GEOGRAPHY TEST - 1 Time – 90 minutes

Instruction – Each question carries 2 marks , for wrong answer ¼th marks will be deducted. Darken the appropriate circle in the OMR SHEET and fill your name correctly in the space provided

1. Consider the following statements about our 6. ‘Kal Baisakhi’ gives rainfall to : country . (a) Rajasthan (b) West Bengal I. India has an area of about 3.28 million sq. km. (c) Punjab (d) Goa II. India is located in the south-eastern 7. Southwest monsoon contributes to India's total hemisphere. rainfall up to extend of : III. The latitudinal extent of India is 804’ N and 370 (a) 80-90% (b) 50-55% 6’ Nlatiitudes. (c) 100% (d) 75% IV. The longitudinal extend of India os 6807’ E and 8. Match list I with list II and select the correct answer 97025’ E longitudes. from the codes given below Of these statements : List-I List-II (a) Only I is correct (Hill resorts) (State)

(b) I,II and III are correct A. Dalhousie 1. Jammu Kashmir (c) Only III and IV are correct B. Darjeeling 2. Himachal Pradesh (d) I, III and IV are correct C. Mussoorie 3. West Bengal 2. What would be the influence on the weather D. Pahalgam 4. Uttarakhand conditions when in mid-winter feeble high pressure

develops over the North-Western part of India? A B C D I. High and dry winds would blow outward from this (a) 2 4 3 1 high pressure area. (b) 1 3 2 4 II. The Northern plain would become cold. (c) 2 3 4 1 III. Scorching winch (locally called loo) would blow (d) 3 1 4 2 during the daytime. 9. Consider the following statements about south-west IV. There would be torrential be rains brought by monsoon. thunderstorms. 1. It occurs from June to September Select the correct answer using the codes given below. 2. Its Direction is North East to south west (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 3. It gives maximum rainfall as compared to (c) 3 and 4 (d) All of these other monsoon 3. Consider the following statements 4. It has no branch 1. In the coastal regions the land breeze blows Of these statements is/are correct over to the sea during night. (a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 1 and 3 2. In the coastal regions during night the air over (c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 2 and 4 the sea is warmer than the air over land 10. Interior of the receives an annual Which of the statement given above is or are rainfall of less than 60 cm, mainly correct because: (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 (a) It is a rain shadow zone/region. (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (b) It is located parallel to wind direction. 4. Consider the following statements regarding EI Nino (c) It is away from the coast. effect of Indian monsoon. (d) Rain-bearing clouds are absent. 1. The surface temperature goes up in the 11. As per geological periods the correct sequence of southern Pacific ocean and there is deficient order of the following is rainfall in India 1. Aravali2. 2. The walker Circulation shifts Eastward from its 3. Deccan Plateau 4. Eastern Ghat normal position and reduces monsoon rainfall Codes: in India (a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (b) 4, 3, 2, 1 Which of the statements given above is/are (c) 1, 4, 3, 2 (d) 2, 1, 4, 3 correct 12. Consider the following statements and select the (a) 1 only (b) 2 only correct answer by using the codes given below: (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Assertion (A):India enjoys tropical monsoon climate. 5. The Himalayas are approximately kilometre long Reason (R):India is located within the tropics. (a) 2000(b) 2500 Select the correct answer from the following course. (c) 3000 (d) 1500 Codes:

(a) Both A and B are true and R is correct explanation 18. Which one of the following islands is of volcanic of A. origin? (b) Both A and R are true both are not the correct (a)Reunion Island explanation of A. (b)Andaman and Nicobar Island (c) A is true both R is false. (c) Island (d) A is false bothR is true. (d)Maldives 13. Which of the following statements about Nathu Lal 19. PirPanjal range in the Himalayas is a part of : Pass are correct? (a) Shiwalik (b) Trans Himalaya 1. It links and Tibet. (c)Central Himalaya (b) Lesser Himalaya 2. It was the man of the Ancient Silk route. 20. Which of the following are the major factor 3. It was reopened in the year 2006 responsible for the monsoon type of climate in India? Select the correct answer using the course 1. Location given below. 2. Thermal contrast (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) Only 2 3. Upper air circulation (c) 2 and 3 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 4. The Himalayan mountains 14. Which of the following statements with regard to Select the correct answer using the code given below rainfall in India is or are correct (a) 1 and 4 only(b) 1, 2, 3 and 4 1. Most of the rainfall in India is due to Southwest (c) 2, 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 olny monsoon 21. The hill station of Coonoor is located in which one of 2. In South India rainfall decreases away from the the following states? (a) Karnataka (b) Aravalli Select the correct answer using the course given (c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu below 22. Consider the following statements (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 1. In the month of July the inter tropical (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 convergence zone is located in the Indo 15. Consider the following regions of India Gangetic plain. 1. 2. Intertropical convergence zone is the zone of 2. Aravali Hills clouds and heavy rainfall. 3. Eastern Himalayas Which of the statement given above is/are correct Which of the above feature are biodiversity hot (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 spot/hot spots. (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor (a)Only 1 (b) 1 and 3 23. The hill range that separates the state of (c)2 and 3. (d) All of above from the State of is known as 16. Match the following (a) Arakan Hills (b)Patkai hills (c) Barail hills (d) Manipur Hills List-I List-II 24. Which one of the following statement is not correct A. Zoji La pass 1. Sikkim regarding the Himalayas? B. Bara Lacha pass 2. Uttarakhand (a) Himalayas have nappe and recumbent folds C. Jelep La Pass 3. Himachal Pradesh (b) Himalayas Road job from the Tethys sea D. Niti pass 4. Jammu and Kashmir (c) Himalayas contains 3 mountain range Siwaliks A B C D Valley great Himalayas and kunlun ranges (a) 4 1 3 2 (d) The orogeny took place in the tertiary era (b) 2 3 1 4 25. Duncan passage is located between (c) 4 3 1 2 South and little Andaman (d) 2 1 3 4 Little and great Nicober 17. Which of the following statements is/are correct? North and middle Andaman I. Mumbai receives more rainfall than Pune Middle and South Andaman because it is located at the windward side of 26. The Karewas of Kashmir refers to which among the Western Ghats following type of deposits? II. Vidarbha region experiences semi-arid (a) Aeolian and glacial (b) Fluvial climate as it is located in a rain Shadow region (c) Lacustrine (d) Volcanic III. In India monsoon reaches Kashmir Valley at 27. In which state of India, Fulhar Lake is situated? the last (a) Madhya Pradesh(b) Uttarakhand (a) I, II, II (b) I and II only (c)Uttar Pradesh (d) Bihar (c) II and III only (d) I only

28. Which of the following wetlands are designated at 41. Where in Uttarakhand is the ‘Kaliasaur landslide Zone’ Ramsar sites? situated (a)Chilika Lake (b)Loktak (c)Keoladeo (d)Wullar lake (a)Between Chamba and Narendra Nagar 29. Which one of the following coast of India is located (b)Between Kotdwara and Dogadda between Krishna delta and Cape Comorin? (c)Between Agastyamuni and Guptkashi (a) Coromandel coasts (b)North Circar (d)Between Srinagar and RudraPrayag (c) Malabar Coast (d)Konkon coast 42. Which of the following passes is in 30. Which amongst the following state gets the highest (a)Bomdila pass (b)Rohtang Pass average annual rainfall? (c)Bara-Lachan pass (d)shipki La Pass (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Sikkim 43. Which of the following regions is not affected by the (c) Kerala (d)Jammu and Kashmir Arabian Sea branch of monsoon 31. The maximum rainfall in India is received from: (a)The Western Ghat(b)Deccan Plateau (a) Southwest monsoon (b)Retreating monsoon (c)Madhya Pradesh (d)Chhattisgarh Basin (c) North Eastern monsoon (d) Cyclones 44. India has ______seismic zones 32. Himalayan mountain system originated out of the (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6 following geosynclines: 45. Consider the following statements (a) Ural geosyncline (b) Rocky geosyncline 1. In India the Himalayas are spread over five (c) Tethys geosynclines (d)None of above states only 33. In how many districts of Uttarakhand the greater 2. Western Ghats are spread over five states Himalaya is spread over only (a) 3 district (b) 4 districts 3. Pulicat Lake is spread over Two States only (c) 6 District (d) 5 districts Which of the statements given above is or are correct. 34. Which among the following Rock system in India is (a)1 and 2 only (b)3 only also known as storehouse of minerals (c)2 and 3 only (d)1 and 3 only (a)The Cudappah system (b) Archean Rock system 46. The climate of India is mainly tropical because: (c)Dharwar system (d) The Vindhyan system (a) Of the location of the Himalayas in its North (b) 35. Which one of the following mountain ranges is spread Major part of India lies within the tropics over only one state in India (c) Of the overpowering influence of India Ocean (a) Aravali(b)Satpura (d) Of the seasonal influence of jet streams (c) Ajanta (d)Sahyadri 47. Among the following Union Territories of India, which 36. What is Kayal? one has the largest size? (a) plan (b) Ganga delta (a)Pondicherry (b)Lakshadweep (b) Regur of Deccan Plateau (d) Lagoon of Kerala (c)Damn and Diu (d)Chandigarh 37. Consider the following statements 48. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? 1. Zojila pass is PirPanjal range connects Jammu (a) Plimsoll Line : India and Afghanistan and Srinagar (b) Durand Line : India and 2. Banihal pass connects Srinagar to Drass and (c) MacmohanLine : India and Nepal Kargil (d) Radcliffe Line : India and Pakistan Which of the above statement is/are correct 49. If the usual rule of calculation of time were applied for (a) 1 only (b) 2 only the extremes of Gujrat and (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) None of the above Arunachal Pradesh, then approximately time: 38. Which of the following landforms occupy the North (a) At Gujarat would be ahead of that at Arunachal Western part of Bihar State? Pradesh by about 3 hours (a) Someshwar hilly range (b)Kaimur plateau (b) At Gujarat would be ahead of that at Arunachal (c) Nawada hilly Region (d)Rajgir hilly region Pradesh by about 2 hours None of the above or more than one of the above (c) At Arunachal Pradesh would be ahead of that at 39. Arrange the following from north to south Gujarat by about 3 hours 1. Coco channel 2. Little Andaman (d) At Arunachal Pradesh would be ahead of that at 3. Narcondam Island 4. Barren Island Gujarat by about 2 hours (a)1-2-3-4 (b)1-3-4-2 (c)1-4-2-3 (d)2-1-3-4 50. ‘Indian Standard Meridian' passes through the states 40. Which one of the following regions separates the of UP, MP: Great plains of North India from the plateaus and (a) AP and Karnataka coastal Plains of the Deccan (b) AP and Tamil Nadu (a)Central Highlands (b)Western Himalayas (c) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu (c)Eastern Himalayas (d)Western arid plains (d) Orissa and AP

51. Which one of the following States shares boundaries (c) Granite has large crystals of quartz, feldspar and with the maximum number of other States of India? mica in it (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (d) A metamorphic rock is softer andless co compact (c) (d) Bihar than its original type 52. Which of the following is east of the Andaman and 61. Which of the following relates to the formation of the Nicobar Islands? Himalayas (a) Thailand (b) Sri Lanka (a) Folding of the earth's crust (c) Indonesia (d) All of them (b) Accumulation of loess deposits 53. The States of India having common border with (c) Folding of the geosyncline Myanmar are: (d) Faulting of the earth's crust (a) , Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh 62. Which one of the following is most prone to (b) Mizoram, , , Assam earthquakes? (c) Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya (a) Coastal plains (b) Old shields (d) Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh (c) Plateaus (d) Young folded mountains 54. The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which 63. The correct sequence of the different sections of the one of the following? Himalayas in terms of their (a) Fold mountains (b) Volcanic mountains stretch (in kilometre) in the descending order is: (c) Block mountains (d) None of these (a) Punjab Him, Kumaon Him, Nepal Him, Assam Him. 55. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of (b) Nepal Him, Assam Him, Punjab Him, Kumaon Him. the age of formation-from the (c) Kumaon Him, Nepal Him, Assam Him, Punjab Him. youngest to the oldest-of the given mountain ranges? (d) Nepal Him, Assam Him, Kumaon Him, Punjab Him. (a) Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats, Deccan Traps 64. The Vindhyas belong to which class of mountains? (b) Deccan Traps, Western Ghats, Vindhyas, Himalayas (a) Block mountains (b) Fold mountains (c) Himalayas, Western Ghats, Vindhayas, Deccan (c) Volcanic mountains (d) Residual mountains Traps 65. The highest peak in South India is: (d) Vindhyas, Himalayas, Deccan Traps, Western Ghats (a) Doda Betta (b) Makurti 56. ArakanYoma is the extension of the Himalayas located (c) Analmudi(d) None of these in : 66. Which of the following mountain passes lies outside (a) Kashmir(b) Nepal India? (c) Baluchistan (d) Myanmar (a) Khyber (b) Bomdila 57. Match the following: (c) Bara Lacha La (d) Shipkila A. PirPanjal 1. Arunachal Pradesh 67. Which of the following passes and locations is/are B. Dhauladhar 2. Uttaranchal wrongly matched? C. Nag Tibba 3. Jammu and Kashmir 1. Zojila and Burzil - Jammu & Kashmir D. Mishimi Hills 4. Himachal Pradesh 2. Bara Lapcha La and Shipki La - Uttar Pradesh A B C D 3. Thaga La, Niti Pass and LipuLekh - Himachal Pradesh (a)4 3 1 2 4. Nathu La and Jelep La - Sikkim (b)3 4 2 1 (a) I and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c)3 4 1 2 (c) 3 and 4 (d) l, 2 and 3 (d)4 3 2 1 68. Which of the following aretrue with respect to the 58. The transport route connecting the Kashmir from Leh Indian Peninsular Plateau? crosses the high mountain ranges I. The southern plateau block is formed mainly at the: of granites and gneiss (a) PirPanjal pass (b) pass II. The Deccan lava plateau is an elevated (c) Banihal pass (d) Zoji La pass tableland consisting of horizontally arranged 59. Kodaikanal, the famous hill-station of South India, is lava sheets situated on : III. The plateau dominates the Vindhyan (a) Palni hills (b) Anaimalaimuntain scarps forming the northern flank of the (c) Nilgirimuntain(d) Cardamn hills plateau 60. Which one of the following statements is NOT IV. The troughs of the Narmada and the Tapti are correct? interposed between the Vindhyan and the (a) Black cotton soil of north-west India was formed Satpura ranges. by the weathering of basaltic lava rocks (a) I, II, III (b) I, II (c) I, II, III, IV (d) I, III, IV (b) Sedimentary rocks are distinguished from other 69. Arrange the following hill ranges north to south: types of rocks by the presence of distinct layers 1.Nallamula Hills 2. Nilgiri

3.Anaimalai 4. Cardamon Hills 77. Palghat joins which of the following states? (a)Sikkim (a) I, IV, III, II (b) I, II, III, IV and West Bengal (c) II, I, III, IV (d) I, II, IV, III (b)Maharashtra and Gujarat 70. Arrange the following Himalayan peaks in order as (c)Kerala and Tamil Nadu they occur from west to east: (d)Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim I. Kanchenjunga 78. Consider the following statements: II. Mt. Everest 1. is located on the south side of Garo III. Nanda Devi hills. IV. Dhaulagiri 2. Cherrapunji is about 1700 m above mean sea level. (a)I, II, III, IV (b)I, II, IV, III Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (c)III, II, I, IV (d)III, IV, II, I (a)1 only (b)2 only 71. Which of the following gives the correct sequence of (c)Both 1 and 2 (d)Neither 1 nor 2 hills in the east-west direction? 79. ______forms the western boundary of the Indian (a) Naga, Mikir, Khasi, Garo sub-continent. (b) Garo, Khasi, Mkir, Naga (a)Aravalli (b)Pirpanjal (c) K'hasi,Garo, Naga, Mikir (c)Karakoram (d)Hindukush (d) Mikir, Naga, Khasi, Ga 80. Match the following: 72. Which one of the following States in India has the Peaks Mountain range broadest continental shelf? A. Gurushikhar1. Zanskar (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Gujarat B. Dhupgarh2. Satpura (c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu C. Doda Betta 3. Nilgiri 73. Which of the following are true regarding Chhota D. Nanga Parbat 4. Vindhya Nagpur? 5. Aravalli 1. It is one of the former princely states. A B C D 2. It is a plateau area in Jharkhand inhabited (a)4 2 5 1 mainly by the tribals. (b)3 4 1 5 3. It is a name given to the contiguous tribal (c)4 5 2 1 areas in Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa and M.P. (d)5 2 3 1 (a)I and 3 (b)2 and 3 81. .Nanda Devi peak forms a part of: (c)I and 2 (d)l, 2 and 3 (a)Assam Himalayas (b)Kumaon Himalayas (c)Nepal 74. A rift valley is formed mainly due to: Himalayas (d)Punjab Himalayas (a)Forces of tension in the earth's crust 82. Which one of the following statements is not correct? (b)The subsidence of the floor of a river valley (c)The (a)The Western Ghats are relatively higher in their valley formed after the formation of fold mountains northern region (d)The deepening of a valley by ice (b)The Anal Mudi is the highest peak in the Western 75. Which one of the following statements is wrong Ghats regarding the "Vale of Kashmir" ? (c)Tapiriver lies to the south of Satpura (a)It is a synclinal valley (d)The Narmada and the Tapi river valleys are said to (b)It is situated 'between the PirPanjal Range and the be old rift valleys Lesser Himalayas 83. Which one of the following Himalayan Passes was (c)It is drained by the river Jhelum reopened around in the middle of the (d)Previously it was a bed of a great lake, year 2006to facilitate trade between India and ? subsequently uplifted (a)Chang La (b)JaraLa 76. Match the following: (c)Nathu La (d)Shipki La Valley State 84. In which State is the Guru Shikhar Peak located? A. Dzukou Valley 1. Himachal Pradesh (a)Rajasthan (b)Gujarat B. Yumthang Valley 2. Sikkim (c)Madhya Pradesh(d)Maharashtra C. Neora Valley 3. Nagaland 85. Which one of the following does NOT lie in D. Sangla Valley 4. West Bengal Maharashtra? A B C D (a)BalaghatRange (b)Harishchandra Range (c)Mandav (a)1 2 4 3 Hills (d)Satmala Hills (b)1 4 2 3 86. Amritsar and Shimla are almost on the same latitude, (c)3 24 1 but their climate difference is due to (d)3 4 2 1 (a)The difference in their altitudes (b)Their distance from sea

(c)Snowfall in Shimla (a)Car Nicobar and Great Nicobar (d)Pollution in Amritsar (b)Lakshadweep and Minicoy 87. Which State has the largest coastline in India? (c)Little Andaman and Car Nicobar (a)Gujarat (b)Tamil Nadu (d)North Andaman and South Andaman (c)Karnataka (d)Andhra Pradesh 100. Which one of the following groups of Indian 88. The Karakoram Highway connects which of the states has a common frontier with Bhutan? following pairs of countries? (a)Assam, Bihar, Sikkim and West Bengal (a)India-Nepal (b)India-China (b)Bihar, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West Bengal (c)India-Pakistan (d)China-Pakistan (c)Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and West Bengal 89. Consider the following statements: (d)Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and West 1. The continental shelves of Lakshadweep are Bengal originated due to coral reefs. 2. The continental shelves of western coast are due to faulting and submergence. ALL THE BEST Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? (a)1 only (b)2 only Note: (c)Both 1 and 2 (d)Neither 1 nor 2 WE DO NOT CLAIM ANY OROGINALITY OF THE 90. The largest southernmost single island in India is: QUESTIONS, MOST OF THE QUESTIONS WERE (a)Rameswaram Island (b)Minicoy Island ALREADY ASKED IN PREVIOUS EXAMINATIONS . (c)Car Nicobar Island (d)Great Nicobar Island

91. "This Union Territory possesses a coastal stretch of about 45 km with 28 marine fishing villages. However 45% of the population is engaged in agriculture and allied products". Which among the Territories is referred passage? (a)Lakshadweep (b)Pondicherry (c)Andaman and Nicobar (d)Daman 92. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through: (a)Madhya Pradesh (b)West Bengal (c)Rajasthan (d)Orissa 93. The Tropic of Cancer passes through the States of: 1. Gujarat 2. Jharkhand 3. Assam 4. Mizoram (a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 1 and 2 (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 94. Which of the following sets of cities is located on the reference longitude for Indian standard time? (a)Bangalore-Varanasi (b)Chennai-Varanasi (c)Kakinanda-Pondicherry (d)Pondicherry-Varanasi 95. Mac Mohan Line demarcates the boundary between: (a)India and Pakistan (b)India and China (c)India and Nepal (d)India and Bangladesh 96. The northern part of the west coast is known as: (a) coast (b)Coromandal coast (c)Malabar coast (d)None of these 97. The Eastern Coast of India is known as : (a)Eastern Plateau (b)Bengal Coast (c)Coromandal Coast (d)Cyclonic Coast 98. Kanchipuram is in which of the following states? (a)Kerala (b)Andhra Pradesh (c)Tamil Nadu (d)Karnataka 99. Nine Degree Channel separates: