Jammu and Kashmir Prelims 2017 – Geography Solved Paper – Part 1 (Q. 1 - 30)
Here is the Jammu and Kashmir Prelims 2017 - Geography Solved paper - Part 1 (Q. 1 - 30) . The question paper was more or less direct. Some of questions were not clearly mentioned as to what the examiner exactly wants to ask. But yes, those expected more than 100 out of 120 shouldn՚t waste time and start there preparation for Mains exam soon.
Q: 1. Who said “the present is the key to the past” ?
(A) Hutton
(B) Playfair
(C) Penck
(D) Pratt
Answer: A
Q: 2. What is the name for the term which suggests that the same processes that operate today operate over very long timescales?
(A) Reductionism
(B) Positivism
(C) Darwinism
(D) Uniformitarianism
Answer: D
Q: 3. The average density of the earth is
(A) 7.5
(B) 5.5
(C) 2.7
(D) 4.3
Answer: B
Q: 4. Which of the following feature is the product of vulcanicity?
(A) Geosynclines
(B) Escarpment
(C) Caldera
(D) Atoll
Answer: C
Q: 5. Which one of the following features, is the product of river deposition?
(A) Scree
(B) Earth Pillar
(C) Land⟋side
(D) Levee
Answer: D
Q: 6. Any landform is a function of its structure, process & time, propounded by
(A) W M Davis
(B) Penck
(C) Pratt
(D) Airy
Answer: A
Q: 7. The Mississippi delta is a good example of
(A) Arcuate Delta
(B) Birds foot Delta
(C) Cuspate
(D) Estuarine
Answer: B
Q: 8. Nunatak is
(A) The ice peaks in the glacier region
(B) The Rock Peak Surrounded By Ice
(C) The Highest Point In a Glacier
(D) None of the above
Answer: B
Q: 9. Which of the following is not associated with Limestone topography?
(A) Karst-Window
(B) Sinking Creeks
(C) Bogas
(D) Hanging Valleys
Answer: D
Q: 10. What is the final stage of the cycle of erosion?
(A) Desert Plains
(B) Meanders
(C) Ocean Floor
(D) Peneplain
Answer: D
Q: 11. The layer in which the environmental lapse rate is approximately uniform is known as
(A) Stratosphere
(B) Troposphere
(C) Ionosphere
(D) Exosphere
Answer: B
Q: 12. The southern lights in thermosphere are known as
(A) Aurora Borealis
(B) Heterosphere
(C) Aurora Austrailis
(D) Solar-Flare
Answer: C
Q: 13. The amount of insolation reaching the outer limit of the atmosphere is termed as
(A) Radiation
(B) Convection
(C) Conduction
(D) Solar Constant
Answer: D
Q. 14 Rhythmic rise and fall of temperature in 24 hour period is known as:
(A) Monthly range of temperature
(B) Diurnal range of temperature
(C) Annual range of temperature
(D) None of these
Answer: B
Q: 15. The Main cause of the deflection of winds is
(A) Revolution of the Earth
(B) Revolution of the Sun
(C) Rotation of the Earth
(D) Rotation of the Moon
Answer: C
Q: 16. Which of the following belongs to terrigenous sediments?
(A) Tekrite Spheres
(B) Quartz Sands, Clays
(C) Calcareous and Siliceous Oozes
(D) Manganese nodules, Phosphorite
Answer: B
Q: 17. Which one of the following is a warm current
(A) Benguela
(B) Falkland
(C) California
(D) Kuroshio
Answer: D
Q: 18. Which is the marine organisms living in the open ocean cannot withstand great changes of salinity.
(A) Stenohaline
(B) Euryhaline
(C) Homohaline
(D) Thermocline
Answer: A
Q: 19. The zone of cold water between the Florida coast and Gulf Stream is known as
(A) Cold wall
(B) Warm wall
(C) Warm Current
(D) Cold Current
Answer: A
Q: 20. Which of the following Deep-sea basins is part of Pacific Ocean?
(A) Banda Basin
(B) Guinea Basin
(C) South Australia Basin
(D) Agulhas Basin
Answer: A
Q: 21. The distance between the North Pole and South Pole is
(A) 0 degrees
(B) 90 degrees
(C) 180 degrees
(D) 360 degrees
Answer: C
Q: 22. From the following Arab scholars, who is best known for his extensive travels and written accounts of geographical importance?
(A) Ibn-Haukal
(B) Al-Masudi
(C) Al-Biruni
(D) Ibn-Battuta
Answer: D
Q: 23 The main occupation of the Gonds is
(A) Food gathering
(B) Forestry
(C) Hunting
(D) Cultivation
Answer: D
Q: 24. Which one of the following is not related with informal sector of economy?
(A) Market type of economy
(B) Unskilled⟋semiskilled labour force
(C) Temporary and unstable income
(D) Capitalist mode of economy
Answer: A⟋D
Q: 25. The rice producing areas are associated with
(A) Low density of population
(B) Moderate density of population
(C) High density of population
(D) None of the above
Answer: C
Q: 26. Kirkuk is the most important oil field in
(A) Russia
(B) Iraq
(C) Kuwait
(D) Syria
Answer: B
Q: 27. Which country is the largest producer of cotton in the world?
(A) India
(B) USA
(C) Pakistan
(D) China
Answer: D
Q: 28. Which of the following is the steel manufacturing center in the world?
(A) New York
(B) Detroit
(C) Leningrad
(D) Chicago
Answer: D
Q: 29. The term Rand is associated with
(A) Diamond Mines of South Africa
(B) Gold Mines of Belgian Congo
(C) Gold mines of South Africa
(D) None of the above
Answer: C
Q: 30. Largest producer of zinc
(A) USA
(B) Peru
(C) China
(D) Australia
Answer: C
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