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Section A
1. Which of the following is the second major contributor of immigrants in India as per Census 2011?
(a) China
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Nepal
(d) Pakistan
Answer
D
2. Arrange the following stages of Demographic transition in a chronological order and choose the correct option.
1. High fertility, High mortality 2. Birth rate equal to death rate
3. Population explosion
Codes
(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 1, 3, 2
(c) 3, 2, 1
(d) 2, 3, 1
Answer
B
3. The decades of 1921-1951 are referred to as the period of
(a) steady population
(b) Stagnant phase
(c) Population Explosion
(d) High growth
Answer
A
4. Post modernism was emerged during the period of
(a) 1990s
(b) 1970s
(c) later colonial period
(d) None of these
Answer
A
5. Which one of the following sentences is belonged to Economic consequence of Migration?
(a) Remittances from the international migrants are one of the major sources of foreign exchange.
(b) Migration leads to the redistribution of the population within a country.
(c) It also has serious negative consequences such as anonymity, which creates social vacuum and sense of dejection among individuals.
(d) Overcrowding of people due to rural-urban migration leads to unplanned growth of urban settlement and formation of slums shanty colonies.
Answer
A
6. Which one of the following is not correct for Plantation agriculture?
(a) Large capital investment is required
(b) Scientific method of cultivation
(c) Skilled and cheap labours are required
(d) Low yield per acre but high yield per person
Answer
D
7. In Bundelkhand region of Central India, people live in Clustered settlements for which of the following purposes?
(a) Water scarcity
(b) Defence and security purpose
(c) Social factors
(d) None of these
Answer
B
8. According to Dr Mahbub-ul-Haq which of the following means Human development?
(a) Development which increase people’s income.
(b) Development which enlarges people’s choices.
(c) Development which makes people strong.
(d) Development which makes people smart.
Answer
B
9. Which one of the following rivers has the highest replenishable groundwater resource in the country?
(a) The Indus
(b) The Brahmaputra
(c) The Ganga
(d) The Godavari
Answer
C
10. Which of the following is associated with Behavioural Geography?
(a) Social Geography
(b) Urban Geography
(c) Settlement Geography
(d) Economic Geography
Answer
A
11. Durgapur, Bhilai, Coimbatore, etc. are examples of which of the following towns?
(a) Transport cities/towns
(b) Commercial towns
(c) Mining towns
(d) Industrial towns
Answer
D
12. The population decreases between the two points is known as
(a) Positive Growth Rate
(b) Negative Growth Rate
(c) Natural Growth of population
(d) Mortality Rate
Answer
B
13. Which of the following is an example of urban agglomeration of India?
(a) Delhi
(b) Kolkata
(c) Mumbai
(d) All of these
Answer
D
14. With the help of Human Poverty Index (HPI), which one is measured?
(a) Sustainability
(b) Attainments
(c) Shortfall
(d) None of these
Answer
C
15. Which is not an example of Push factor of migration?
(a) Epidemics
(b) Shortage of food
(c) Unemployment
(d) Medical facilities
Answer
D
16. The concept of ………… reflects a middle path between two ideas of environment determinism and possibilism.
(a) Neo-determinism
(b) Possibilism
(c) Technology
(d) Areal differentiation
Answer
A
17. Kund or tanka, a covered underground tank is constructed for rainwater harvesting mainly in which of these states?
(a) Haryana
(b) Punjab
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer
C
18. Mining is an example of which of the following sectors of economy?
(a) Primary sector
(b) Secondary sector
(c) Tertiary sector
(d) None of these
Answer
A
19. Countries having Lower Human Development can be characterised by which of the following.
(a) Political Turmoil
(b) More spending on defence
(c) Social unrest
(d) All of these
Answer
D
20. Which one of the following is not a characteristics of mediterranean agriculture?
(a) Produced fig and olives
(b) Fruits and vegetables are grown
(c) Pisciculture is practised
(d) Best quality wines are prepared by grapes
Answer
C
21. This is the North-eastern state which has the lowest population density as per Census 2011. Select the correct answer.
(a) Assam
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer
C
22. In which of the following activities only one type of animal is reared?
(a) Nomadic herding
(b) Dairy farming
(c) Commercial livestock rearing
(d) None of these
Answer
C
23. ……… of population is the change in the number of people living in a particular area between two points of time.
(a) Decline
(b) Stability
(c) Growth
(d) Access
Answer
C
24. Gathering is practised in which of the following regions?
(a) Northern Canada
(b) Northern Eurasia
(c) Southern Chile
(d) All of these
Answer
D
Section B
There are 24 questions in this section attempt any 20 questions.
Question no. 25-29 are based on map and are mandatory to attempt.
25. Choose the country with largest geographical area in the African Continent.
(a) Egypt
(b) Sudan
(c) South Africa
(d) Algeria
Answer
D
26. Which of the following is a country practising Commercial Livestock rearing?
(a) Papua New Guinea
(b) New Zealand
(c) Brazil
(d) None of these
Answer
B
27. Which of the following is a region of nomadic herding?
(a) Arabian Peninsula
(b) Central China
(c) Tundra region of Eurasia
(d) Madagascar
Answer
B
28. Which of the following is a region of Mixed farming?
(a) Prairies
(b) Steppes
(c) Pampas
(d) Downs
Answer
C
29. Which of the following is the area of mediterranean agriculture?
(a) California
(b) Brazil
(c) Chile
(d) South Africa
Answer
A
30. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option fromthe given options.
1. Empowerment means to have the power to make choices.
2. Such power does not come from increasing freedom and capability.
Options
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Only statement 2 is correct
(c) Both the statements are incorrect
(d) Both statements are correct and statement 2 correctly explains the statement 1
Answer
A
31. The spatial distribution of population in India is uneven because of
(a) Socio-economic factor
(b) Physical factor
(c) Population Explosion
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Answer
D
32. “Human geography is the systematic study of relationship between human societies and earth’s surface”. Who among the following is associated with this definition?
(a) Ellen C. Semple
(b) Vidal dela Blache
(c) Ratzel
(d) None of these
Answer
C
33. In which one of the following countries co-operative farming was the most successful experiment?
(a) Russia
(b) Denmark
(c) India
(d) Netherlands
Answer
B
34. Which of the following is not a component of natural environment?
(a) Farms, Roads
(b) Mountains
(c) Lakes
(d) Rivers
Answer
A
35. Lagoons and Lakes are the characteristics of which of the following states?
(a) Kerala
(b) Odisha
(c) West Bengal
(d) All of these
Answer
D
36. Match the following columns.
Codes
A B C D E F
(a) 1 2 3 4 5 6
(b) 2 6 1 5 3 4
(c) 6 5 4 3 2 1
(d) 2 5 4 3 1 6
Answer
B
37. Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer fromthe given options.
1. Physical factors are responsible for having different types of rural settlements.
2. Physical factors include nature of terrain, altitude, climate and availability of water.
Options
(a) Only statement I is correct
(b) Both statements are correct and statement 2 correctly explains statement 1.
(c) Only statement 2 is correct.
(d) Both the statements are incorrect.
Answer
B
38. It is analysed by assessing the crude birth and death rates. Select the correct option.
(a) Natural growth
(b) Induced growth
(c) Economic growth
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Answer
A
39. Consider and evaluate the following statements then choose the correct option for them from the given options.
1. Nainital is famous for tourism.
2. Nainital is a tourist town.
Options
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Only statement 2 is correct
(c) Both statements 1 and 2 are correct
(d) Both statements are incorrect
Answer
C
40. Consider the following features and choose the title after associating them.
1. This phase is referred to as a period of stagnant or stationary phase of growth of India’s population.
2. This phase recorded very low growth rate and even negative growth rate.
3. In this phase, both birth rates and death rates were high.
Options
(a) Phase-I
(b) Phase-II
(c) Phase-III
(d) Phase-IV
Answer
A
41. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option.
1. In India Ganga, Brahmaputra, Barak and Indus rivers have large catchment area.
2. Due to high precipitation in the catchments areas of these rivers, they have around 60% of total surface water resources.
Options
(a) Only statement 1 is correct
(b) Only statement 2 is correct
(c) Both statements are correct
(d) Both statements are incorrect
Answer
C
42. Dispersed settlements are found in which of the following states of India?
(a) Meghalaya
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) All of these
Answer
D
43. Match the following columns.
Codes
A B C D E F
(a) 1 2 3 4 5 6
(b) 4 1 6 2 3 5
(c) 3 2 1 4 6 5
(d) 6 5 4 3 1 2
Answer
B
44. This category of towns has highest number of cities in India as per the Census 2011?
Select the correct answer.
(a) Class-I
(b) Class-II
(c) Class-V
(d) Class-VI
Answer
C
45. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Pillars of Human Development Indicators
(a) Equity Access to opportunity available to all specially rich ones.
(b) Sustainability Continuity in the availability of opportunities
(c) Productivity Productivity of human labour or productivity in terms of human work.
(d) Empowerment To have the power to make choices.
Answer
A
46. This sector uses highest proportion of the total water in India. Select the correct answer.
(a) Irrigation
(b) Industries
(c) Domestic use
(d) None of these
Answer
A
47. Prof. Amartya Sen associated with
(a) Welfare approach
(b) Income approach
(c) Capabilities approach
(d) Basic needs approach
Answer
C
48. Yamuna is most polluted river in India between which of the following cities/towns?
(a) Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar
(b) Mumbai and Pune
(c) Delhi – Etawah
(d) Kanpur- Varanasi
Answer
C
Section C
SOURCE BASED QUESTIONS
Question number 49 to 52 are compulsory to attempt.
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
The population growth or population change refers to the change in number of inhabitants of a Mterritory during a specific period of time. This change may be positive as well as negative. It can be expressed either in terms of absolute numbers or in terms of percentage. Population change in an area is an important indicator of economic development, social upliftment and historical and cultural background of the region.
There are three components of population change- births, deaths and migration. The crude Birth Rate (CBR) is expressed as number of live births in a year per thousand of population. Death rate plays an active role in population change. Population growth occurs not only by increasing births rate but also due to decreasing death rate. Crude Death Rate (CDR) is a simple method of measuring mortality of any area. CDR is expressed in terms of number of deaths in a particular year per thousand of population in a particular regions. Apart from birth and death there is another way by which the population size changes.
When people move from one place to another, the place they move from is called the Place of Origin and the place they move to is called the Place of Destination. The place of origin shows a decrease in population while the population increase in the place of destination.
49. Which of the following is/are considered as the cause of population growth in a region?
(a) Marriage at low age
(b) High illiteracy
(c) Religious cause
(d) All of these
Answer
A
50. Where we can find overstrained infrastructure due to population growth?
(a) Mostly in rural area
(b) Mostly in urban area
(c) In rural-urban fringe
(d) In Mountain area
Answer
B
51. Which of the following is a problem not associated with population growth?
(a) Increased resource consumption
(b) Environmental pollution
(c) Food and energy storages
(d) None of the above
Answer
D
52. The natural growth of population can be calculated as
(a) Birth rate-death rate
(b) Death rate-birth rate
(c) Birth rate-in migration
(d) In migration-death rate
Answer
A
GRAPH BASED QUESTIONS
Attempt any 3 Questions from the following questions 53-56.
Study the given graph and answer the questions that follow.
India : Distribution of urban population (%) according to size class of urban centre-2011
53. Which type of towns constitute the largest proportion of urban population?
(a) Class II
(b) Class I
(c) Class III
(d) Class V
Answer
B
54. What proportion of Indian population lives in Mega cities?
(a) One third
(b) One fourth
(c) One fifth
(d) One tenth
Answer
C
55. Which of the following is a mega city?
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Jaipur
(c) Bhopal
(d) Delhi
Answer
D
56. A city having population between 1 million and 5 million is known as
(a) Urban agglomeration
(b) Metropolitan city
(c) Mega city
(d) Micro city
Answer
B
DATA BASED QUESTIONS
(Attempt any 3 questions from the following 57-60.
Study the data and answer the following question.
57. India receives maximum migrants from which of the following countries?
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Nepal
Answer
C
58. Which country comes on second place in terms of contribution of its migrants to India?
(a) Nepal
(b) China
(c) Pakistan
(d) Bhutan
Answer
C
59. Which country provides least migrants to India?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Bhutan
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer
D
60. Which of the following is the east neighbouring country of India?
(a) Nepal
(b) Myanmar
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer
D
