Geography 2010 Paper 1 – Solved MCQs NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc. Set 2
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11- A new sea has been officially created in the pacific Northwest is called:
a) Palish Sea
b) Salish Sea
c) Valish Sea
d) None
Answer: (b)
12- On March 28,2001 a tornado outbreak in Pakistan was experienced in:
a) sahiwal
b) Bhalwal
c) Sajawal
d) None of these
Answer: (b)
13- Agulhas is one of the warm currents of:
a) Indian Ocean
b) Atlantic Ocean
c) Arctic Ocean
d) None
Answer: (a)
14- A and formation with many caves caused by dolomite being dissolved by undergoing drainage is termed:
a) Horst
b) Mesa
c) Scree
d) None
Answer: (d)
15- Frontal Zones where air masses are not moving against each other is called:
a) Occluded Fronts
b) Stationary Fronts
c) Warm Fronts
d) None
Answer: (b)
16- Mountain ranges near water sources can receive high rainfalls because of:
a) Cyclonic activity
b) Rain shadow effect
c) Orographic uplift
d) None
Answer: (c)
17- Cartographers classify maps into two broad categories, reference maps and
a) Topographic maps
b) Thematic maps
c) Attases
d) None of these
Answer: (b)
18- The oldest known projection dating back to about 500 BC is:
a) Cylindrical Homolographic
b) Gnomonic
c) Mollweide
d) None
Answer: (b)
19- Alexander Von Humboldt famous biogeographer produced five volumes of work in
1845, was called:
a) Kosmos
b) Helios
c) Mellios
d) None
Answer: (a)
20- Normal cycle of erosion was devised by:
a) Karl Ritter
b) Thornbury
c) Monkhouse
d) None correct ans is W. M. DAVIS
Answer: (d)