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(1) In which year the paper “Major Agricultural Regions of the Earth” was written by Derwent Whittlesey ?
(1) 1916
(2) 1926
(3) 1936
(4) 1946
Answer: 1936
(2) Which one of the following codes is correct to explain the ‘profit maximum output’ when ratio of marginal revenue with marginal cost ( R/ C) of a plant ? Codes :
(1) equals zero
(2) is less than 1.0
(3) equals 1.0
(4) is higher than 1.0
Answer: equals 1.0

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(3) Which one of the following statements is a valid generalization about Latin America ?
(1) Most of the Latin Americans live in isolated farm villages.
(2) The majority of the governments are communist .
(3) Most of the Latin American are descendants of immigrants from Africa.
(4) Latin America is a region of racial and cultural diversity.
Answer: Latin America is a region of racial and cultural diversity.
(4) Who is author of the book “Geography and Politics in a World Divided” ?
(1) John Agnew and Luca Muscerva
(2) Alexander Nikolaievich Prokofiev de Seversky
(3) Geoffrey Parker
(4) Saul Bernard Cohen
Answer: Saul Bernard Cohen
(5) Which of the following does not belong to the Draviation family languages ?
(1) Brahmi
(2) Kannada
(3) Sinhali
(4) Malayalam
Answer Sinhali
(6) Which among the following was responsible for the radical transformation of the Spirit and Purpose of Geography ?
(1) Post modernism
(2) Humanism
(3) Quantification
(4) Structuralism
Answer: Quantification
(7) Which one of the following codes is correctly representing the territorial water limits of India ? Codes :
(1) 100 miles
(2) 150 miles
(3) 200 miles
(4) 300 miles
Answer: 200 miles
(8) Which one of the following authors defined three phases of city development, i.e., the preindustrial phase, industrial phase and metropolitan phase ?
(1) K.C. Zachariah
(2) E.E. Lampard
(3) H.H. Golden
(4) P.M. Houser
Answer: E.E. Lampard
(9) Which one of the measures of Central tendencies do you consider appropriate for determination of threshold population of Central functions ?
(1) Range
(2) Mean
(3) Mode
(4) Median
Answer: Median
(10) Which one of the following statements refers to concept of Sustainable Development ?
(1) Increasing per capita income so as people’s basic needs and requirements are reasonably fulfilled.
(2) Considering reduction in proportion of conventional energy resources that contribute to environmental pollution.
(3) Bettering people’s health and education opportunities, giving everyone the chances to participate in public life, helping to ensure a clean environment, promoting intergradation equity.
(4) Adopting technology that does not impair the quality of environment.
Answer: Bettering people’s health and education opportunities, giving everyone the chances to participate in public life, helping to ensure a clean environment, promoting intergradation equity.
(11) Who proceeded to delineation of meso regions by giving attention to the phrase “core of economic-growth-multipurpose projects, cities, industrial centres, etc., which radiate their production impulses to their surrounding areas ?”
(1) L.S. Bhat
(2) V.L.S. Prakasha Rao
(3) P. Sen Gupta
(4) V. Nath
Answer: P. Sen Gupta
(12) Which one of the following is the largest shipbuilding with in India ?
(1) Cochin Shipyard
(2) Hindustan Shipyard
(3) Goa Shipyard
(4) Garden Reach Shipyard
Answer: Cochin Shipyard
(13) In which one of the following years, Kisan Call Centres were established to promote agricultural efficiency to a great extent ?
(1) 2000
(2) 2002
(3) 2004
(4) 2006
Answer: 2004
(14) Which of the following mountain ranges does not emerge from the Pamir Knot ?
(1) Hindu Kush
(2) Zagros
(3) Tienshan
(4) Kunlun
Answer: Zagros
(15) Vertisols (Kan har soils) of Chhattisgarh in respect of depth are considered to be
(1) Shallow
(2) Medium
(3) Medium to deep
(4) Deep
Answer: Deep

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