NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 31 of 118)
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- Consider the following statements:
- New Zealand has very mild winters owing to its oceanic situation and only the extreme north has very cold winters
- In New Zealand, the situation of the mountain chain produces much sharper climate contrasts between cast and west than in a north-south direction.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- Consider the following statements
- The network of Indian railways is spread over 80,000 Route Kilometers (RKm) .
- More than 50% of RKm, network of the Indian Railways is electrified.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- Which one of the following statements is not correct?
- Europeans emigrated m the densely populated tropical and subtropical coastlands.
- The great exodus from Ireland in mid 1900 was mainly due to failure of potato crops
- Chinese immigrates have contributed greatly to economic development of Malaysia
- The cities of the north-eastern United
- States are now experiencing migration losses
- Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Theory Relating to Urban Structure: Proponent
- Match Item 1: Concentric Theory
- Match Item 2: Sinclair
- Match Item 1: Sector Theory
- Match Item 2: Homer Hoyt
- Match Item 1: Central Place Theory
- Match Item 2: Christaller
- Match Item 1: Multiple Nuclei Theory
- Match Item 2: Harris
- Ullman
- Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Concept: Scholar
- Match Item 1: Rank-size rule
- Match Item 2: GK Zipf
- Match Item 1: Law bf retail gravitation
- Match Item 2: W J Reilly
- Match Item 1: Concept of conurbation
- Match Item 2: Patrick Geddes
- Match Item 1: Concept of megalopolis
- Match Item 2: EW Burgess
- Traveling from the equator towards pole, what would he the correct sequence of vegetation type you would encounter?
- Tropical rain forest-tundra-savanna
- Tropical rain forest-desert scrub-tundra
- Desert scrub-tropical rain foresttundra
- Mediterranean scrub-desert scrubtundra
- Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Type of Agriculture-Country
- Match Item 1: Viticulture
- Match Item 2: France
- Match Item 1: Sericulture
- Match Item 2: Poland
- Match Item 1: Horticulture
- Match Item 2: Netherlands
- Match Item 1: Pisciculture
- Match Item 2: Japan
- Assertion (A) : The amount of salinity in the tropical zone is recorded higher in the eastern than the western coasts of continents.
- Reason (R) : The trade wind causes upwelling of water in the western coasts and the water is piled up in the eastern coasts of con tine nets.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are individually true hut R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true hut R is false
- A is false hut R is true
- Assertion (A) : Intensification and diversification of agriculture in the Central Valley has made California the leading American state in agricultural output.
- Reason (R) : California has experienced massive & progressive extension of irrigation.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are individually true hut R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true hut R is false
- A is false hut R is true
- Assertion (A) : A river system can continue to cut down its valleys at approximately the same rate as uplift and so maintains its general pattern and direction.
- Reason (R) : In case of an antecedent drainage system, the river is said to have originated before a period of uplift and folding of land as a result of cart movement.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are individually true hut R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true hut R is false
- A is false hut R is true
- Assertion (A) : A strip of land near the south-western shore of San Francisco Bay is referred to as silicon Valley.
- Reason (R) : In the early part of California history the south-western shore of San Francisco Bay was a major area of silica mining.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are individually true hut R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true hut R is false
- A is false hut R is true
- Assertion (A) : On small scale conformal projections, large areas may be imperfectly represented with respect to shape.
- Reason (R) : There is no angular deformation at any point on a conformal projection.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are individually true hut R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true hut R is false
- A is false hut R is true
- Assertion (A) : Both Remote Sensing and GIS are involved in the analysis of phenomena of spatial significance.
- Reason (R) : Remote Sensing serves as an important data source for GIS and vice versa.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are individually true hut R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true hut R is false
- A is false hut R is true
- Assertion (A) : The outer core of the earth՚s interior is in molten state while the inner core is in solid state.
- Reason (R) : The P-seismic waves disappear in outer core while S-waves penetrate up to the inner core.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are individually true hut R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true hut R is false
- A is false hut R is true
- Assertion (A) : In a resequent fault line scarp, the down throw side will form lower ground.
- Reason (R) : The down throw side possesses the softer rock at the level of present erosion surface.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are individually true hut R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true hut R is false
- A is false hut R is true