cotton industry
- (c) Rayon industry
- (d) Chemical industry
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Answer: (a)
52. CBD of New Delhi is
- (a) Noida
- (b) Gurugram
- (c) Ghaziabad
- (d) Connaught Place
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Answer: (d)
53. Heliocentric theory was propounded by
- (a) Copernicus
- (b) Ptolemy
- (c) Laplace
- (d) Chamberlain
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Answer: (a)
54. Which one is known as Arctic circle ?
- (a) 66.5 degree north
- (b) 23.5 degree north
- (c) 66.5 degree south
- (d) 90 degree north
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55. The process of disintegration and decomposition of rocks in situ is called
- (a) Weathering
- (b) Erosion
- (c) Landslides
- (d) Landslips
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56. Granular disintegration is an example of
- (a) Mechanical weathering
- (b) Chemical weathering
- (c) Plant weathering
- (d) None
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Answer: (a)
57. Altocumulus is an example of
- (a) Low clouds
- (b) Medium clouds
- (c) High clouds
- (d) None
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Answer: (b)
58. Koppen’s climatic classification was based on
- (a) Climatic conditions
- (b) Rainfall and temperature
- (c) Vegetation zones
- (d) None
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59. A transition zone, where plant communities naturally merge into one another is known as
- (a) Ecotone
- (b) Ecosystem
- (c) Plankton
- (d) Nekton
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60. Environmental degradation in India is highest in which one of the following region ?
- (a) Himalayas
- (b) Chota Nagpur Plateau
- (c) Mysore Plateau
- (d) Vindhya Plateau
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Answer: (b)
61. The pyramid of energy is always
- (a) Inverted
- (b) Upright
- (c) Both
- (d) Inverted in forest system
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Answer: (b)
62. Who started the land use study and proposed land use maps of Britain ?
- (a) Mackinder
- (b) L. D. Stamp
- (c) Geddes
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (b)
63. Masai tribe mostly found in
- (a) Africa
- (b) Canada
- (c) Antarctica
- (d) None of the above
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Answer: (a)

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Answer key

Answer key from the U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board’s official answer key for this sitting. “—” means the key gave none: the question was deleted.

Geography

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