Geography 2011 Paper 2 – Solved MCQs NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc. Set 1

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(i) The term “geography” was first used by:

(a) Ptolemy

(b) Strabo

(c) Eratosthenes

(d) None of these

Answer: (c)

(ii) “There are no necessities, only possibilities” . This approach of “Possibilism” was the idea of:

(a) Lucien Fabvre

(b) Vidal-de-La Blache

(c) Alfred Hettner

(d) None of these

Answer: (a)

(iii) Ellen C. Simple՚s ideas were rooted in:

(a) Possibilism

(b) Environmental Determinism

(c) Probabilism

(d) None of these

Answer: (b)

(iv) All of the following countries are major exporters of fish except:

(a) Japan

(b) Norway

(c) India

(d) None of these

Answer: (a)

(v) Shifting cultivation is known by all of the following names except:

(a) Ladang

(b) Milpa

(c) Transhumance

(d) None of these

Answer: (c)

(vi) Due to the outdoor nature of their work, Primary producers have been labelled ________ workers:

(a) Blue-collar

(b) Red-collar

(c) Green-collar

(d) None of these

Answer: (b)

(vii) Truck farming mean:

(a) Farming by trucks

(b) Production of trucks

(c) Vegetable growing

(d) None of these

Answer: (c)

(viii) The length of the coastline of Nepal is:

(a) 2562 Km

(b) 5000 Km

(c) 0 Km

(d) None of these

Answer: (c)

(ix) The sub-Himalayas or outermost Himalayas is also known as:

(a) Lesser Himalayas

(b) Great Snowy Himalayas

(c) The Siwaliks

(d) None of these

Answer: (c)

(x) “Rab-ul-Kali” desert is located in:

(a) Africa

(b) Pakistan

(c) Saudi Arabia

(d) None of these

Answer: (c)