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 India. (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 Deccan Plateau 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. Himalayas 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)Lakshadweep 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 Sikkim 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? eastern Ghats (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. Western Ghats 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 Manipur (c)2 and 3. (d) All of above from the State of Nagaland 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 Arunachal Pradesh 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.