UPPSC Prelims Geography 2011 Paper (Part 6 of 8)
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- The largest part of the dry continental type of climate is found in
- South America
- Africa
- Eurasia
- North America
- Which one of the following is not a pastoral nomad?
- Masai
- Kirghiz
- Kazak
- Pygmies
- Which of the following volcanoes are active volcanoes?
- Aconcagua
- Etna
- Fujiyama
- Vesuvius
- Select the correct answer from he codes given below:
- Codes:
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- 2 and 4
- 3 and 4
- Codes:
- The essential feature of shifting cultivation is the
- Rotation of crops
- Mono-cropping
- Intensive cropping
- Rotation of fields
- Assertion (A) : Aridity is the distinctive characteristic of the deserts.
- Reason (R) : They receive low rainfall and have high evaporation.
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes:
- Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) .
- Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) .
- (A) is true but (R) is false.
- (A) is false but (R) is true.
- Which of the following soils are not insitu soils?
- Chernozem
- Laterite
- Alluvial
- Chestnut
- Assertion (A) : The circum-pacific belt is the most vulnerable zone of Tsunamis.
- Reason (R) : It is tectonically most active area and generates world՚s major earthquakes. Select the correct answer
- Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) .
- Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) .
- (A) is true but (R) is false.
- (A) is false but (R) is true.
- Which one of the following seas is the largest in area?
- Sea of Okhotsk
- Sea of Japan
- Sea of China
- Bering Sea
- Which one of the following is the main geo-thermal energy producing country?
- China
- USA.
- Japan
- India
- Which one of the following is an example of a block mountain?
- Aravalli
- Andes
- Black Forest
- Caucasus
- The largest reserves of coal in the world are found in
- USA.
- Russia
- China
- Australia
- The most famous million city of Siberia is
- Chelyabinsk
- Gorky
- Vladivostok
- Novosibirsk
- Which one of the following representative fraction (R F) represents the scale 6 inch = 1 mile?
- 1: 63,360
- 1: 1,26, 720
- 1: 10,560
- 1: 2,53, 440
- Match List-I with List-II and Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I | List-II |
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- A
- B
- C
- D
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 2